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AVN Award

Best Actor

Winner
John Leslie(actor)
Firestorm II: The Angel Blade
Command Video
Robert Bullock(actor)
Playpen
Eric Edwards(actor)
Doll Face
Michael Gaunt(actor)
Cravings
(name published in Adult Video News as "Michael Grant")
Jamie Gillis(actor)
Babyface 2

Best Actor - Shot On Video

Winner
Robert Bullock(actor)
Romeo and Juliet
Western Visuals
Jerry Butler(actor)
Greg Derek(actor)
John Leslie(actor)
Randy West(actor)

Best Actress

Winner
Krista Lane(actress)
Deep Throat II
Arrow Film & Video
Tish Ambrose(actress)
Lilith Unleashed
Taija Rae(actress)
Inner Blues
Seka(actress)
Careful, He May Be Watching
Joanna Storm(actress)
Crazy with the Heat

Best Actress - Shot-On-Video Feature

Winner
Shanna McCullough(actress)
Hands Off
Plum Productions
Barbara Dare(actress)
Keisha(actress)
Krista Lane(actress)
Ona Zee(actress)

Best All-Sex Film

Winner
Babyface 2
5.7 (277)
Alex de Renzy
VCA Pictures
Let's Get It On
6.7 (127)
The Load Warrior
6.6 (124)
Mouth Watering
5.8 (35)
Sky Foxes
5.9 (133)

Best Art Direction

Winner
Careful, He May Be Watching
6.1 (130)
Caballero Home Video
Firestorm II: The Angel Blade
5.7 (162)
The Load Warrior
6.6 (124)
Miami Spice
6.0 (166)
A Thousand and One Erotic Nights Part II: The Forbidden Tales
5.1 (137)

Best Bisexual Video

Winner
Innocence Lost
7.3 (41)
Catalina Video
Close Friends
Heatwaves
8.0 (10)
Switch Hitters II: Swinging Both Ways
5.9 (27)
The Switch Is On
7.7 (62)

Best Cinematography

Winner
Firestorm II: The Angel Blade
5.7 (162)
Phil Gries(director of photography)
Command Productions
(as Elroy Brandy)
Deep Throat II
5.5 (195)
Miami Spice
6.0 (166)
The Oddest Couple
6.8 (33)
A Thousand and One Erotic Nights Part II: The Forbidden Tales
5.1 (137)

Best Compilation Video

Winner
Only the Best 1
7.4 (42)
Cal Vista Video
All for His Ladies
4.2 (39)
Best of Caught from Behind
7.4 (149)
Legends of Porn
7.0 (56)
Oral Majority
7.0 (151)

Best Director

Winner
Richard Pacheco(director)
Careful, He May Be Watching
Caballero Home Video
Alex de Renzy(director)
Babyface 2
Cecil Howard(director)
Firestorm II: The Angel Blade
Gary Graver(director)
Crazy with the Heat
Larry Revene(director)
Deep Throat II

Best Director - Shot-On-Video Feature

Winner
Henri Pachard(director)
Talk Dirty to Me (Part Five)
Dreamland Home Video
John T. Bone
Anthony Spinelli
Kirdy Stevens
Paul Thomas

Best Director: Bisexual Video

Winner
Paul Norman
Innocence Lost
Catalina Video
John Travis
Axe Watson

Best Director: Gay Video

Winner
John Summers
Awarded for the movie "Rock Hard: The Ultimate Masturbation Experience" (not currently listed in IMDb)
Stephen Lucas
R. Stilskin(as Unk Stiletto)
Jean-Daniel Cadinot
William Higgins

Best Editing

Winner
Babyface 2
5.7 (277)
Alex de Renzy(editor)
VCA Pictures
Crazy with the Heat
6.2 (184)
Deep Throat II
5.5 (195)
Firestorm II: The Angel Blade
5.7 (162)
Miami Spice
6.0 (166)

Best Editing - Shot on Video

Winner
DreamGirls
7.0 (118)
Edwin Brown(as Edwin Durell)
VCA Pictures
Cabaret Sin
5.6 (138)
Nymphette Does Hollywood
7.4 (106)
Snake Eyes II
6.2 (13)
Strange Love
5.6 (13)

Best Featurette Tape

Winner
DreamGirls
7.0 (118)
VCA Pictures
Tales of the Uncensored
A Taste of Ambrosia
Three Daughters
6.7 (99)

Best Film

Winner
Careful, He May Be Watching
6.1 (130)
Caballero Home Video
Platinum Associates
Crazy with the Heat
6.2 (184)
Deep Throat II
5.5 (195)
Firestorm II: The Angel Blade
5.7 (162)
A Thousand and One Erotic Nights Part II: The Forbidden Tales
5.1 (137)

Best Foreign Release

Winner
Hotspots
6.2 (44)
VCA Pictures
From France
Slave to Desire
4.3 (30)
The Rise of the Roman Empress
6.1 (110)

Best Gay Video

Winner
LA Video Corporation
Award was for "Rock Hard: The Ultimate Masturbation Experience," which is not presently listed in IMDb.
Hot Rods: Young & Hung II
7.7 (33)
Classe de neige
7.6 (34)

Best New Starlet

Winner
Samantha Strong
Barbii(actress)
Angela Baron(actress)
Alicia Monet(actress)
Jamie Summers(actress)

Best Overall Marketing Campaign

Winner
Furburgers (Home of the Box Lunch)
5.4 (23)
Vidco
The Brat
Bringing Up Brat
Army Brat
Brat on the Run
Nominated for the Brat series
Genital Hospital
6.4 (41)
Miami Spice
6.0 (166)
Switch Hitters
6.3 (21)

Best Packaging

Winner
Miami Spice
6.0 (166)
Caballero Home Video
Blow-Off!
6.4 (173)
Cravings
5.3 (22)
Deep Throat II
5.5 (195)
Playpen

Best Screenplay

Winner
Deep Throat II
5.5 (195)
Stephen Sayadian(as Rinse Dream)
Arrow Film & Video
Crazy with the Heat
6.2 (184)
Firestorm II: The Angel Blade
5.7 (162)
Mardi Gras Passions
The Oddest Couple
6.8 (33)

Best Screenplay - Shot-On-Video Feature

Winner
Hands Off
6.3 (29)
Mitch Spinelli(writer) (as Michael Ellis)
Plum Productions
Falcon Breast
5.8 (107)
Outrageous Foreplay
Memoires of a Chamber Maid
6.1 (19)
Raw Talent II
5.6 (29)

Best Sex Scene

Winner
Deep Throat II
5.5 (195)
Krista Lane(actress)
Tasha Voux(actress)
Ashley Moore(actor)
David Morris(actor)
Frank Serrone(actor)
Arrow Film & Video
Firestorm II: The Angel Blade
5.7 (162)
Let's Get It On
6.7 (127)
Miami Spice
6.0 (166)
Playpen

Best Shot-On-Video Feature

Winner
Romeo and Juliet
6.2 (110)
Western Visuals
Cabaret Sin
5.6 (138)
Falcon Breast
5.8 (107)
Hands Off
6.3 (29)
Memoires of a Chamber Maid
6.1 (19)
Nymphette Does Hollywood
7.4 (106)
Raw Talent II
5.6 (29)
Robofox
5.7 (110)
Seduction by Fire
4.7 (16)
Ultrasex
4.7 (10)

Best Shot-on-Video Sex Scene

Winner
Made in Germany
6.7 (116)
Joey Silvera(actor)
Tracey Adams(actress)
Fantasy Home Video
Amazing Tails Volume 2
6.6 (113)
Romeo and Juliet
6.2 (110)
Seduction by Fire
4.7 (16)

Best Specialty Tape

Winner
Loose Ends III
6.1 (108)
4 Play Video
Caught from Behind 7
6.4 (116)
Emmanuel
4.7 (16)

Best Supporting Actor

Winner
Michael Gaunt(actor)
Firestorm II: The Angel Blade
Command Video
Tom Byron(actor)
Sky Foxes
Jamie Gillis(actor)
A Thousand and One Erotic Nights Part II: The Forbidden Tales
Mike Horner(actor)
Careful, He May Be Watching
Joey Silvera(actor)
Doll Face

Best Supporting Actress

Winner
Tish Ambrose(actress)
Firestorm II: The Angel Blade
Command Video
Danielle(actress)
Miami Spice
Barbara Dare(actress)
Playpen
Tamara Longley(actress)
Crazy with the Heat
Sharon Mitchell(actress)
The Load Warrior

Best Total Sexual Content: Shot-on-Video

Winner
DreamGirls
7.0 (118)
VCA Pictures
Caught from Behind 7
6.4 (116)
Loose Ends III
6.1 (108)
Surf, Sand and Sex
5.6 (98)
Ultrasex
4.7 (10)

Top Selling and Renting Tape

Winner
Traci, I Love You
5.9 (404)
Caballero Home Video

Best Packaging for a Shot-on-Video Feature

Bringing Up Brat
7.3 (110)
Vivid Video
The Brat
6.4 (34)
Broadway Fanny Rose
4.2 (13)
Ginger & Spice
6.8 (128)
Lucy Makes It Big
7.6 (11)
Nymphette Does Hollywood
7.4 (106)
Switch Hitters II: Swinging Both Ways
5.9 (27)
Tres Riche
6.1 (29)
Twins
5.4 (67)

Best Softcore Release

In Search of... the Perfect '10'
5.0 (62)
Playboy: Bedtime Stories
6.4 (44)
Starlet Screen Test
4.1 (34)

Special Achievement Award

Winner
Paul Vatelli

Hall of Fame

Winner
Cecil Howard(producer)
Winner
John Leslie(actor)
Winner
Anthony Spinelli(director)
Winner
Veronica Hart(actress)
Winner
Jesie St. James(actress)
Winner
Vanessa del Rio(actress)
Winner
Radley Metzger(director)
Winner
Annette Haven(actress)

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Las Vegas, Nevada, USA

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