The Stony Awards (a.k.a. the Stonys) recognize and celebrate notable stoner films and television. Created by High Times magazine in 2000, six Stony Award ceremonies were held in New York City before the Stonys moved to Los Angeles in 2007. Stony Award winners received a bong-shaped trophy. [1]
Year | Category | Winner |
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2000 | Best Movie | Go |
Best Stoner Movie | Being John Malkovich | |
Best Actress | Sarah Polley | |
Best Actor, Comedy | Jason Mewes | |
Best Actor, Drama | Kevin Spacey | |
Best Director | Doug Liman | |
Best Pot Scene | Dick | |
Best Tripping Scene | Go | |
Best Documentary | The Source | |
Best Re-Release | Yellow Submarine | |
Best Theatrical Production | Reefer Madness: The Musical | |
Lifetime Achievement Award | Dennis Hopper | |
2001 | Best Movie | Traffic |
Best Stoner Movie | Road Trip | |
Lifetime Achievement Award | Cheech & Chong | |
Best Pot Scene | Scary Movie | |
Best Documentary | Grass | |
Best Actor | Michael Douglas | |
Best Actress | Kate Hudson | |
Best Soundtrack Album | Grass | |
Stoner of the Year | Ari Gold | |
2002 | Best Movie | Blow |
Best Stoner Movie | How High | |
Best Documentary | Grateful Dawg | |
Best Actor | Ethan Hawke ( Tape ) | |
Best Actress | Bijou Phillips ( Bully ) | |
Best Soundtrack | The Wash (Dr. Dre) | |
Best Foreign Film | Together | |
Best Psychedelic Scene | Bully | |
Best Pot Scene | Scary Movie 2 | |
Best Original Song in a Movie | "Lion Heart" by The Roots, from Brooklyn Babylon | |
Thomas King Forçade Award | Francis Ford Coppola ( Apocalypse Now ) | |
Stoner of the Year | Snoop Dogg | |
2003 | Best Movie | Harvard Man |
Best Stoner Movie | Super Troopers | |
Best Foreign Film | Talk to Her | |
Best Music DVD | Rising Low | |
Best Cultural Documentary | Ram Dass Fierce Grace | |
Best Political Documentary | The Trials of Henry Kissinger | |
Best Unreleased Movie | You'll Never Wiez in This Town Again | |
Best Television Series | The Simpsons | |
Best Actor | Philip Seymour Hoffman | |
Best Actress | Goldie Hawn, Susan Sarandon | |
Stoner of the Year | Horatio Sanz | |
Thomas King Forçade Award | Frank Serpico | |
2005 | Best Movie | Lords of Dogtown |
Best Stoner Movie | Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle | |
Best Actor | Bill Murray ( The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou ) | |
Best Actress | Sissy Spacek ( A Home at the End of the World ) | |
Best Pot Scene | Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle | |
Best Documentary | The War on the War on Drugs | |
Best Soundtrack | Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle | |
Best TV Show | Chappelle's Show | |
Best HBO Show | Da Ali G Show | |
Best Animated TV Show | Family Guy | |
Best Reality TV Show | Fear Factor | |
Best Made-For-TV Movie | Reefer Madness: The Movie Musical | |
Best Reality Show Host | Joe Rogan | |
Best Queer Eye | Ted Allen | |
Best Top Model | Adrianne Curry | |
Best Stoner DVD | Bill Hicks Live: Satirist, Social Critic, Stand Up Comedian | |
Best Music DVD | Hallucino-Genetics by Primus | |
Best Unreleased Film | The Crop | |
Stony Preservation Award | The Passenger | |
Stoner of the Year | Bill Murray | |
2006 | Best Movie (Drama) | A Scanner Darkly |
Best Stoner Movie | Grandma's Boy | |
Best TV Series | Weeds | |
Best Cable News Show | Real Time with Bill Maher | |
Best Late-Night Talk Show | Late Night with Conan O'Brien | |
Best Reality TV Series | My Fair Brady | |
Best Actor in a Movie | Allen Covert ( Grandma's Boy ) | |
Best Actress in a Movie | Jennifer Aniston ( Friends with Money ) | |
Best Actor in a TV Series | Justin Kirk ( Weeds ) | |
Best Actress in a TV Series | Mary-Louise Parker ( Weeds ) | |
Best Pot Scene in a Movie | Grandma's Boy | |
Best Documentary | a/k/a Tommy Chong | |
Best Foreign Film | Stoned (England) | |
Best Soundtrack | Dave Chappelle's Block Party | |
Best Song in a Movie or TV Series | "Lazy Sunday" (Andy Samberg and Chris Parnell) from Saturday Night Live | |
Best TV Special | The Drug Years | |
Best Unreleased Film | Wetlands Preserved | |
Best Stoner DVD | Dreadheads | |
Top Pot Comic | Tommy Chong | |
Best Play | The Marijuana-Logues | |
Thomas King Forçade Award | Jeff "The Dude" Dowd | |
Stoner of the Year | Doug Benson | |
2007 | Best Stoner Film | Tenacious D in The Pick of Destiny |
Best Pot Comedy | Knocked Up | |
Best Documentary | Standing Silent Nation | |
Best Foreign Film | Trailer Park Boys: The Movie | |
Best TV Show | Entourage | |
Best Actor | James Gandolfini | |
Best Actress | Mary-Louise Parker | |
Best Stoner Video Game | Guitar Hero II | |
Stoner of the Year | Seth Rogen | |
Stonette of the Year | Anna Faris | |
2008 | Best Comedy Film | Pineapple Express |
Best Drama | The Wackness | |
Best Documentary | Super High Me | |
Best TV Show | Weeds | |
Best TV Special | Attack of the Show! : "420 Special" | |
Best Web Video | Stonervention | |
Stoner of the Year | James Franco ( Pineapple Express ) | |
Stonette of the Year | Danneel Harris ( Harold & Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay ) | |
2009 | Stoner of the Year | Brian Griffin ( Family Guy ) |
Stonette of the Year | Kristen Stewart ( Adventureland ) | |
2010 | Stoner of the Year | John Cusack ( Hot Tub Time Machine ) |
Stonette of the Year | Drew Barrymore ( Going the Distance ) | |
Best Animation | The Boondocks | |
Best Documentary | Cheech & Chong's Hey Watch This | |
Best Drama | Holy Rollers | |
Best TV Show | Breaking Bad | |
Best Comedy | Hot Tub Time Machine | |
Internet Video Award | Jamie's World: Debunking Rumours about Mary Jane | |
2012 | Stoner of the Year | Snoop Dogg |
Reefer Madness (1936); Fantasia (1940); Hi De Ho (1947); High School Confidential (1958); A Hard Day's Night (1964); Help! (1965); Blowup (1966); The Trip (1967); I Love You, Alice B. Toklas, Yellow Submarine (1968); Easy Rider (1969); The Harder They Come (1972); Serpico (1973); Shampoo (1975); Annie Hall (1977); Up In Smoke, Rockers (1978); Apocalypse Now (1979); Where the Buffalo Roam (1980); Nice Dreams (1981); Fast Times at Ridgemont High (1982); Still Smokin' (1983); Cheech & Chong's The Corsican Brothers (1984); That Was Then... This Is Now (1985); Platoon (1986); Born in East L.A. (1987); 1969 (1988); Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure (1989); Far Out Man (1990); The Doors (1991); Wayne's World (1992); Dazed and Confused (1993); Clerks, The Stoned Age (1994); Friday, Mallrats (1995); Beavis and Butt-Head Do America (1996); Bongwater (1997); The Big Lebowski, Half Baked (1998); Detroit Rock City, Idle Hands, American Beauty (1999); Dude, Where's My Car?; Next Friday, Scary Movie (2000); Super Troopers, How High, Scary Movie 2 (2001); Laurel Canyon (2002); Rolling Kansas (2003); Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle (2004); Lords of Dogtown (2005); Grandma's Boy; Puff, Puff, Pass (2006); Knocked Up, Tenacious D in the Pick of Destiny (2007); Harold & Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay, Pineapple Express (2008)
Named after High Times founder Tom Forçade, the award is for "stony achievement" in film. [6]
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