CYBERSPACE - XXFactor.com has announced the winners of its 15th annual Hard Choice Awards, which honor the best in gay porn as evaluated by the e-zine's editors.
Raging Stallion Studios' XXX gay western epic To the Last Man swept nine categories, including Best Film, Best Director and Best Actor. The studio's other 2008 releases nabbed another seven awards.
"There's no avoiding the fact that this year there is an elephant in the room," XXFactor's Onan the Vulgarian and Harley Shadow noted in their announcement of the awards. "In June 2007, Raging Stallion director Chris Ward and three of his staff paid a visit to a remote Arizona ranch to size it up as a possible location for a porn western. Fourteen months later, a classic was born. Filmed at the actual site of the bloodiest feud in American history...To the Last Man did not so much think outside the box as it atomized the box."
The 2008 Hard Choice Award winners include:
Performer of the Year: Logan McCree
Runners-up: Dean Flynn, Tommy Lima, Erik Rhodes, Max Schutler
Best Film - USA: To the Last Man, Raging Stallion Studios
Runners-up: Ass Cruisin', Jet Set Men; Folsom Prison, Titan Media; Return to Fire Island, Lucas Entertainment; Winter Heat, Falcon Studios
Best Film - Foreign: Skin Deep, Kristen Bjorn Productions
Runners-up: Italians and Other Strangers, Lucas Kazan Productions; Masters & Servants, High Octane; Rio, AMG Brasil; Grand Prix, AYOR Studios
Best Director - USA: Chris Ward, Ben Leon and Tony Dimarco, To the Last Man, Raging Stallion Studios
Honorable mention: Chris Steele, Ass Cruisin', Jet Set; Brian Mills, Folsom Prison, Titan Media; Joe Gage, Home Invasion, Titan Media; John Bruno, Winter Heat, Falcon Studios
Best Director - Foreign: Kristen Bjorn, Skin Deep, Kristen Bjorn Productions
Runners-up: Alexander, Bathhouse Exxxtasy, Alexander Pictures; Lucas Kazan, Italians and Other Strangers, Lucas Kazan Productions; Herve Bodilis, Masters & Servants, High Octane; Dennis Bell, Rio, AMG Brasil
Best Director - Web: Jim Steele, Suite703.com
Best Screenplay: Logan McCree, The Drifter, Raging Stallion Studios
Runners-up: Chris Steele, Ass Cruisin', Jet Set; Chris Brand, Betrayed, FPG Entertainment; Robert Boggs, Grand Prix, AYOR Studios; Tony Dimarco, To the Last Man, Raging Stallion Studios
Best Actor - USA: Ricky Sinz, To the Last Man, Raging Stallion Studios
Runners-up: Tony Buff, Folsom Prison and Home Invasion, Titan Media; Aaron James, Ass Cruisin', Jet Set; Logan McCree, The Drifter, Raging Stallion Studios; Erik Rhodes, Afterparty, Falcon Studios
Best Actor - Foreign: Ralph Woods, French Kiss, Bel Ami
Runners-up: Bruno Boni, Italians and Other Strangers, Lucas Kazan Productions; Chad Driver, Grand Prix, AYOR Studios; Steve Hunt, Masters & Servants, High Octane; Tommy Lima, Tommy Lima in Brazil, Alexander Pictures
Best Supporting Actor: Wade Warren, Interrogation, Xtreme Productions
Runners-up: Jason Crew, Brothers' Reunion, Lucas Entertainment; Vinnie D'Angelo, The Drifter, Raging Stallion Studios; Cole Ryder, Black Meat White Heat, All Worlds Video; Scott Tanner, To the Last Man, Raging Stallion Studios
Best Non-sexual Performance: Johan Paulik, French Kiss, Bel Ami
Honorable mention: Ricky Sinz, Hotter Than Hell 1, Raging Stallion Studios
Best Videography: To the Last Man, Raging Stallion Studios
Runners-up: Betrayed, FPG Entertainment; Breakers, Titan Media; Hung Country for Young Men, Jet Set; Masters & Servants, High Octane
Best Art Direction: To the Last Man, Raging Stallion Studios
Runners-up: Fun House, Titan Media; Jock Itch 1, Screaming Eagle; Masters & Servants, High Octane; Million Dollar Boy, Sprittz
Best Music: To the Last Man, JD Slater and Nekked, Raging Stallion Studios
Honorable mention: Slide, Joe Wilson, Jet Set
Cleverest Title: The Twink Whisperer, PZP Productions
