Alien Quadrilogy Wins 2 Major DVD Awards

James Earl Jones, Jessica Alba, Bob Hoskins, Martin Short and Jack Black were among those honored at the 2003 DVD Exclusive Awards on Tuesday night (2nd December, 2003), receiving awards for performances in movies that premiered exclusively on DVD this year.

The Alien Quadrilogy matched The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers Special Extended Edition with two of the top honors for special editions.

Hosted by actress Jenny McCarthy, who came out wearing a dress made of 25 DVDs, the fast-paced show will be televised on FX at 8 p.m. (ET/PT) on Dec. 9. A crowd of about 700 at the Wiltern LG theater attended the event, which was produced by Dick Clark Productions.

Fox's Alien Quadrilogy was named Best Overall DVD, Classic Movie, and it also picked up an award for Best Audio Commentary by the cast and crew of Alien. The presentation came on the day the serpentine nine-disc set debuted in stores.

A complete list of winners follows:

DVD Special Editions

Best Overall DVD, New Movie (including all extra features)

• The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers Special Extended Edition (New Line/Warner); Michael Pellerin, David X. Rodriguez, Kevin Miller

Best Overall DVD, Classic Movie (including all extra features)

• Alien Quadrilogy (Fox); Charles de Lauzirika

Best Overall DVD, TV Program (including all extra features)

• The Dick Van Dyke Show -- Season One (Image); Paul Brownstein

Best Behind-the-Scenes Program (new for DVD)

• West Side Memories (Michael Arrick) -- West Side Story (MGM)

Best New Movie Scenes (finished -- edited into movie or stand-alone)

• 43 minutes of new & extended footage (Peter Jackson) -- The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers Special Extended Edition (New Line/Warner)

Best Audio Commentary (new for DVD)

• Ridley Scott, Dan O'Bannon, Ronald Shusett, Terry Rawlings, Sigourney Weaver, Tom Skerritt, Veronica Cartwright, Harry Dean Stanton, John Hurt; Alien -- Alien Quadrilogy (Fox)

Best Menu Design

• Finding Nemo (Buena Vista); Bill Kinder, David Jessen, John Ross

Best Games and Interactivities

• Finding Nemo (Buena Vista); David Jessen, Bill Kinder

Best Deleted Scenes, Outtakes and Bloopers

• Finding Nemo (Buena Vista); Andrew Stanton, Roger Gould, Bill Kinder

DVD Premiere Movies

Best Animated DVD Premiere Movie

• 101 Dalmatians II: Patch's London Adventure (Buena Vista); Carolyn Bates, Leslie Hough

Best Live Action DVD Premiere Movie

• Interstate 60 (Screen Media/Universal); Peter Bray, Neil Canton, Bob Gale

Best Actor in a DVD Premiere Movie

• James Earl Jones [Avery Phillips] -- Finder's Fee (Lions Gate)

Best Actress in a DVD Premiere Movie

• Jessica Alba [Selima] — The Sleeping Dictionary (New Line/Warner)

Best Supporting Actor in a DVD Premiere Movie

• Bob Hoskins [Henry Bullard] — The Sleeping Dictionary (New Line/Warner)

Best Supporting Actress in a DVD Premiere Movie

• Brenda Blethyn [Aggie] -- The Sleeping Dictionary (New Line/Warner)

Best Animated Character Performance in a DVD Premiere Movie (voice/animator)

• Lars [voice: Martin Short; Dan Root, character design supervisor] -- 101 Dalmatians II: Patch's London Adventure (Buena Vista)

Best Original Song in a DVD Premiere Movie

• The Golden Rule Song (performed by Jack Black with the Joey Cheesy Reunion Band; lyrics by Eban Schletter, David Cross, Bob Odenkirk, Scott Aukerman, B.J. Porter, Brian Posehn; music written and arranged by Eban Schletter) -- Run Ronnie Run! (New Line/Warner)

Best Director of a DVD Premiere Movie

• Jim Kammerud, Brian Smith -- 101 Dalmatians II: Patch's London Adventure (Buena Vista)

Best Screenplay for a DVD Premiere Movie

• Bob Gale -- Interstate 60 (Screen Media/Universal) Tod drama The Sleeping Dictionary. The Best Visual Effects in a DVD Premiere Movie

• Shui-Wen Tsai, Duane Loose -- Bionicle: Mask of Light - The Movie (LEGO/Miramax/Buena Vista)

Best Original Score in a DVD Premiere Movie

• Richard Gibbs -- 101 Dalmatians II: Patch's London Adventure (Buena Vista)

Best Cinematography in a DVD Premiere Movie

• Martin Fuhrer -- The Sleeping Dictionary (New Line/Warner)

Best Editing of a DVD Premiere Movie

• Robert S. Birchard -- 101 Dalmatians II: Patch's London Adventure (Buena Vista)