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MTV Movie Awards 
Awarded for Teen popularity in film Presented by MTV Country United States First awarded 1992 Official website www.mtv.com/ontv/movieawards/ The MTV Movie Awards is a film awards show presented annually on MTV (formerly initialized as Music Television). It also contains movie parodies that used official movie footage with hosts and other celebrities and music performances. The nominees are decided by producers and executives at MTV. Winners are decided online by the general public. Presently voting is done through MTV's official website through a special Movie Awards link at movieawards.mtv.com.
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Production process
Unlike its sister event MTV Video Music Awards (which are broadcast live), the MTV Movie Awards (up to 2007) were taped and then broadcast a few days later.[1] The entire production was taped in a completely different order than what the MTV viewing audience saw. For example, the show's host would tape all his/her monologues and introductions at one time, and all the musical acts would perform one after the other. Celebrities would often only appear at the live taping for the announcement of their award category, and members of the general audience fill their vacant seats during the other times. Through clever editing, MTV was able to present to its viewing audience an awards show which appears to be taped in live sequence, with celebrities sticking around for the whole show. This method of production allowed foul language to be edited from the show and also is more convenient for celebrities. The actual live taping aired same-day on pay-per-view channels in most metropolitan cities around the world. Some awards telecasts had also been shown in television syndication. However, in 2007, this changed, as MTV and Survivor producer Mark Burnett (who took over duties from Joel Gallen for the 2007 awards) announced the '07 edition would be broadcast live on MTV for the first time on June 3, 2007 in Los Angeles.
Current award categories
- Best Movie
- Best Performance (usually separated into Male and Female categories)
- Best Breakthrough Performance (sometimes separated into Male and Female categories)
- Best Villain
- Best Comedic Performance
- Best Kiss
- Best Fight
- Best Jaw Dropping Moment
- Best Scared-As-S**t Performance
- Biggest Badass Star
- Best Line from a Movie
Past award categories
- Most Desirable Male (1992–1996)
- Most Desirable Female (1992–1996)
- Best On-Screen Duo (1992–2006; changed to Best On-Screen Team in 2001)
- Best Action Sequence (1992–2005)
- Best New Filmmaker (1992–2002)
- Best Song from a Movie (1992-1999, 2009)
- Best Dance Sequence (1995, 1998)
- Best Cameo (2001–2002, 2004)
- Best Dressed (2001–2002)
- Best Virtual Performance (2003)
- Best Video Game Based on a Movie (2005)
- Sexiest Performance (2006)
- Best Summer Movie You Haven't Seen Yet (2007)
- Best Summer Movie So Far (2008)
- Global Superstar (2010)
Lifetime Achievement Award/MTV Generation Award
MTV has awarded at least three fictional characters their version of the Academy Honorary Award: Godzilla, Jason Voorhees, and Chewbacca. Jason was awarded the honor in 1992. Godzilla was awarded it in 1996, and Chewbacca the following year. (Carrie Fisher presented him with a medal identical to that which Han Solo and Luke Skywalker were given by Princess Leia, who was portrayed by Fisher, at the ceremony at the end of Star Wars since it was a long running complaint that Chewbacca never received one in the movie). The category existed as a spoof award through 1997, where other recipients included Jackie Chan and Richard Roundtree. In 1998, Clint Howard was the last person given the award. The award was retired in 1998, but reemerged seven years later as the MTV Generation Award; Tom Cruise in 2005, Jim Carrey in 2006,[2] Mike Myers in 2007, Adam Sandler in 2008, Ben Stiller in 2009,[3] Sandra Bullock in 2010,[4] and Reese Witherspoon in 2011.[5]
Years
Film parodies
Since 1993, scenes are spoofed, mostly from that year's most popular films, although television shows and older movies have also been chosen. This may include sound and video montages, replacing some of the original cast with other actors (commonly, the hosts of each year's show) generally mocking the scenes of that film. The diversity of the spoofs can vary greatly, from one dialogue (such as in 2005) to several long scenes, including fighting and action sequences (2003).
Notes
- ^ Mark Burnett signs on to produce a live MTV Movie Awards
- ^ Jim Carrey And Spike Lee Scoring Big Honors At MTV Movie Awards
- ^ 2009 MTV Movie Awards Generation Award
- ^ 2010 MTV Movie Awards Generation Award
- ^ Reese Witherspoon to receive MTV Generation Award at star-studded ceremony Sunday
- ^ 1992 MTV Movie Awards (1992) (TV)
- ^ 1993 MTV Movie Awards (1993) (TV)
- ^ 1994 MTV Movie Awards (1994) (TV)
- ^ 1995 MTV Movie Awards (1995) (TV)
- ^ 1996 MTV Movie Awards (1996) (TV)
- ^ 1997 MTV Movie Awards (1997) (TV)
- ^ 1998 MTV Movie Awards (1998) (TV)
- ^ 1999 MTV Movie Awards (1999) (TV)
- ^ 2000 MTV Movie Awards (2000) (TV)
- ^ 2001 MTV Movie Awards (2001) (TV)
- ^ 2002 MTV Movie Awards (2002) (TV)
- ^ 2003 MTV Movie Awards (2003) (TV)
- ^ 2004 MTV Movie Awards (2004) (TV)
- ^ 2005 MTV Movie Awards (2005) (TV)
- ^ 2006 MTV Movie Awards (2006) (TV)
- ^ 2007 MTV Movie Awards (2007) (TV)
- ^ Armagedd'NSync is not a traditional movie spoof, but rather a trailer parody created by an independent director Russell Bates. However, according to the creator's web-site (last retrieved on 13 August 2006), it has been featured at MTV Movie Awards 1998.
References
- Steve Hochman, Awards as American as 'Pie' and Other Silliness; Television, L.A. Times, June 7, 2000, Calendar page 3;
External links
- 2009 MTV Movie Awards Official Site
- 2008 MTV Movie Awards Official Site
- MTV Movie Awards Official Archive
- MTV Movie website
- Best Spoofs from the MTV Movie Awards
- 2007 MTV Movie Awards Spoof site
MTV award shows around the world Music Awards United States · Asia · Australia · Belgium · Brazil · Europe · Japan · India · Italy · Mexico · Netherlands · Philippines · Romania · Russia · South Africa · SpainMovie Awards MTV Movie Awards Current awards Movie · Performance · Breakout Star · Villain · Comedic Performance · Kiss · Fight · Jaw Dropping Moment · Scared-As-S**t Performance · Biggest Badass StarRetired awards Most Desirable Male · Most Desirable Female · On-Screen Duo · Action Sequence · New Filmmaker · Cameo · Dressed · Virtual Performance · Video Game Based on a Movie · Sexiest Performance · Song From a MovieCeremonies Categories:- MTV Movie Awards
- American film awards
- American television specials
- MTV television series
- Awards established in 1992
- Lifetime achievement awards
- Annual television programs
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