MTV Movie Awards

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). 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.

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. 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, 2001, 2004)
• 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, Mike Myers in 2007, Adam Sandler in 2008, Ben Stiller in 2009, Sandra Bullock in 2010, and Reese Witherspoon in 2011.

Years

Year	Host(s)	Best Movie	Best Performance
			Female	Male
1992	Dennis Miller	Terminator 2: Judgment Day	Linda Hamilton, Terminator 2: Judgment Day	Arnold Schwarzenegger, Terminator 2: Judgment Day
1993	Eddie Murphy	A Few Good Men	Sharon Stone, Basic Instinct	Denzel Washington, Malcolm X
1994	Will Smith	Menace II Society	Janet Jackson, Poetic Justice	Tom Hanks, Philadelphia
1995	Jon Lovitz Courteney Cox	Pulp Fiction	Sandra Bullock, Speed	Brad Pitt, Interview with the Vampire
1996	Ben Stiller Janeane Garofalo	Se7en	Alicia Silverstone, Clueless	Jim Carrey, Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls
1997	Mike Myers	Scream	Claire Danes, Romeo + Juliet	Tom Cruise, Jerry Maguire
1998	Samuel L. Jackson	Titanic	Neve Campbell, Scream 2	Leonardo DiCaprio, Titanic
1999	Lisa Kudrow	There's Something About Mary	Cameron Diaz, There's Something About Mary	Jim Carrey, The Truman Show
2000	Sarah Jessica Parker	The Matrix	Sarah Michelle Gellar, Cruel Intentions	Keanu Reeves, The Matrix
2001	Jimmy Fallon Kirsten Dunst	Gladiator	Julia Roberts, Erin Brockovich	Tom Cruise, Mission: Impossible 2
2002	Sarah Michelle Gellar Jack Black	The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring	Nicole Kidman, Moulin Rouge!	Will Smith, Ali
2003	Seann William Scott Justin Timberlake	The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers	Kirsten Dunst, Spider-Man	Eminem, 8 Mile
2004	Lindsay Lohan	The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King	Uma Thurman, Kill Bill, Vol. 1	Johnny Depp, Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
2005	Jimmy Fallon	Napoleon Dynamite	Lindsay Lohan, Mean Girls	Leonardo DiCaprio, The Aviator
2006	Jessica Alba	Wedding Crashers	Jake Gyllenhaal, Brokeback Mountain
2007	Sarah Silverman	Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest	Johnny Depp, Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
2008	Mike Myers	Transformers	Ellen Page, Juno	Will Smith, I Am Legend
2009	Andy Samberg	Twilight	Kristen Stewart, Twilight	Zac Efron, High School Musical 3: Senior Year
2010	Aziz Ansari	The Twilight Saga: New Moon	Kristen Stewart, The Twilight Saga: New Moon	Robert Pattinson, The Twilight Saga: New Moon
2011	Jason Sudeikis	The Twilight Saga: Eclipse	Kristen Stewart, The Twilight Saga: Eclipse	Robert Pattinson, The Twilight Saga: Eclipse

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).

MTV Movie Awards Film Spoofs by Year

Year	Film	Starring	Watch
1995	Pulp Fiction	Lawrence Hilton-Jacobs Robert Hegyes Ron Palillo
1996	Twister	Ben Stiller Janeane Garofalo Jay Leno
	Braveheart	Bob Newhart
	Clueless	The Golden Girls
	Se7en	William Shatner (in all three key roles)
	Interview with the Vampire	Adam West Frank Gorshin
1997	The Lost World: Jurassic Park
	Romeo + Juliet	Mike Myers as Austin Powers Jenny McCarthy
	Scream
1998	Godzilla, Taxi (combined in one video)	Christopher Lloyd (as Jim Ignatowski)
	Dawson's Creek
	Armagedd'NSync (Armageddon)	'N Sync Lisa Kudrow Clint Howard	Creator's web-site
1999	Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace	Lisa Kudrow (as herself) Andy Dick	Creator's web-site
	Amalgam of Risky Business, Ferris Bueller's Day Off, She's All That, I Know What You Did Last Summer, Sixteen Candles, Varsity Blues, The Breakfast Club and Cruel Intentions	Alyson Hannigan Jaime Pressly Chris Owen Charlie O'Connell
2000	Sex and the Matrix (Sex and the City, The Matrix, combined)	Sarah Jessica Parker (as Carrie Bradshaw) Jimmy Fallon (Neo) Vince Vaughn ("White Rabbit")	Creator's web-site
	Mission: Impossible II	Ben Stiller (as Tom Crooze, Tom Cruise's stunt double)	Creator's web-site
2001	Cast Away	Andy Dick	Creator's web-site
	The Mummy Returns	Jimmy Fallon Snoop Dogg Kirsten Dunst Rob Schneider Oded Fehr
	Adam Sandler Skit	Adam Sandler Jimmy Fallon Britney Spears Kirsten Dunst
2002	Lord of the Piercing (The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring)	Jack Black (as Jack the Elf - Ring-bearer) Sarah Michelle Gellar (Arwen)	Creator's web-site
	Jack Black: Spider-Man (Spider-Man)	Jack Black (as Spider-Man) Sarah Michelle Gellar (Mary Jane Watson / Wonder Woman)	Creator's web-site
	Panic Room	Jack Black Will Ferrell	Creator's web-site
2003	MTV: Reloaded (The Matrix Reloaded)	Justin Timberlake (as "a One") Seann William Scott ("a One", Agent Scott) Will Ferrell (Larry the Architect) Randall Duk Kim (Keymaker) Wanda Sykes (Oracle)	Creator's web-site
2004	Kill Bill Vol. 2	Lindsay Lohan Andy Dick
2005	Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith	Jimmy Fallon (as Anakin Skywalker)	Creator's web-site
	Batman Begins	Jimmy Fallon Jon Heder (as Napoleon Dynamite) Andy Dick	Creator's web-site
2006	Mission: Impossible III	Jessica Alba Topher Grace Flavor Flav	Creator's web-site
	King Kong	Jessica Alba	Creator's web-site
	The Da Vinci Code	Jessica Alba (as herself, based on Sophie Neveu) Jimmy Fallon (himself, based on Jacques Saunière and Robert Langdon) Andy Dick (himself, based on Silas) Ron Perlman (himself) Gary Cole (himself) Chris Daughtry (himself)	Creator's web-site
2007	Transformers, The Devil Wears Prada, Dreamgirls, Babel, The Pursuit of Happyness, The Departed and 300	Optimus Prime Sarah Silverman Shia LaBeouf Jennifer Hudson Meryl Streep Brad Pitt Will Smith Leonardo DiCaprio Jack Nicholson Matt Damon Gerard Butler
2008	Iron Man, Kung Fu Panda and Tropic Thunder	Robert Downey, Jr. Jack Black Ben Stiller
2009	Twilight, Star Trek, Slumdog Millionaire and The Reader	Andy Samberg Robert Pattinson Aziz Ansari Taylor Swift Justin Timberlake Kristen Bell Taylor Lautner
2010	Precious and The Blind Side	Aziz Ansari Quinton Aaron Jae Head Mo'Nique Paula Patton Justin Bieber
2011	The Hangover: Part II, Black Swan, 127 Hours, The Social Network and The Twilight Saga: Eclipse	Jason Sudeikis Taylor Lautner Justin Bartha Chelsea Handler Natalie Portman Mila Kunis Justin Timberlake James Franco Eva Mendes

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