Here is the full press release ...
San Francisco Erotic Powerhouse Raging Studios solidified its place at the top of the gay porn pyramid by taking 51 GayVN nominations, more than any other studio and smashing all records for the industry. Fourteen separate Raging Stallion movies were nominated for awards this year, another industry record. To The Last Man, the biggest gay film of the year, took more nominations than any other single film, garnering nods for Best Picture, Best Actor, Best Supporting Actor, Best Director, Best Videography, Best Music, Best Editing, and many others. To The Last Man was co-directed by Chris Ward, Ben Leon, and Tony DiMarco--three of the industry's top talents. Shot in the mountains of northern Arizona, To The Last Man is the single most lavish movie produced this year, ranking with GRUNTS and Arabesque as one of Raging Stallion's top films. The movie has become controversial because of the level of violence and envelope-pushing sex that unfolds over the six hour running time.
Ricky Sinz and Scott Tanner share the lead in To The Last Man, and both were singled out for their superlative performances, which some reviewers have described as Hollywood-level performances. Logan McCree, for his role in The Drifter, was also given a Best Actor nomination. Both McCree and Sinz are also nominated for Performer of the Year, as is RSS exclusive Steve Cruz. Vinnie D'Angelo was nominated for Best Supporting Actor for The Drifter.
Raging Stallion's groundbreaking Blu-ray features were also singled out for nomination, as were Jake Deckard as best director for his Jock Itch series. Steve Hunt was nominated for Best Foreign actor for his role in High Octane's Masters and Servants--a movie which also was nominated for best Foreign Release. Exclusives RJ Danvers and Damien Rios were nominated for best Newcomer. Ben Leon's The 4th Floor was nominated for Best All Sex film and Gavin Lowe's Testosterone was nominated for Best Latin film. Big, Bigger, Biggest was nominated for Best Leather film, and the studio had two nominates in the Best Fetish Category. JD Slater's Centurion Muscle 5: Maximus was nominated in the Best Bear category.
"I am very grateful to the GayVN judges for these nominations," said Chris Ward, President of the studio. "We have had a great year, and to be able to follow last years GRUNTS with another blockbuster hit that has received so much positive commentary is very exciting for all of us here at Raging Stallion." Ward also noted that Raging Stallion had more than one nomination in most categories. "I hope we don't split our vote!!! Having so many nominations duplicated in many categories really shows that our quality is very thick--almost every movie we made this year got nominated."
A complete list of Raging Stallion GayVN nominations:
Best Picture: To The Last Man
Best Director: Jake Deckard, Jock Itch
Best Director: Chris Ward, Ben Leon, Tony Dimarco, To The Last Man
Performer of the Year: Steve Cruz
Performer of the Year: Logan McCree
Performer of the Year: Ricky Sinz
Best Actor: Logan McCree, The Drifter
Best Actor: Ricky Sinz, To The Last Man
Best Actor Foreign: Steve Hunt, Masters and Servants
Best Supporting Actor: Vinnie D'Angelo, The Drifter
Best Supporting Actor: Jake Deckard, To The Last Man
Best Supporting Actor: Scott Tanner, To The Last Man
Best Top: Ricky Sinz
Best Newcomer: RJ Danvers
Best Newcomer: Damien Rios
Best All Sex film: The 4th Floor
Best All Sex Film: Testosterone
Best Bear Film: Centurion Muscle 5: Maximus
Best Ethnic: Testosterone
Best Fetish: GRUNTS Fisting
Best Fetish: Sounding #1
Best Foreign Film: Masters and Servants
Best Foreign Film: Testosterone
Best HD Feature Film: Hotter than Hell 4 disc set
Best Leather: Big, Bigger, Biggest #1
Best Solo: Stroke
Best Three Way: Hotter Than Hell #2 Dak Ramsey, Logan McCree, Tober Brandt
Best Three Way: To The Last Man, Ricky Sinz, Scott Tanner, Logan McCree
Best Sex Scene: Barback, Ricky Sinz Max Schutler
Best Sex Scene: The Drifter, Logan McCree and Vinnie D'Angelo
Best Sex Scene: To The Last Man, Logan McCree and Scott Campbell
Best Oral: Jock Itch, Josh West and RJ Danvers
Best Oral: To The Last Man, Jackson Wild and Ricky Sinz
Best Solo: Jock Itch, Vic Rocco
Best Non Sex Performance: Matthew Johnson, To The Last Man
Best Non Sex Performance: Ricky Sinz, Hotter than Hell part 1
Best Screenplay: Tony Dimarco, The Drifter
Best Screenplay: Logan McCree, The Drifter
Best Cinematography: Ben Leon and Tony Dimarco, To The Last Man
Best Art Direction: Jock Itch
Best Art Direction: To the Last Man
Best Editing: To the Last Man, Chris Ward, Ben Leon, Tony Dimarco
Best Music: To The Last Man, JD Slater and Nekked
Best Packaging: Jock Itch
Best Packaging: To The Last Man
Best Marketing: To The Last Man
Best DVD Extras: Jock Itch
Best DVD Extras: To The Last Man
Best DVD special edition: To The Last Man
Best Website: Bang Bang Boys
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