(Los Angeles, CA) The handsome prince has a curse put on him and only true love can break the spell—this might be one of the oldest fairy tale plots, but it’s still timely and beloved. The erotic version of French fairy tale La Belle et La Bête known in America as Beauty & the Beast was released earlier this year by Sparks Entertainment and Exquisite. Directed by award winning director Harry Sparks, Beauty & the Beast XXX was a hit with fans and critics, and now it’s garnered seven AVN Awards nominations.
Harry Sparks picked up a nomination for Best Director – Parody and the movie is up the top honor of Best Parody.
Being the consummate creative genius, Sparks was behind the editing, special effects, and writing of the screenplay. AVN took note of all his accomplishments in these areas and nominated him for Best Editing, Best Special Effects and Best Screenplay – Parody.
Many of the performers in the movie delivered amazing performances and outstanding acting skills shone. James Bartholet played her father and received a nod for Best Non-Sex Performance. Lea Lexis not only delivered a memorable performance as a slave girl, also did a remarkable job doing the cast’s makeup—she received a nomination for Best Makeup for her outstanding work.
“Beauty & The Beast received a lot of critical acclaim and was beloved by fans—I’m happy to see that during awards season we’ve already won an award from NightMoves and received numerous AVN Awards nominations,” said Harry Sparks. “Thank you, AVN!”
“I only release a few movies a year, because so much goes into each one. I’m honored and humbled that AVN showered the cast and me with so many nominations.”
The AVN Awards are set to take place on Saturday, January 21st, 2017 at The Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas and will be hosted by Riley Reid and Aspen Rae. More information about the event can be found at http://avnawards.avn.com/.
Sparks Entertainment’s “Beauty & the Beast” is exclusively distributed by Exquisite Multimedia. For foreign and domestic DVD sales, licensing and broadcast, contact Jerry at 818.576.9464 or juicyvideo@aol.com.
To interview Harry Sparks or the cast, contact Erika Icon of The Rub PR at erika@therubpr.com.
ABOUT SPARKS ENTERTAINMENT
Sparks Entertainment is the brainchild of avant-garde, award-winning mainstream and adult director, producer and editor Harry Sparks. The studio’s main focus is adult/erotic horror, fantasy and science fiction. Sparks is an East Coaster, who developed his craft by studying film and video production at Florida Metropolitan University, International Academy of Design and Technology-Orlando, Academy of Art University in San Francisco and UCLA Extension. In 2006, he released a short film “A Night to Dismember” that debuted on IFC’s Media Lab Uploaded. He followed it up with short films, “No Walk in the Park”, “You Don’t Know Jack”, and “The Apartment Above”. “Shenandoah”, his short about global warming, received a coveted 2007 Broadband Emmy Award. His erotic mainstream feature films “All Hallows’ Eve” and “Rotkappchen: The Blood of Red Riding Hood”, have also received critical acclaim.
In 2012, he produced AMK Empire’s coming of age sex comedy/drama, “Revenge of the Petites”, which he wrote, directed and edited—the film received numerous nominations from AVN, XBIZ, Venus Awards, XRCOs, Humboldt International/420 Awards and Urban X Awards, and won a Gold Kush Award for Feature Film and multiple XBIZ Awards including Best Cinematography and Best Actress in All Girl Feature for Dani Daniels. Sparks released his feature film, “The Vampire Mistress” in 2013 starring Dani Daniels and Lily LaBeau that blended adult and horror—the film received a total of 11 2014 XBIZ Awards and a win for Dani Daniels for Best Actress in an All-Girl Release, in addition to 4 AVN Awards nominations. “Beauty & the Beast XXX” debuted in March of 2016 and is one of Sparks’ most successful title ever. Based on the French fairy tale “La Belle et La Bête”, it stars Dani Daniels and Xander Corvus, and features an all-star cast—it won a NightMoves Award for Best Parody – Editor’s Choice, along with scoring 9 XBIZ Awards and 7 AVN Awards nominations.
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