VCA Pictures (Video Company of America) is an American

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and

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company. The company was founded by Russ Hampshire, and was formerly a major player during the '

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'. Throughout the 1970s and 1980s VCA produced big budget, plot-oriented feature films. In 1982 VCA sold 12,000 units of '' Insatiable'' on its first day of release, making it the top selling video (not just adult video) that year in America. In the 1990s Hampshire served one year in jail for the interstate transportation of obscene materials. In 2003, VCA was bought by

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, a subsidiary of

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-owned

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. VCA maintains a separate identity within the LFP conglomerate. VCA distributed the 1998 documentary ''Wadd: The Life & Times of

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'', and in 2004 provided footage for the

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documentary ''

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''.

Films

Notable films VCA has produced or distributed include '' Insatiable'', ''

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'', ''

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'', ''

The Opening of Misty Beethoven ''The Opening of Misty Beethoven'' is an American pornographic comedy film released in 1976. It was produced with a relatively high budget and filmed on elaborate locations in Paris, New York City and Rome with a musical score, and owes much to ...

'', '' Times Square Comes Alive'', ''

Café Flesh ''Café Flesh'' is a 1982 post-apocalyptic cult film, cult Pornographic movie, pornographic science fiction film designed and directed by Stephen Sayadian (under the pseudonym "Rinse Dream") and co-written by Sayadian and Jerry Stahl (credited as ...

'', '' Debbie Does Dallas 3'', ''

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'', '' Let Me Tell Ya 'bout Black Chicks'' and ''Britney Rears''.

Directors

Notable

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to have worked for VCA include

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Axel Braun Axel Braun (born Alessandro Re) is an Italian-American adult film producer and director known for his productions of pornographic parodies. The son of Lasse Braun, he is an AVN Hall of Fame, XRCO Hall of Fame and NightMoves Hall of Fame inductee ...

Gerard Damiano Gerardo Rocco "Gerard" Damiano (August 4, 1928 – October 25, 2008 ) was an American director of adult films. He wrote and directed the 1972 cult classic '' Deep Throat,'' which starred Linda Susan Boreman ''aka'' Linda Lovelace. He also dir ...

Alex de Renzy Alexander de Renzy (August 13, 1935 – June 8, 2001) was an American director and producer of pornographic movies. Born in New York City, de Renzy served in the United States Air Force as a Survival Instructor. Back in the United States, h ...

Gregory Dark Gregory Dark (born Gregory Hippolyte Brown on July 12, 1957, in Los Angeles) is an American film director, film producer, music video director, and screenwriter. Dark is an adult filmmaker who transitioned into directing Hollywood movies. He ...

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, John Leslie, Paul Thomas,

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Ben Dover Simon James Honey (born 23 May 1956), better known as Ben Dover, is an English pornographic actor, director and producer. He has also worked under several other pseudonyms including Steve Perry as producer and Lindsay Honey as an actor and mus ...

Michael Ninn Michael Ninn is an adult film director and writer. He began his career as a music video director and made his first adult films in 1992. Adult film career In 1992 Ninn made his first adult erotic films – ''Black Orchid'', ''Principles ...

Veronica Hart Jane Esther Hamilton (born October 27, 1956) is an American former pornographic actress and current adult film director who performed under the stage name Veronica Hart during the 1980s. She is sometimes credited as Jane Hamilton, V. Hart, Ver ...

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, Chloe,

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and Eli Cross.

Awards

The following is a selection of some of the major awards VCA films have won: * 1984

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– Best

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– Film (''

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'') * 1986 AVN Award – Best Film (''Raw Talent'') * 1986 AVN Award – Best

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(''Raw Talent'') * 1986 AVN Award – Best

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– Film (''Raw Talent'') * 1987 AVN Award – Best Film (''

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, Part 3'') * 1987 AVN Award – Best Screenplay – Film (''Sexually Altered States'') * 1988 AVN Award – Best All-Sex Release (''Baby Face II'') * 1988 AVN Award – Best

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– Film (''Baby Face II'') * 1988 AVN Award – Best Editing – Video (''Edwin Durell's Dreamgirls'') * 1989 AVN Award – Best All-Sex Release (''Angel Puss'') * 1989 AVN Award – Best Film (''

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2'') * 1989 AVN Award – Best Director – Film (''Pretty Peaches 2'') * 1989 ANV Award – Best Editing – Film (''Pretty Peaches 2'') * 1989 AVN Award – Best Director – Video (''Catwoman'') * 1989 AVN Award – Best Editing – Video (''Catwoman'') * 1989 AVN Award – Best Screenplay – Video (''Catwoman'') * 1989 AVN Award – Best Video Feature (''Catwoman'') * 1990 AVN Award – Best Couples Sex Scene (''The Chameleon'') * 1990 AVN Award – Best Video Feature (''Mad Love'') * 1991 AVN Award – Top Renting Release of the Year (''Pretty Peaches 3'') * 1991 AVN Award – Best Couples Sex Scene (''Beauty & the Beast 2'') * 1991 AVN Award – Best Director – Video (''Beauty & the Beast 2'') * 1991 AVN Award – Best Editing – Video (''Beauty & the Beast 2'') * 1991 AVN Award – Best Video Feature (''Beauty & the Beast 2'') * 1992 AVN Award – Top Selling Release of the Year (''

2'') * 1992 AVN Award – Best Editing – Video (''Curse of the Catwoman'') * 1992 AVN Award – Best Video Feature (''Curse of the Catwoman'') * 1993 AVN Award – Best Compilation Tape (''Only the Very Best on Film'') * 1993 AVN Award – Top Selling Release of the Year (''Chameleons'') * 1993 AVN Award – Top Renting Release of the Year (''Chameleons'') * 1993 ANV Award – Best Editing – Film (''Chameleons'') * 1994 AVN Award – Top Renting Release of the Year (''New Wave Hookers 3'') * 1994 AVN Award – Best Editing – Video (''The Creasemaster's Wife'') * 1995 AVN Award – Best Film (''Sex'') * 1995 AVN Award – Best Editing – Film (''Sex'') * 1995 AVN Award – Best Art Direction – Film (''Sex'') * 1995 AVN Award – Best Art Direction – Video (''Bad Habits'') * 1995 AVN Award – Best

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(''Virtual Sex'') * 1995

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– Best Video (''Latex'') * 1996 AVN Award – Top Selling Release of the Year (''Latex'') * 1996 AVN Award – Best Art Direction – Video (''Latex'') * 1996 AVN Award – Best Editing – Video (''Latex'') * 1996 AVN Award – Best Special Effects (''Latex'') * 1996 AVN Award – Best Video Feature (''Latex'') * 1996 AVN Award – Top Renting Release of the Year (''Latex'') * 1996 AVN Award – Best Cinematography for (''Sex 2'') * 1997 AVN Award – Top Selling Release of the Year (''Shock'') * 1997 AVN Award – Best Art Direction – Video (''Shock'') * 1997 AVN Award – Best Director – Video (''Shock'') * 1997 AVN Award – Best Editing – Video (''Shock'') * 1997 AVN Award – Best Special Effects (''Shock'') * 1997 AVN Award – Best Video Feature (''Shock'') * 1997 AVN Award – Top Renting Release of the Year (''Shock'') * 1998 AVN Award – Best All-Girl Release (''Diva 4'') * 1998 AVN Award – Best Art Direction – Video (''New Wave Hookers 5: The Next Generation'') * 1998 AVN Award – Best Special Effects (''New Wave Hookers 5'') * 1998 AVN Award – Top Renting Release of the Year (''New Wave Hookers 5'') * 1998 XRCO Award – Best Video (''Cafe Flesh 2'') * 1999 AVN Award – Best Couples Sex Scene (''Dream Catcher'') * 1999 AVN Award – Best Video Feature (''Cafe Flesh 2'') * 1999 AVN Award – Best Special Effects (''Cafe Flesh 2'') * 1999 AVN Award – Best Ethnic-Themed Release (''Dinner Party at Six'') * 2000 AVN Award – Top Renting Release of the Year (''Devil in Miss Jones 6'') * 2000 AVN Award – Best Video Feature (''Dark Garden'') * 2000 AVN Award – Best Classic

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(''The Devil in Miss Jones Parts III'' & ''IV') * 2000 AVN Award – Best DVD (''Cashmere'') * 2000 AVN Award – Best Special Effects (''Cashmere'') * 2001 AVN Award – Best Classic DVD (''Chameleons Not the Sequel'') * 2001 AVN Award – Best Art Direction – Video (''Shayla's Web'') * 2001 AVN Award – Best DVD (''Raw'') * 2001 AVN Award – Best Screenplay – Video (''Raw'') * 2002 AVN Award – Best DVD (''Unreal'') * 2002 AVN Award – Best Classic DVD (''

'') * 2002 AVN Award – Best Sex Comedy (''Cap'n Mongo's Porno Playhouse'') * 2003 AVN Award – Best Classic DVD (''Pretty Peaches 2'') * 2004 AVN Award – Best Editing – Video (''New Wave Hookers 7'') * 2004 XRCO Award – Best Comedy or Parody (''Misty Beethoven: The Musical'') * 2005 AVN Award – Best Sex Comedy (''Misty Beethoven: The Musical'') * 2005 AVN award – Most Outrageous Sex Scene (''Misty Beethoven: The Musical'') with Chloe, Ava Vincent &

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* 2006 AVN award – Most Outrageous Sex Scene (''Re-Penetrator'') with

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* 2007 AVN Award – Best All Sex Release (''Neu Wave Hookers'') – shared with ''Blacklight Beauties (Pulse Pictures)

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Vca Pictures American pornographic film studios Film production companies of the United States Film distributors of the United States Larry Flynt Publications