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 WICKED PICTURES Receives Brad Armstrong's Manhunters Leads The Pack With 24 Major Nominations! DATELINE November 22, 2006 | Daniel Metcalf Public Relations, Boston “Wicked Pictures' Manhunters scored an overall high of 24 nominations, including Best Film, in the race for the 2007 AVN Awards...” So began AVN's formal announcement last week of their 2007 awards nominations, and Canoga Park-based adult production company Wicked Pictures is pleased to announce that it received 102 noms in total, with over 50 nominations going to three releases directed by Brad Armstrong - Manhunters, Curse Eternal, and FUCK. As noted by Adult Video News in their formal announcement, Armstrong's explosive shot-on-film adventure Manhunters led the way as the most nominated industry release of the year. In addition to Best Film, the many other noms included Best Director - Film, Best Cinematography (Francois Clousot), Best Screenplay - Film (Brad Armstrong), Best Actress - Film (jessica drake), Best Actor - Film (Randy Spears), Best Supporting Actress - Film (Carmen Hart, Kirsten Price, and Exotica each received individual noms), and Best Supporting Actor - Film (Chris Cannon). Also shot on film, Armstrong's elegant erotic vignette release FUCK impressed the critics as well, receiving a dozen important nominations, including Best Film and Best Cinematography. Turning to the video categories, Armstrong's Curse Eternal scored such significant noms as Best Director, Best Screenplay - Video (Brad Armstrong), Best Video Feature, Best High-Definition Production, Best Actress - Video (jessica drake), Best Supporting Actress - Video (Kaylani Lei), and Best Supporting Actor - Video (Randy Spears). The director's stylish Between The Sheets was recognized with a nomination for All Sex Release and, as a performer, Armstrong also received a Best Actor - Video nom for his fine work in front of the camera in Raven's Women On Top. The enduring strength of the Wicked Girl brand was recognized in the newly minted Contract Star Of The Year category, with nominations going to both Stormy Daniels and jessica drake, while Kirsten Price received recognition in both the Best Actress - Video (for Just Like That) and Best New Starlet categories. Michael Raven's The Visitors received 13 nominations, including Best Director, Best Videography (Francois Clousot), Best Editing (Michael Raven), Best Screenplay - Video (Michael Raven), Best Video Feature, Best Actress - Video (Kimberly Kane), and Best Supporting Actress - Video (Keri Sable). Raven's Art Of Love was rewarded with a well deserved nom for Best Vignette Release, and the multi-gifted director's skill as a musician even earned him a Best Music nomination for his original score to Honky Tonk Girl. Raven's Women On Top also received a much-deserved Best Sex Comedy nomination. In addition to scoring her Contract Star Of The Year nom, Wicked actress, writer, director, and mainstream crossover personality Stormy Daniels came on strong in several other categories that attested to the richness and diversity of her talent, including Best Director - Video (for Gossip), Crossover Star Of The Year, Best Actress - Video (for Taken), and Best Screenplay - Video (3 Wishes). Eric Masterson's excellent performance in 3 Wishes earned a Best Actor - Video nom as well. Another filmmaker with a penchant for diversity, contract director David Stanley received recognition for a number of well-made shows he created for Wicked over the past year, including Best Director - Video, Best Video Feature, and Best Editing - Video (Eddie Door) nominations for the Carmen Hart vehicle 1000 Words. Other triumphs for Stanley included Best Sex Comedy and Best Screenplay - Video (both for Just Like That) and a Best Non-Sex Performance nom for his acting in Harlequin. Interestingly, veteran Wicked director Jonathan Morgan received a Best Non-Sex Performance nomination for his work in Michael Raven's Becoming Carmen Hart, while contract actor/director Randy Spears pulled a deserved Best Actor - Video nom for his excellent turn in Stanley's Just Like That. In honor of all their fine releases in 2006, both Armstrong and Stanley received noms for Director Of The Year (Body Of Work). Having reached triple digits in nominations for excellence in these many areas of performance, eroticism, craftsmanship and design, it should come as little surprise that Wicked's sweep of 2007 nominations was capped off with a nomination for Best Overall Marketing Campaign - Company Image. In reviewing the over one hundred AVN Awards nominations his company received, Wicked Pictures President and Owner Steve Orenstein observed, “I'm thrilled with the overwhelming support we received from AVN with this year's nominations. With such a large percentage of our releases being recognized, it's encouraging to know that our commitment to quality is being acknowledged with these prestigious nominations. "Whether it be as an actor, actress, director, cameraman, or editor, virtually all of our contract talent was represented, including 56 nominations for Brad Armstrong, for movies he either directed, acted in, or art directed. In both his case and Wicked's case it demonstrates an extremely strong body of work." A complete list of nominations is below. For more information, please visit www.wickedpictures.com Wicked Pictures 2007 AVN Nominations The Movies: Manhunters FUCK Curse Eternal The Visitors Harlequin 1000 Words Just Like That Becoming Carmen Hart Art Of Love Women On Top Honky Tonk Girl Between The Sheets Taken 3 Wishes The Fling Gossip All About Keri
Wicked Pictures Contract Star/Director: jessica drake Stormy Daniels Kirsten Price Carmen Hart Kaylani Lei Brad Armstrong David Stanley Michael Raven Randy Spears Jonathan Morgan
Titles Distributed By Wicked Pictures Best Vignette Release - Bodies in Heat (Playgirl) Best Vignette Series - Playgirl TV/Wicked Best Foreign Feature - Sleeping With The Enemy (Video Marc Dorcel) Best sex scene in a foreign shot production - Sonya & Pricila Pornochic 9 (Video Marc Dorcel) Best Foreign Feature - Story of Yasmine (Video Marc Dorcel) Best Foreign All-Sex Series - Pornochic (Video Marc Dorcel) Best Foreign All-Sex Series - Russian Institute (Video Marc Dorcel) Best Director Foreign Release - Tony Del Duomo: At Your Service (Video Marc Dorcel)
About Wicked Pictures Founded March 1, 1993, acclaimed adult industry powerhouse Wicked Pictures (www.wickedpictures.com), creates quality adult features for women and couples. Wicked Pictures' elite team of contract talent includes Brad Armstrong, Jonathan Morgan, Michael Raven, David Stanley, writer-director-star Stormy Daniels, actor-director Randy Spears, videographer/director Francois Clousot, and acclaimed actresses as Julia Ann, jessica drake, Kirsten Price, and Carmen Hart. AVN's coveted BEST ACTRESS award has gone to a Wicked Girl each year from 2000 to 2004, the longest unbroken record in the category to be held by a single company in adult video history. |
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