5th AVN Awards
| 5th AVN Awards | |
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| Date | January 8, 1988 |
| Site | Tropicana Hotel & Casino, Paradise, Nevada |
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| Highlights | |
| Best Picture | Careful, He May Be Watching (Best Film) |
| Most awards | Firestorm II (4) |
The 5th AVN Awards ceremony, organized by Adult Video News (AVN), took place on January 8, 1988 at the Tropicana Hotel and Casino in Paradise, Nevada beginning at 9:00 p.m. PST / 12:00 a.m. EST. During the ceremony, AVN Awards were presented in 33 categories, plus several extra awards, honoring pornographic movies released the previous year. The ceremony was produced by Mark Stone and Gary Todd. The show was hosted by Adult Video News publisher Paul Fishbein and executive editor Gene Ross.
Firestorm II won the most awards with four, however, the Best Film award went to Careful, He May Be Watching.
The nominees for the 5th AVN Awards were announced in the January 1988 issue of Adult Video News magazine. The winners were announced during the awards ceremony on January 8, 1988.
Winners are listed first, highlighted in boldface, and indicated with a double dagger (
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AVN Hall of Fame inductees for 1988 were: Veronica Hart, Annette Haven, Vanessa del Rio, Cecil Howard, Anthony Spinelli, John Leslie, Jesie St. James, Radley Metzger
The following nine movies received multiple awards:
The following individuals presented awards or performed musical numbers.
Among those presenting awards were: Nina Hartley, Gene Ross, Angel Kelly
Actor John Leslie performed at the show by playing harmonica and jamming with the Moonlight Entertainers, which was the live band during the show. Allison Saiko sang "Heat Wave".
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