Most Popular Tape You Never Rented
— Tommy and Pamela Anderson Lee's sex-filled home video
Most Independent Independent Film
— Schizopolis, Steven Soderbergh's ultra-low-budget lark, has
no opening titles, and the end titles are subliminal — search
frame by frame to read them.
Guess She Said It All
— The video sleeve for David Cronenberg's creepy Crashtrumpeted a four-word blurb from New York Times critic Janet
Maslin: ''...sex and car crashes.''
For a Change of Pace, Try Watching Them In Fast-Forward
— The flashing feet of Lord of the Dance and Riverdance
Best Kids' Movie Without One Cutesy Moment
— Even though the title character is a lovable beagle, Shilohkeeps sentiment at heel.
Best Symbol Of Blockbuster's Travails
— Paramount sent retailers promotional tapes of The Beautician
and the Beast in which a shot of a Blockbuster card was deleted
and a line of dialogue changed to refer to ''Rockbottom Video.''
Best Symbol of Corey Haim's Travails
— Five months before his July bankruptcy filing, the ex-child
star appeared in a straight-to-tape comedy called Busted.
Worst Timing
— Five videos — three documentaries and two TV movies — were left
high and dry when the release of James Cameron's Titanic sailed
from July to December.
Hell, We Spaced Out and Forgot to Watch...
— Leprechaun 4: In Space, A Nymphoid Barbarian in Dinosaur
Hell, and Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart to Hades
Least Special Edition
— Garry Marshall added eight irrelevant minutes to Pretty Woman on laser.
Proof That Laserdisc Is Still Video's Classiest Format
— The Lubitsch Touch, a $190 anthology of Ernst Lubitsch movies
not available on tape or DVD
No-Shows of the Year
— The Video Software Dealers Association named Farrah Fawcett
its national convention's ''celebrity chair.'' She didn't show up.
It lined up James Woods as a keynote speaker. He canceled.
