2003 DVD Exclusive Award Winners (1 Viewer)

[Nils Luehrmann]

Yet another example of how DVD has changed the video industry is that it now even has a nationally broadcasted award show for DVDs - produced by non other than Dick Clark.

The show was reasonably entertaining, including the dress made from DVDs that the host, Jenny McCarthy, wore at the opening of the show:


(I believe she mentioned that her 'assets' where being covered appropriately by the 2-disc LOTR: Twin Towers)

There were several 'special awards', the most notable was the Pioneer Award that was given to Michael Bay for his countless efforts in promoting and expanding DVD content.

Here were the results of this year’s standard awards:


Best Overall DVD, New Movie (including all extra features)

The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers Special Extended Edition (New Line/Warner)
Michael Pellerin, David X. Rodriguez, Kevin Miller

Best Overall DVD, Classic Movie (including all extra features)

Alien Quadrilogy (Fox)
Charles de Lauzirika

Best Overall DVD, TV Program (including all extra features)

The Dick Van Dyke Show—Season One (Image)
Paul Brownstein

Best Audio Commentary (new for DVD)

Alien, from Alien Quadrilogy (Fox)
Ridley Scott, Dan O'Bannon, Ronald Shusett, Terry Rawlings, Sigourney Weaver, Tom Skerritt, Veronica Cartwright, Harry Dean Stanton, John Hurt

Best Behind-the-Scenes Program (new for DVD)

West Side Story (MGM)
West Side Memories (Michael Arick)

Best New Movie Scenes (finished—edited into movie or stand-alone)

The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers Special Extended Edition (New Line/Warner)
43 minutes of new and extended footage (Peter Jackson),

Best Games and Interactivities

Finding Nemo (Buena Vista)
David Jessen, Bill Kinder

Best Deleted Scenes, Outtakes and Bloopers

Finding Nemo (Buena Vista)
Andrew Stanton, Roger Gould, Bill Kinder

Best Menu Design

Finding Nemo (Buena Vista)
Bill Kinder, David Jessen, John Ross


The following awards were for 2003 DTV DVDs:

Best Animated DVD Premiere Movie

101 Dalmatians II: Patch's London Adventure (Buena Vista)
Carolyn Bates, Leslie Hough Best

Live Action DVD Premiere Movie

Interstate 60 (Screen Media/ Universal)
Peter Bray, Neil Canton, Bob Gale

Best Actor in a DVD Premiere Movie

Finder's Fee (Lions Gate)
James Earl Jones [as Avery Phillips]

Best Actress in a DVD Premiere Movie

The Sleeping Dictionary (New Line/Warner)
Jessica Alba [as Selima]

Best Supporting Actor in a DVD Premiere Movie

The Sleeping Dictionary (New Line/Warner)
Bob Hoskins [as Henry Bullard]

Best Supporting Actress in a DVD Premiere Movie

The Sleeping Dictionary (New Line/Warner)
Brenda Blethyn [as Aggie]

Best Animated Character Performance in a DVD Premiere Movie (voice/animator)

101 Dalmatians II: Patch's London Adventure (Buena Vista)
Lars [voice Martin Short; Dan Root, character design supervisor]

Best Original Song in a DVD Premiere Movie

Run Ronnie Run! (New Line/Warner)
"The Golden Rule Song" (performed by Jack Black with the Joey Cheesy Reunion Band; lyrics by Eban Schletter, David Cross, Bob Odenkirk, Scott Aukerman, B.J. Porter, Brian Posehn; music written and arranged by Eban Schletter)

Best Director of a DVD Premiere Movie

101 Dalmatians II: Patch's London Adventure (Buena Vista)
Jim Kammerud, Brian Smith

Best Screenplay for a DVD Premiere Movie

Interstate 60 (Screen Media/ Universal)
Bob Gale

Best Original Score in a DVD Premiere Movie

101 Dalmatians II: Patch's London Adventure (Buena Vista)
Richard Gibbs

Best Cinematography in a DVD Premiere Movie

The Sleeping Dictionary (New Line/Warner)
Martin Fuhrer

Best Editing of a DVD Premiere Movie

101 Dalmatians II: Patch's London Adventure (Buena Vista)
Robert S. Birchard

Best Visual Effects in a DVD Premiere Movie

Bionicle: Mask of Light—The Movie (LEGO/Miramax/ Buena Vista)
Shui-Wen Tsai, Duane Loose

 

[John Watson]

Dick Clark has sunk pretty low

To get the big picture, we need awards for Worst menus, Worst cover art, Most over-priced, Least Necessary Director's Cut / Special Ed / Collectors Ed / Alternative Endings, etc.

(And Mr Blackwell should have something to say about that ugly dress)

 

[Dane Marvin]

I still haven't formed an opinion on Jenny McCarthy's "DVD dress". I'd have to take a look at her in it close up

The DVD Awards are not a bad idea. There were definitely some deserving winners (Dick Van Dyke Show). The televised awards needed to include more of the actual awards -- such as Best Audio Commentary.

 

[David Lambert]

Keep in mind that this is the 4th year for these awards. The first three years it went by the name "The DVD Premiere Awards". The categories have changed year-to-year, reflecting the changing nature of the business. For instance, in previous years, there wasn't a TV-on-DVD category!

With DVD getting more and more popular, it makes sense that the awards ceremony would finally be broadcast, and hosted by a recognizable name (wouldn't you fellas like to take HER for a spin? :b ). I hope that as the delivery format eventually changes to HD-DVD, FMD, BR, EVD, or whatever, that these awards continue. Perhaps under the guise of the "Home Video Awards" or something. Because it's always good to have quality recognized by your peers!


P.S. - congrats to HTF member Charlie de Lauzirika for his award-winning Alien Quad set! I know this is under the tree for me, and I'm very much looking forward to seeing it!