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Adult Video News (AVN) is one of the major US industry trade groups. Their awards are arguably the most prestigious in the business.

The most honours went to

The Rocki Whore Picture Show: A Hardcore Parody which won 9 awards: Best Art Direction, Best Director, Best DVD Extras, Best Editing, Best Makeup, Best Non-Sex Performance, Best Overall Marketing Campaign (Individual Project), Best Screenplay (Parody), and Best Parody (Comedy).

Asa Akira Is Insatiable 2 (Elegant Angel), won 7 awards: Best Director (Non Feature); Best Double-Penetration Scene; Best Group Sex Scene; Best Tease Performance; Best Three-Way Sex Scene, Boy/Boy/Girl; Best Anal Sex Scene; and Best All-Sex Release

There are way too many to list all so here is a selection of the major movie winners:

• Best Amateur Release: Dare Dorm 4, RK Netmedia/Jules Jordan
• Best BDSM Release: Disciplined, Anastasia Pierce/Pulse
• Best Educational Release: Jessica Drake's Guide to Wicked Sex: Fellatio, Wicked Pictures
• Best Ethnic-Themed Release (Asian): Asian Booty 2, Elegant Angel Productions
• Best Ethnic-Themed Release (Black): Big Wet Black Tits 3, Elegant Angel Productions
• Best Ethnic-Themed Release (Latin): Escaladies, Digital Playground
• Best Foreign All-Sex Release: Ink, Daring Media Group
• Best MILF Release: Seasoned Players 16, Tom Byron/Evolution
• Best 3D Release: This Ain't Ghostbusters XXX 3D, Hustler Video
• Best All-Girl Release: Cherry 2, Jewelbox/Digital Playground
• Best Comedy: Grindhouse XXX, Adam & Eve Pictures
• Best Gonzo Release: Dangerous Curves, Jules Jordan Video
• Best All-Sex Release: Asa Akira Is Insatiable 2, Elegant Angel Productions
• Best Parody (Comedy):  The Rocki Whore Picture Show: A Hardcore Parody, Wicked Pictures
• Best Parody (Drama): Spider-Man XXX: A Porn Parody, Vivid Entertainment Group
• Best Foreign Feature: Mission Asspossible, Magik View/Private/Pure Play
• Best Feature: Portrait of a Call Girl, Elegant Angel Productions

...See the complete list of award winners

Anita: Swedish Nymphet is a 1973 Swedish softcore by Torgny Wickman.
With Christina Lindberg, Stellan Skarsgård and Danièle Vlaminck. See IMDb

UK: The Swedish Version was passed 18 uncut for

• UK 2012 Revelation R2 DVD titled Anita: Swedish Nymphet at UK Amazon just released on 23rd January 2012
• UK 2008 Revelation Swedish Erotica 1 R2 DVD titled Anita: Swedish Nymphet at UK Amazon

Previously passed X/18 after similar BBFC cuts for:

• UK 1987 Sheptonhurst VHS titled Anita
• UK 1974 cinema release titled Anita

Summary Review: Cult Star

Cult star Christina Lindberg stars as Anita, a 16-year-old girl (played by a 22-year-old) who has to have sex and it doesn't matter with who. She picks up lawyers, junkies, little boys, drunks or even the homeless. Her sexual behavior gets her kicked out of towns but one day she meets a doctor who thinks he can help her.

This Swedish picture is rather strange because it's certainly a sexploitation title and the main goal is for the beautiful Lindberg to get naked every chance she gets but the overall tone of the movie is so serious that it's hard to have fun with the film.

The story is pretty straight forward, which means it gets pretty boring as it rarely goes over the top outside of a 16-year-old wanting any guy she can get. As for Lindberg, she certainly deserves her cult status. She's certainly easy on the eyes but unlike a lot of erotic stars, she can also act and she brings a lot life to her character.

XBIZ is one of the major US adult industry trade organisations and their awards are keenly anticipated.

There are way too many to list all so here are the major movie winners:

• Feature Movie of the Year Portrait of a Call Girl (Elegant Angel)
• Parody Release of the Year Comedy: Beverly Hillbillies XXX (X-Play/Adam & Eve)
• Parody Release of the Year Drama: Top Guns (Digital Playground)
• Gonzo Release of the Year Asa Akira Is Insatiable 2 (Elegant Angel)
• All-Sex Release of the Year Performers of the Year 2011 (Elegant Angel)
• Vignette Release of the Year Office Perverts 6 (Reality Junkies/Mile High Media)
• All-Girl Release of the Year Cherry (JewelBox Films/Digital Playground)
• Couples-Themed Release of the Year Love is a Dangerous Game (New Sensations)
• Amateur Release of the Year Can He Score 8 (Bang Productions)
• Fetish Release of the Year Odd Jobs 5 (Belladonna Entertainment/Evil Angel)
• Specialty Release of the Year Jessica Drake's Guide to Wicked Sex: Anal Edition (Wicked Pictures)
• All-Black Release of the Year A Touch of Seduction (Wicked Pictures)
• Interracial Release of the Year Lex the Impaler 7 (Jules Jordan Video)
• Latin-Themed Release of the Year Made in Xspana 7 (Nacho Vidal/Evil Angel)
• Asian-Themed Release of the Year Superstar Showdown 6: Asian Edition -- Asa Akira vs. Katsuni (Reality Blue Media)
• European Feature Release of the Year Les Filles de la Campagne (Marc Dorcel/Wicked Pictures)
• European Non-Feature Release of the Year Slutty Girls Love Rocco 3 (Rocco Siffredi/Evil Angel)
• Gay Movie of the Year Assassin (Lucas Entertainment)
• Transsexual Release of the Year She-male Police 2 (Joey Silvera/Evil Angel)

...See the full list of winners

Naked Came the Stranger is a 1975 US adult film by Radley Metzger (as Henry Paris).
With Darby Lloyd Rains, Levi Richards and Mary Stuart. See IMDb

US: Uncut and MPAA X rated for:

• UK 2012 Distribpix R0 DVD at Adult Video Universe and via US Amazon just released on 7th January 2012

In the UK

The film was last released in the UK in 1988 VHS. The softcore version was released with an R18 rating and an even more cut version was passed 18.

DVD Features

• New HD Transfer, Uncut and Restored
• Remastered Dolby Digital 5.1 Audio
• Full Length "Film Facts" Subtitle Track
• "The Locations of Naked" Featurette
• "The Restoration of Naked" Featurette
• "The Deleted Scenes" Featurette
• Split-Screen "Soft Cut' vs "Hard Cut"
• Original Trailers & Radio Spots
• Slideshow & Ephemera Gallery
• 40-page Liner Note Booklet

Summary Review: Undisputed classic

Sizzling sex, stunning cinematography, and the director's trademark humor make Radley Metzger's Naked Came the Stranger an undisputed classic from the golden age of erotic adult film.

This was the second hardcore project for respected erotic auteur Radley Metzger (using the pseudonym Henry Paris) following his well-received though unflinchingly explicit The Private Afternoons Of Pamela Mann.

Perhaps with an eye towards mainstream acceptance of a film form he had largely embraced because it was what the domestic adult movie marketplace at least demanded, Metzger toned down the level of graphic detail on this occasion. As compensation, he lavished more time and attention on the central characterizations of radio talk show hosts William and Gillian Blake whose sparkling repartee considerably enlivens their extra-marital erotic encounters.