15th AVN Awards | |
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Date | January 10, 1998 |
Site | Caesars Palace, Paradise, Nevada |
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Produced by | Gary Miller |
Directed by | Mark Stone |
Highlights | |
Best Picture | Bad Wives (Best Film) |
Most awards | Zazel (7)[1] |
Television coverage | |
Network | Playboy TV |
The 15th AVN Awards ceremony, organized by Adult Video News (AVN), took place January 10, 1998 at Caesars Palace, in Paradise, Nevada, U.S.[2] During the show, AVN presented AVN Awards (the industry's equivalent of the Academy Awards)[3][4][5] in 54 categories honoring the best pornographic films released between Oct. 1, 1996 and Sept. 30, 1997. The ceremony was produced by Gary Miller and directed by Mark Stone.[2] Comedian Robert Schimmel hosted, with adult film actresses Racquel Darrian and Misty Rain as co-hosts.[2][5] At a pre-awards cocktail reception held the previous evening, 50 more AVN Awards, mostly for behind-the-scenes achievements, were given out by hosts Nici Sterling and Dave Tyree,[1] however, this event was neither televised nor distributed on VHS tapes as was the main evening's ceremony. Both events included awards categories for gay movies; the final year the show included both gay and heterosexual awards. The gay awards were subsequently spun off into a separate show, the GayVN Awards.
Zazel won the most awards with seven, however, Bad Wives, which received six statuettes, won for best film. Buda won for best shot-on-video feature. Nic Cramer won Best Director—Film for Operation Sex Siege.[1]