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Universal City Hilton
August 23, 2000

Third Annual DiVi Awards Winners and Finalists

DVD Entertainment 2000
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Last night during the DVD Entertainment 2000 conference, this year’s DiVi Awards were unveiled during a ceremony with acclaimed film critic Leonard Maltin. To a crowd of around 250 people, the ceremony was fresh and entertaining, followed by a cocktail reception with a big band, sponsored by 5.1 Entertainment.

As you may know, DVD Review has been one of the driving force behind this year’s DiVi Awards and last night’s celebration was a great finale for the work we had put into it. Congratulations go out to all the nominees and of course all the winners in this tight race!

From over 200 submissions for this year’s awards, a list of the top five contenders in each category had been compiled previous to the Ceremony from which one final winner was picked in each category. Here now is a list of the nominees in each category, with the winners clearly highlighted.

Best Video Compression
Fight Club - 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Men In Black - Columbia TriStar Home Video
Prince Of Egypt - Dreamworks Home Video
Saving Private Ryan - Dreamworks Home Video
The Thin Red Line - 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment

Best Audio Compression
Fight Club - 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Independence Day - 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Men In Black - Columbia TriStar Home Video
Saving Private Ryan - Dreamworks Home Video
Terminator 2: Ultimate Edition - Artisan Home Entertainment

Best Packaging/Presentation
Fight Club - 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Repo Man: Limited Edition - Anchor Bay Entertainment
Terminator 2: Ultimate Edition - Artisan Home Entertainment
The Nightmare Collection - New Line Home Video
X-Files - 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment

Best Authoring
Fight Club - 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Live And Let Die - Laser Pacific
Men In Black - Columbia TriStar Home Video
Terminator 2: Ultimate Edition - Artisan Home Entertainment
The Abyss - 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment

Best DVD-ROM
Austin Powers 2 - New Line Home Video
Stuart Little - Columbia TriStar Home Video
Terminator 2: Ultimate Edition - Artisan Home Entertainment
The Abyss - 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
The Matrix - Warner Home Video

Best Special Features
Antz - Dreamworks Home Video
Fight Club - 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Men In Black - Columbia TriStar Home Video
Terminator 2: Ultimate Edition - Artisan Home Entertainment
The Matrix - Warner Home Video

Best Menu Design
Antz - Dreamworks Home Video
Detroit Rock City - New Line Home Video
Prince Of Egypt - Dreamworks Home Video
Terminator 2: Ultimate Edition - Artisan Home Entertainment
The Abyss - 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment

Best Educational/Documentary
Bob Dylan: Don't Look Back - New Video
Mr. Death - Universal Home Video
Rome: Power & Glory - Questar
Super Speedway - Image Entertainment
The Rainbow Fish - Sony Music

Best Standard Release
Alien - 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Braveheart - Paramount Home Entertainment
Dracula - Universal Home Video
Patton - 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
The Green Mile - Warner Home Video
Titanic - Paramount Home Entertainment

Best Special Edition
Apocalypse Now - Paramount Home Entertainment
Fight Club - 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Terminator 2: Ultimate Edition - Artisan Home Entertainment
The Matrix - Warner Home Video
The Wizard Of Oz - Warner Home Video

Best Music Release
Bob Dylan: Don't Look Back - New Video
Peter Frampton - Image Entertainment
Pink Floyd: The Wall - Sony Music
U2: Rattle & Hum - Paramount Home Entertainment
Whitney Houston - BMG Entertainment

Best Overall DVD
Fight Club - 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Men In Black - Columbia TriStar Home Video
Terminator 2: Ultimate Edition - Artisan Home Entertainment
The Matrix - Warner Home Video
The Nightmare Collection - New Line Home Video