The 11th AVN Awards ceremony, organized by Adult Video News (AVN), honored pornographic films released in 1993 and took place on January 8, 1994, at Bally's Hotel and Casino in Paradise, Nevada beginning at 7:45 p.m. PST / 10:45 p.m. EST. During the ceremony, AVN presented AVN Awards in 78 categories. The ceremony was produced by Gary Miller. Actor Randy West hosted the show for the third time; his co-hosts were actresses Summer Knight and Janine Lindemulder.[1][2][3]
Justine: Nothing to Hide 2 won eight awards, including Best Film and Best Director for Paul Thomas and Best Actress-Film for Roxanne Blaze. A comedy, Haunted Nights, took six awards, while Hidden Obsessions and a gay movie, Romeo & Julian, each won four.[1]
Winners and nominees
Justine: Nothing to Hide 2 led all nominees with thirteen nominations; Whispered Lies had twelve.[1][4]
The winners were announced during the awards ceremony on January 8, 1994. Jonathan Morgan took home four statuettes, the best showing ever for a male performer. Mike Horner’s award for Best Actor—Film tied him with Eric Edwards as the only other three-time best actor winner. Newcomer Roxanne Blaze, just 19 years old, won the Best Actress award for film for Justine: Nothing To Hide 2."[5]
Betty Gabor, Enny, Belakrouf Mirouane, Jan Hedin; pool table orgy scene, Private Video Magazine #2
Beatrice Valle, Brittany O'Connell, Cash, Jalynn, Kitty Yung, Sierra, Peter North, Randy Spears, Sean Michaels, T. T. Boy, Marc Wallice, 1 more person; 12-Person Orgy, Slave To Love
Sierra, Cody O’Connor, Rocco Siffredi; Sodo-Mania 2: More Tails[4]
Felecia, Tianna, Sydney St. James, Lia Baren, Celeste; flashlight orgy scene, Buttslammers 2‡[1][2][3]
Summer Knight, Tawny; The Bottom Dweller
Bionca, Lacy Rose, Rebecca Bardoux; Buttslammers
Alex Jordan, Crystal Wilder; Cheerleader Nurses
Bionca, Sarah Jane Hamilton; Indecent Offer
Melanie Moore, Rebecca Bardoux; Seven Good Women
Brittany O’Connell, Carmel St. Clair; Sodo-Mania 4
Among the movies receiving the most nominations were: Justine: Nothing to Hide 2 with 13, Whispered Lies with 12 and Haunted Nights with nine.
The following thirteen movies received multiple awards:
8 - Justine: Nothing To Hide 2
6 - Haunted Nights
4 - Hidden Obsessions, Romeo & Julian
2 - Abduction 2 & 3, Hologram, Honorable Discharge, Immortal Desire, New Wave Hookers 3, Total Corruption, Valley of the Bi Dolls, Whispered Lies, More Dirty Debutantes 22
Presenters and performers
The following individuals, in order of appearance, presented awards or performed musical numbers. The show's trophy girls were Christina Angel and Felecia.[1][2]
Actor Randy West hosted the show for the third consecutive year. His co-host for the first half of the show was Janine Lindemulder while Summer Knight co-hosted the last half. Randy West opened the show with a song, “What Do You Call a Movie?”, the lyrics of which contained titles of about 40 movies from the past year.[1][2]
Several other people were involved with the production of the ceremony. The live show was produced by Gary Miller while musical direction was undertaken by Mark J. Miller. A VHSvideotape of the show was also published and sold by VCA Pictures, which was produced and directed by S. Marco Di Mercurio.[2]
Just prior to presentation of the award for Best All-Girl Sex Scene—Video, Shane pulled out an engagement ring at the podium and proposed marriage to her co-presenter Seymore Butts. A surprised Seymore Butts then pulled an engagement ring out of his pocket and said he had also intended to propose to Shane that evening, then promptly went down on his knees to do so.[1][2]
There were several new categories this year, or categories now split in two between film and video: Best Sex Scene—Film (Group), Best Sex Scene—Film (Couple), Best Sex Scene—Film (All-Girl), Best Sex Scene—Video (Group), Best Sex Scene—Video (Couple), Best Sex Scene—Video (All-Girl), Best Anal Sex Scene, Best Art Direction—Film, Best Art Direction—Video, Best Explicit Series, Best Foreign Release, Best Amateur Series, Best Pro-Am Series, Best Alternative Release—Video, Best Alternative Release—Film, Best Gay Alternative Video Release, Best Gay Alternative Specialty Video.[1]
Hidden Obsessions was announced as the top selling movie of the year, while New Wave Hookers 3 was announced as the top renting tape of the year.[1]
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^ abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzaa"The 1994 AVN Awards Show". Official Program. Upper Darby, Pennsylvania: AVN Publications, Inc. January 8, 1994.
