 Adam Film World Vol. 6 No. 6, dated August 1977 | |
| Editor | Tim Connelly (as Jeremy Stone) |
|---|---|
| Former editors | Edward S. Sullivan, John Zeus |
| Categories | Men's magazines |
| Frequency | Monthly |
| Founded | 1966 (asThe Adam Film Quarterly) |
| Final issue Number | 1998 (1998) Vol. 17 No. 1 |
| Company | Knight Publishing Corp. |
| Country | United States |
| Based in | Los Angeles |
| Language | English |
 Adam Film World Guide Vol. 21 No. 5, dated July 2008 | |
| Editor-in-Chief | Anthony Petkovich |
|---|---|
| Former editors | Tim Connelly (as Jeremy Stone), Edward S. Sullivan |
| Categories | Men's magazines |
| Frequency | Monthly |
| Founded | 1950s |
| First issue | May 1981 (1981-05) |
| Final issue Number | August 2008 (2008-08) Vol. 21, No. 6 |
| Company | Knight Publishing Corp. |
| Country | United States |
| Based in | Los Angeles |
| Language | English |
| ISSN | 0743-6335 |
| OCLC | 10621205 |
Adam Film World (AFW) andAdam Film World Guide (AFWG) were Americanmagazines aboutpornographic film, starting in 1966 asThe Adam Film Quarterly.
Knight Publishing Corp. had launchedAdam magazine in 1956 as an attempt to followPlayboy's success.Adam Film Quarterly was spun off from that magazine byWilliam Rotsler in 1966 to cover thesexploitation film industry.[1][2] The first issue's cover price wasUS$1 and the cover story was aboutThe Notorious Daughter of Fanny Hill, an erotic movie directed byPeter Stootsberry and produced byBradford Hallworth.[1]
Originally, likePlayboy, the publication also covered mainstream films and included feature stories on stars such asOrson Welles orJudy Garland. However, by 1969 it was renamedAdam Film World and issued monthly.[3]
TheInternet Adult Film Database owes its start toPeter Van Aarle, who began keeping notes on index cards on adult movies he had seen or were reviewed inAdam Film World starting in 1982.[4]
Adam Film World was called "one of the industry's leadingtrade publications" in 1994 by theAssociated Press.[5]
In his 2001 bookPornography and Sexual Representation, Joseph Slade states, "Extremely valuable are the reports,reviews andgossip ofAdam Film World and Adult Video Guide, the oldest American monthly devoted to explicit cinema and generally more reliable than similar magazines, though the information on actors and actresses should be approached with caution. Best described as afan magazine,Adam Film World hypes the careers of performers for a credulous audience, but partly for that reason it is unparalleled as a guide to the mores and customs of thepornsubculture."[6]Slade pointed out that the magazine's interviews with performers were, to an extent, similar tocelebrity interviews in popular mainstream magazines: "Actors and actresses usually begin by talking about their parents, theiradolescence, their own children, lovers, the importance of grooming, then move on to discussions ofaugmented breasts, relativepenis sizes, favorite costars anddirectors, referred techniques oforal,vaginal, oranal sex,striptease dancing on tour as a sideline and—most important—theirfan clubs or their900-telephone numbers."[6]
The publication is also notable for having issued the first movie awards for excellence in pornographic film, first with theX-Caliber Awards in 1975,[7] then replacing them with theAFWG awards starting in 1981 when its sister publication,Adam Film World Guide, was launched.[8] Today the role of adult film awards has been mostly supplanted byAdult Video News, with itsAVN Awards, which launched a decade later.
Adam Film World Guide, in turn, spawned an annualDirectory of Adult Films starting in 1984. The annuals were "important directories of...hard-core films and videos of the previous eighteen months, with lists of notable films of the past, capsule reviews that rateeroticism from 'warm' to 'volcanic,' addresses ofdistributors andretail outlets, briefbiographies of actors, directors, andproducers and indexes by theme, director, and performer."[6]
Edward S. Sullivan was the first editor ofAdam Film World, followed briefly in 1984 by John Zeus, while formerpornographic film actorTim Connelly was editor, under the name Jeremy Stone, from 1985 to 2003.[9] Connelly, as Stone, was inducted into theX-Rated Critics Organization Hall of Fame in theFifth Estate category in 1998.[10]
Knight Publishing eventually expanded to add several other magazine titles such asAdam Black Video Illustrated,Adam Gay Video, andCinema X Monthly and several others, butAdam Film World remained the flagship of the group until it was discontinued in the late 1990s in favour ofAdam Film World Guide. By 2008, ownerBentley Morriss put the company up for sale. When a buyer was not found, the magazine empire folded.[11]
TheAdam Film World annual X-Caliber Awards based their selection of winners "largely on the votes of readers who are members of the audiences of the adult theaters."[12] although after the popular vote is counted, "an editorial panel makes the final selections".[13] The winners were announced annually starting with the August 1976 issue for films released the previous year. By the second year, the Z-Caliber Awards, for the worst movies, were also introduced.[14]
| 1976[7] | 1977[14] | 1978[15] | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Best Sex-Rated Full-Length Feature Film | Private Afternoons of Pamela Mann | The Opening of Misty Beethoven | Desires Within Young Girls |
| Best Foreign Sexplicit Film | Sensations (Dutch) | Diversions (British) | Butterflies (German-American) |
| Best Performance by an Adult Film Actress (The Pornelope Award) | Annette Haven forChina Girl | Constance Money forThe Opening of Misty Beethoven | Jennifer Welles forLittle Orphan Sammy |
| Best Performance by an Adult Film Actor (The Lucky Pierre Award) | John C. Holmes forAll Night Long | Jamie Gillis forThe Opening of Misty Beethoven | John C. Holmes forEruption |
| Best Supporting Actress (The Knockers-Up Award) | Sharon Thorpe forTapestry of Passion | Vicki Lyon (actually co-starred) forPortrait of Seduction | Jewell Bright forChina De Sade |
| Best Supporting Actor (The Gung-Ho Award) | Harry Reems forSpikey's Magic Wand | Jeffrey Stern (aka Jon Martin) forPortrait of Seduction | Seth Wagner forFoxy Lady |
| Best Miscegenation (Interracial) Sex Scene (The Zebra Award) | Brigitte Maier forTongue | Kristine DeBell forAlice in Wonderland | Valerie Driskill and Seth Wagner forFoxy Lady |
| Best Adult Film Screenplay (The Fantasia Award) | The staff ofNewsday forNaked Came the Stranger | Jake Barnes forThe Opening of Misty Beethoven | John Ashley forEruption |
| Best Directed Adult Film (The Canvas Chair Award) | Alan Bruce Colberg forAll Night Long | Henry Paris forThe Opening of Misty Beethoven | Lin Chao forOriental Blue |
| Best Sinamatography (The Crotch Zoom Award) | Franklin de Ceco forAll Night Long | Joe Bardo forAlice in Wonderland | Robert Michael forV—The Hot One |
| Best Sexaphonic Soundtrack (The Pussy Platter Award) | TheMoog synthesizer forSpikey's Magic Wand | Bucky Searles forAlice in Wonderland | Gino Franconi, composer and conductor, forSex Wish |
| Biggest Penis on Sex Screen1 (The Hunga Din Award) | Dr. Infinity inEvery Inch a Lady for autofellatio | John C. Holmes forThe Autobiography of a Flea | John C. Holmes forEruption |
| Most Hirsute Vagina on the Adult Film Scene1 (The Bearded Clam Award) | Terri Hall inThe Story of Joanna | Annette Haven inThe Autobiography of a Flea | Mimi Zuber inThe Jade Pussycat (Special extra award to Jennifer Welles for use of hair dye inLittle Orphan Sammy) |
| The Dirtiest Old Man Who Can Still Get It Up (The Altekocker Award) | Lord Wetherby inSensations | Robert Cole inPortrait of Seduction | William Paulson inThe Other Side of Julie |
| Best Female Orgasm Scene (The Juicy Lucy Award) | Nina Fause inSexual Ecstasy of the Macumba | Amber Hunt inCry for Cindy | Annette Haven forV—The Hot One |
| Most Cum-Shots in One Film (The Jisming Jerry Award) | Marc Stevens forEvery Inch a Lady | Zepedy Colt forSex Wish | John C. Holmes forEruption |
| Largest Breasts on the Sex Screen1 | Uschi Digart inThe Last Days of Pompeii | Rene Bond inDo You Wanna Be Loved? | Liz Renay inDeep Roots |
| Best Fellator on the Screen1 (The Living Doll Award) | Georgina Spelvin inSleepyhead | Jennifer Welles inBlonde Velvet | Lesllie Bovee inEruption |
| Greatest Contribution to Sexplicit Flicks (The Ovid Award) | Vince Miranda, president ofPussycat Theaters and founder of theAdult Film Association of America, for promoting and legitimizing adult films | Linda Lovelace, actress, for pioneering adult films withDeep Throat |
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| 1976 | 1977 | 1978 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Worst All-Around Sexplicit Film1 | Not awarded | Playtime Productions forJudgement Day[14] | Desperate Living, produced and directed byJohn Waters[15] |
Worst Direction(The Empty Director's Chair Award) | Not awarded | Not announced2[15] | David Stefans forStrangers When They Mate[15] |
| Worst Adult Screenplay (The Empty Pen Award) | Not awarded | Stanley Woods forPortrait of Seduction ("for one badly written line only")[14] | Lou Campa forJailbait[15] |
| Worst Sexplicit Sinematography (The Glued-on Lenscap Award) | Not awarded | Judgement Day2[15] | Cadillac Named Desire[15] |
| Worst Performance (The Burned-Out Projection Bulb Award) | Not awarded | Mary Monroe inTeenage Hustler[14] | Ronnie Fray inThe Velvet Hustle[15] |
In 1981,Adam Film World revived its awards with a new name, the Adam Film World Guide Awards, to coincide with the launch of a sister magazine,Adam Film World Guide. Rather than giving single awards in several categories,AFWG had only a few categories — top films, top videos, top sex scenes, best male and female performers and best director — but named the top five or top 10 of each. Then, until 2003, in the annualAFWG Directory of Adult Films it ranked the top three movies of the year, a combination of movies shot on film and those shot on videotape:
Starting with the 2002 awards,Adam Film World Guide changed the focus of the annual awards. Rather than naming the top 10 films and top 10 videos (which theDirectory then condensed into a list of the year's top three movies),AFWG just named one top film, one top video and 51 other awards to movies and individuals for a wide range of categories such as Best Asian Starlet, Best Fetish Vignette Movie, Best Couples Movie, Best Gonzo Comedy, Best Music, Best Box Cover Art and Best All-Girl Orgy Series.
With movies shot on film and videotape giving way to digital, the Best Films and Best Videos categories were eventually combined into Best Movie, and so in 2005,Adam Film World Guide Directory stopped naming the previous year's top three movies, thereafter just reprinting the entire list ofAFWG individual awards. The final awards, for movies released in 2007, were published in the July 2008 issue ofAdam Film World Guide.
| Best Movie | Best Director | Best Actor | Best Actress | Best Screenplay | |
| 2002[16] | Fade To Black (Vivid Entertainment) (Best Film); Euphoria (Wicked Pictures) (Best Video) | Paul Thomas,Fade To Black (Film); Brad Armstrong,Euphoria (Video) | Randy Spears,Bad Wives 2 (Vivid) (Film); Steven St. Croix,Planet Of The Babes (Sterling Pictures) (Video) | Taylor Hayes,Fade To Black (Film); Sydnee Steele,Euphoria (Video) | Michael Raven &David Aaron Clark,Beast (Sin City Films) (Film); David Aaron Clark & Brad Armstrong,Euphoria (Video) |
| 2003[17] | TheFashionistas (Evil Angel) (Best Film); The Ass Collector (Evil Angel) (Best Video) | John Stagliano,The Fashionistas (Film); Michael Ninn,Perfect (Private Media) (Video) | Brad Armstrong,Falling From Grace (Wicked Pictures) (Film); Kris Knight,The Ass Collector (Video) | Taylor St. Claire,The Fashionistas (Film); Ashlyn Gere,Crime & Passion (VCA Pictures) (Video) | Daniel Metcalf & Brad Armstrong,Falling From Grace (Film); Patrick Collins andParker Schurman,Big Bottom Sadie (Elegant Angel) (Video) |
| 2004[18] | Compulsion (Elegant Angel) (Best Film); New Wave Hookers 7 (VCA) (Best Video) | Axel Braun,Compulsion (Film); Thomas Zupko,Opera (Elegant Angel) (Video) | Kurt Lockwood,Compulsion (Film); Tyce Bune,Acid Dreams (Private) (Video) | Ashley Long,Compulsion (Film); Ashley Blue,Girlvert 4 (JM Productions) (Video) | Axel Braun,Compulsion (Film); Thomas Zupko,Opera (Elegant Angel) (Video) |
| 2005[19] | Café Flesh 3 (VCA) | Antonio Passolini, Café Flesh 3 | Justin Sterling, The Masseuse (Vivid) | Jenna Jameson, The Masseuse | Brad Armstrong, The Collector (Wicked) |
| 2006[20] | Pirates | Paul Thomas, The New Devil In Miss Jones (Vivid) | Steven St. Croix, The Prisoner (Metro) | Penny Flame, Darkside (Red Light District Video) | James Avalon, Darkside |
| 2007[21] | Corruption | Eli Cross, Corruption | Steven St. Croix, Wonderland (Metro) | Sunny Lane, Sex Pix (Red Light District) | Eli Cross &Alvin Edwards, Corruption |
| 2008[22] | Upload (Sex-Z Pictures) | Eli Cross, Upload | Randy Spears, Black Widow (Wicked) | Stormy Daniels, Operation Desert Stormy (Wicked) | Brad Armstrong, Coming Home (Wicked) |
Adam Black Video Directory was an annual publication produced from 1998 to 2007, which grew out ofAdam Black Video Illustrated.
In the late 1990sAdam Black Video Directory decided the time had come to honor a list of the best black and interracial movies of all time, because there had been few awards given for them in the past. Adding a few new ones each year, by 2000 the list had grown to a top 25, with a tie for 6th place (shown with year of release in brackets): 1.Black Throat (1985), 2.Maverdick (1995), 3.Let Me Tell Ya 'bout White Chicks (1984), 4.Nasty Video Magazine 5 (1999), 5.Friend to the Black Man (1998), 6.Harlem Candy (1987), 6.N.B.A. (Nuttin' But Ass) (1996), 7.The Look 2000 (1997), 8.The Legend of Reggie D (1989), 9.The Adventures of Dick Black the Black Dick (1987), 10.Pussyman 7 (1994), 11.Starbangers 2 (1994), 12.Escape to Pleasure Island (1998), 13.My Black Ass (1997), 14.Booty Bitch (1995), 15.African Angels (1996), 16.Hot Rod Honeyz, 17.Black Butt Jungle (1998), 18.Kink World (1993), 19.Mac' In 2 (1996), 20.Centerfold (1997), 21.Dear John (1993), 22.Buttman Back in Rio 4, 23.The Dream Team (1996), 24.Isis Blublue filme (1998) and 25.Bomb Ass Pussy (1998).[23]
Originated in 1989 byAdam Gay Video Directory editor Dave Kinnick,The "Dave" Awards were originally announced in Kinnick's monthly "Video Review" column inAdvocate Men Magazine. They moved toAdam Gay Video 1996 Directory after the column ceased in December 1994.[24]
^1 Some of the terminology used byAdam Film World for some of the awards was deleted or replaced by something less vulgar in these instances.
^2 In announcing the Z-Caliber Awards in 1977,Adam Film World did not give Worst Direction or Worst Sinematography Awards, saying "We had a couple more Z-Calibers in mind but have deleted them just to be nice—also the contenders were running neck-and-neck."[14] In announcing the 1978 awards, the previous year's awards were also noted and this time a Worst Sinematography Award for 1977 was named, but the Worst Direction for that year was "withheld by request".[15]
^3 The 2002Adam Film World Guide Directory listedMarissa as first runner-up andBeast as second runner-up, however, this was changed toEuphoria andTaboo 2001 in subsequent directories. It is likelyMarissa andBeast were the incorrect entries becauseEuphoria was named best video that year and since all four movies were shot-on-video productions, it would be the most likely to make the top three movies list overall.