Video Software Dealers Association Announces Its 2001 Home Entertainment Award Nominations

Winners Will Be Announced During The Opening General Session At The 20th Annual VSDA Convention, January 7-10 In Las Vegas, Nevada

26-Dec-00

The Video Software Dealers Association (VSDA) has announced a slate of twelve Home Entertainment Awards categories and 60 video nominations. The announcement was made by VSDA President Bo Andersen. Each year, the Video Software Dealers Association honors its regular membersí (retailers and distributors) favorite movies and programs available on home video. To be eligible for nomination, videos must have been released between April 1, 2000 and November 30, 2000. The 2001 award categories were determined by a nine-member committee of retailers, distributors and trade journalists who then selected five nominees in the twelve award categories. Title eligibility was verified by data provided by Muze, Inc. The nominating committee is chaired by Mark Vrieling of Rain City Video in Seattle, Washington. A new category this year is Foreign Language Film Of The Year. Winners will be determined by ballots which were mailed to all regular VSDA members. Winners will be honored at the opening General Session during the VSDA Convention featuring the Home Entertainment Expo & DVD Festival 2001, scheduled for January 7-9, 2001 at the Las Vegas Sands Expo Center/Venetian Hotel. The 2001 VSDA Home Entertainment Award nominations include: - Rental Title Of The Year By A Major Studio ""American Beauty"" - DreamWorks Home Entertainment ""The Green Mile"" - Warner Home Video ""Gladiator"" - DreamWorks Home Entertainment ""Mission Impossible 2"" - Paramount Home Entertainment ""The Patriot"" - Columbia TriStar Home Video - Rental Title Of The Year By An Independent Studio ""Being John Malkovich"" - USA Home Entertainment ""Ghost Dog: The Way Of The Samurai"" - Artisan Home Entertainment ""Held Up"" - Trimark Home Video ""The Ninth Gate"" - Artisan Home Entertainment ""Topsy Turvy"" - USA Home Entertainment - Sell-Through Title Of The Year By A Major Studio ""Chicken Run"" - DreamWorks Home Entertainment ""Erin Brockovich"" - Universal Studios Home Video ""The Perfect Storm"" - Warner Home Video ""Star Wars: Episode I: The Phantom Menace"" - 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment ""X-Men"" - 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment - Sell-Through Title Of The Year By An Independent Studio ""Godís Army"" - Zion Films, Inc. (Distributed by Excel Entertainment Group, Inc.) ""Jesus"" - Trimark Home Video ""Left Behind: The Movie"" - Cloud Ten Pictures ""10th Kingdom: The Making of An Epic"" - Artisan Home Entertainment ""On Any Sunday Revisited"" - monterey video - Direct-To-Video By A Major Studio ""Buzz Lightyear Of Star Command: The Adventure Begins"" - Buena Vista Home Entertainment ""Joseph: King Of Dreams"" - DreamWorks Home Entertainment ""Little Mermaid II: Return To The Sea"" - Buena Vista Home Entertainment ""Scooby-Doo and The Alien Invaders"" - Warner Home Video ""Switching Goals"" - Warner Home Video - Direct-To-Video By An Independent Studio ""Fire On The Amazon"" - New Concorde Home Entertainment ""Kiss Toldeo Goodbye"" - A-Pix Entertainment, Inc. ""Komodo"" - Sterling Home Entertainment ""Slow Burn"" - Artisan Home Entertainment ""Thomas The Tank Engine Makes Someone Happy"" - Anchor Bay Entertainment - DVD Of The Year ""American Beauty"" - DreamWorks Home Entertainment ""Gladiator"" - DreamWorks Home Entertainment ""Mission: Impossible 2"" - Paramount Home Entertainment ""The Patriot"" - Columbia TriStar Home Video ""The World Is Not Enough"" - MGM Home Entertainment In order to recognize efforts unique to home video, the above categories take into account not only overall performance, but particularly the marketing and promotional efforts given to titles by the studios. Additional categories and their nominations are: - Video Game Of The Year ""Madden NFL 2001"" - Electronic Arts "" Perfect Dark"" - Nintendo of America ""Resident Evil Survivor"" - Capcom ""Tony Hawkís Pro Skater 2"" - Activision ""Virtua Tennis"" - Sega of America - Best Foreign Language Film Of The Year Dialogue track must be predominantly in a language of the country of origin, except when story mandates that an additional non-English language is predominant. Accurate English subtitles are required. ""All About My Mother"" - Columbia TriStar Home Video "" The Color Of Paradise"" - Columbia TriStar Home Video ""The Emperor And The Assassin"" - Columbia TriStar Home Video ""East West"" - Columbia TriStar Home Video ""The Cup"" - New Line Home Video (distributed by Warner Home Video) - Sleeper Of The Year A title that performed better than expected. ""Boys Donít Cry"" - 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment ""Dogma"" - Columbia TriStar Home Video ""Mystery, Alaska"" - Buena Vista Home Entertainment ""Snow Falling On Cedars"" - Universal Studios Home Video ""The Straight Story"" - Buena Vista Home Entertainment - Best Adult Title Of The Year ""Artemesia"" - Vivid Entertainment Group ""Dark Angels"" - New Sensations ""Jekyll & Hyde"" - Vivid Entertainment Group ""Looker II Femme Fatale"" - Pleasure Pictures ""White Lightning"" - VCA Pictures - Special Edition DVD Of The Year Must contain supplemental features only available on DVD format. ""Braveheart"" - Paramount Home Entertainment ""Fight Club"" - 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment ""Gladiator"" - DreamWorks Home Entertainment ""Magnolia"" - New Line Home Video (distributed by Warner Home Video) ""Terminator 2 - The Ultimate Edition DVD"" - Artisan Home Entertainment Awards will also be given to top renting and selling videos and videogames based on data obtained from VidTrac, VideoScan and Game Week. Taking place concurrent (but not affiliated with) the popular Consumer Electronics Show, the VSDA Convention's Home Entertainment Expo & DVD Festival 2001 features an all new Expo floor with over 200 exhibitors, a full day of ""need-to-know"" business seminars on January 6, one day before the convention opens - for a total of four full days of education, new DVD products galore, program suppliers, buyers from a broad range of storefront and online retailers, filmmakers of the future, digital-delivery decision makers, parties and other networking events, as well as plenty of other profitable opportunities. This is the only convention that brings the big business of home entertainment under one roof, at the spacious Venetian Hotel/ Sands Expo Center in Las Vegas, Nevada. For more information about the VSDA Convention, phone 888 778 8892 or visit www.homeentertainmentevents.com.

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