Fourth Annual DVD Awards At The DVD Entertainment 2001 Conference

27-Aug-01

Walt Disney Home Video's ""Toy Story: The Ultimate Toy Box"" went home with the ""Best Of Show"" award at the 4th Annual DVD Awards held in conjunction with the DVD Entertainment 2001 Conference.""This may very well be the most impressive convergence yet of superior DVD audio and video quality and truly outstanding supplemental materials,"" noted Awards Emcee Leonard Maltin. ""Disney and Pixar's 'The Ultimate Toy Box' definitely hits the mark -- and then some.""""The Ultimate Toy Box"" also took top honors in three other categories: Best Special Feature for its ""3-D Flyaround Tours,"" Best Special Edition and Best Innovation for its ""Mixing Demo.""The night's other big winner was the ""Se7en,"" from New Line Home Entertainment, which walked away with honors in Best Authoring, Best 5.1-Channel Audio Mix (Movie) and Best Made-For-DVD Program. Other multiple award-winners were ""Cast Away,"" Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment for Best Video Compression and Best Audio Compression, and ""This Is Spinal Tap,"" for Best Deleted Scenes and Best Performance On A Commentary.The complete list of 4th Annual DVD Award Winners:- Best Of Show: ""Toy Story: The Ultimate Toy Box,"" Walt Disney Home Video- Best Special Feature: ""Toy Story: The Ultimate Toy Box,"" ""3-D Flyaround Tours,"" Walt Disney Home Video- Best Special Edition: ""Toy Story: The Ultimate Toy Box,"" Walt Disney Home Video- Best Innovation: ""Toy Story: The Ultimate Toy Box,"" ""Mixing Demo,"" Walt Disney Home Video- Best Authoring: ""Se7en,"" New Line Home Entertainment- Best 5.1-Channel Audio Mix (Movie): ""Se7en,"" New Line Home Entertainment- Best Made-For-DVD Program: ""Se7en,"" ""Mastering For The Home Theater,"" New Line Home Entertainment- Best Video Compression: ""Cast Away,"" Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment- Best Audio Compression: ""Cast Away,"" Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment- Best Deleted Scenes: ""This Is Spinal Tap,"" MGM Home Entertainment- Best Performance On A Commentary: ""This Is Spinal Tap,"" ""Audio Commentary by Spinal Tap,"" MGM Home Entertainment- Best 5.1-Channel Audio Mix (Music): ""Don Henley, Live Inside Job,"" Image Entertainment- Best DVD-Video Music Program: ""Santana: The Supernatural Tour,"" BMG Entertainment- Best DVD-Audio Program: ""Buena Vista Social Club,"" Warner Music Group- Best Interactive Feature: ""The Ultimate Scream Collection,"" ""The Cutting Room,"" Dimension Home Video- Best Online Feature: (tie) ""Jurassic Park,"" ""On the Jurassic Park III Set With Stan Winston,"" Universal Studios Home Video and ""Mission: Impossible 2,"" ""M:I-2 DVD Online,"" Paramount Home Entertainment- Best Game: ""Dinosaur Collectors Edition,"" ""Aladar's Adventure,"" Walt Disney Home Video- Best Hidden Feature/Easter Egg: ""Gladiator,"" DreamWorks Home Entertainment- Best Menu Design: ""The James Bond Collection 007 Volume 3,"" MGM Home Entertainment- Best Packaging: ""Lawrence of Arabia,"" Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment- Best Restoration: ""Touch Of Evil,"" Universal Studios Home Video- Best Director's Cut: ""Any Given Sunday Special Edition Director's Cut,"" Warner Home Video- Special Achievement Award For Pioneering Work In Made-For-DVD Programming: David Goodman- Special Achievement Award For Pioneering Technology In DVD: VM Labs For Its NUONô Technology.- Special Achievement Award For Innovative Work In DVD: New Line Home Entertainment For Its infinifilm Premium Brand.DVD Entertainment 2001 is an executive-level seminar and comprehensive showcase of DVD technologies for studios, labels, producers and facilities involved in the creation, production and distribution of DVD video, audio and ROM entertainment titles. The conference is co-produced by the International Recording Media Association (IRMA) and United Entertainment Media's Medialine magazine. The annual DVD Awards recognize outstanding work in all areas of DVD production. The awards are produced and sponsored by Advanstar and Video Store Magazine.