SAN FRANCISCO - Raging Stallion Studios received 51 nominations from the 2009 GAYVN Awards, more than any other gay adult studio. The nominations encompassed 14 movies, including 17 for To the Last Man, the studio's controversial 2008 blockbuster.
Directed by Chris Ward, Ben Leon and Tony DiMarco, To the Last Man is a big-budget film shot on location in the mountains of northern Arizona. The movie generated controversy by mixing hardcore sex and violence. All but one of the major characters is killed during the film's six-hour run. The studio's use of the controversy to promote the film gained the flick a Best Marketing nod.
Ricky Sinz and Scott Tanner share the lead in To The Last Man, and both received awards nods: Sinz for Best Actor and Tanner for Best Supporting Actor. Logan McCree also received a Best Actor nomination for his role in The Drifter. Both McCree and Sinz also were nominated for Performer of the Year, as was RSS exclusive Steve Cruz. Vinnie D'Angelo received a Best Supporting Actor nod for The Drifter.
Jake Deckard received a Best Director nomination for his Jock Itch series. Steve Hunt was nominated for Best Foreign actor for his role in RSS subsidiary High Octane's Masters and Servants, which is up for Best Foreign Release. Exclusives RJ Danvers and Damien Rios were each nominated for Best Newcomer.
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 earned two nominations 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 RSS president Ward. "We have had a great year, and to be able to follow last year's 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 received multiple nominations in several categories.
"I hope we don't split our vote," he said. "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."
Raging Stallion's GAYVN Awards nominations include:
Best Picture: To The Last Man
Best Director: Jake Deckard, Jock Itch; Chris Ward, Ben Leon and Tony DiMarco, To The Last Man
Performer of the Year: Steve Cruz, Logan McCree, Ricky Sinz
Best Actor: Logan McCree, The Drifter; Ricky Sinz, To The Last Man
Best Actor Foreign: Steve Hunt, Masters and Servants
Best Supporting Actor: Vinnie D'Angelo, The Drifter; Jake Deckard, To The Last Man; Scott Tanner, To The Last Man
Best Top: Ricky Sinz
Best Newcomer: RJ Danvers, Damien Rios
Best All Sex film: The 4th Floor, Testosterone
Best Bear Film: Centurion Muscle 5: Maximus
Best Ethnic: Testosterone
Best Fetish: Grunts Fisting, Sounding #1
Best Foreign Film: Masters and Servants, Testosterone
Best HD Feature Film: Hotter than Hell four-disc set
Best Leather: Big, Bigger, Biggest #1
Best Solo: Stroke
Best Three Way: Dak Ramsey, Logan McCree and Tober Brandt, Hotter Than Hell #2; Ricky Sinz, Scott Tanner and Logan McCree, To The Last Man
Best Sex Scene: Ricky Sinz and Max Schutler, Barback; Logan McCree and Vinnie D'Angelo, The Drifter; Logan McCree and Scott Campbell, To The Last Man
Best Oral: Josh West and RJ Danvers, Jock Itch; Jackson Wild and Ricky Sinz, To The Last Man
Best Solo: Vic Rocco, Jock Itch
Best Non-Sex Performance: Matthew Johnson, To The Last Man; Ricky Sinz, Hotter than Hell part 1
Best Screenplay: Tony DiMarco and Logan McCree, The Drifter
Best Cinematography: Ben Leon and Tony Dimarco, To The Last Man
Best Art Direction: Jock Itch, To the Last Man
Best Editing: Chris Ward, Ben Leon and Tony DiMarco, To the Last Man
Best Music: JD Slater and Nekked, To The Last Man
Best Packaging: Jock Itch, To The Last Man
Best Marketing: To The Last Man
Best DVD Extras: Jock Itch, To The Last Man
Best DVD Special Edition: To The Last Man
Best Website: Bang Bang Boys
