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Reid’s hardware led the way for Deadly Vows, which received a total of four awards,
including Best Music; Best Editing (Mz Montage, Boris Dongson & Steve McQueef);
Best Non-Sex Performance (Mike Horner) and Outstanding Directing - Individual
Work for Greenwood.
When the Montreal native was in the winners circle to discuss his sixth directing
award in the past five years, including his second straight for Outstanding Directing
- Individual Work and third consecutive Best Directing Portfolio award, he wanted to
talk anyone but himself.
He gave a special nod to fellow director Mike Quasar, who helmed the year’s top
comedy.
“You guys made my night with Tommy Pistol, Mike Quasar and Ryan Reid … I was
so happy. I’m screaming all night. It’s the best night of my life to see all my friends
are winning,” Greenwood said, before turning his attention to Deadly Vows.
“This movie was great. This movie was a lot of fun. It was a lot of work. We worked
our ass off on it. The set design, the choreographies, stunt coordinating, everybody
works on it. It was amazing. Every year I think that you guys are tired of me [winning],
but I guess not … I appreciate all the love. When you talk to an actor and you say,
‘Trust me. If you do what I’m telling you to do, people will see how great you are.’ And
when they put that trust in you like Tommy did for Strip and like Ryan did for Deadly
Vows and you get the award at the end and they’re so happy, they’re so emotional. I
appreciate that more than all of the awards.”
The busiest man in show business said that the Paris-based studio Dorcel is
the company whose movies he watched when he was younger, so to have the
opportunity to direct major features for them now is special.
“I know how much it means to them and how much they invest in America,”
Greenwood said. “I’m super happy.”
He revealed that he first envisioned Strip as one continuous scene shot in one
take, but that he and AVN Award-winning screenwriter Shawn Alff switched gears.
“And I realized that would create a less good movie, so we decided to change the
script and create a traditional movie,” Ricky added. “And I think it was a good idea.
But working with Shawn is always amazing, he wrote amazing scripts for me over
the years. And this movie was perfect and I’m very proud of him and I’m very proud
of you guys.”
Meanwhile, the AVN Hall of Fame leading man Tommy Pistol continues to add to
his legacy as one of the greatest actors of all time. This time the New York native
played the sleazy, gambling-addicted manager of a strip club on the brink. For the
role, Tommy donned a fake bald, comb-over cap and two gold front teeth.
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