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58th Academy Awards

March 24, 1986 · Honoring films from 1985

BEST PICTURE
Poster for Out of Africa
Sydney Pollack
Out of Africa
BEST DIRECTOR
Photo of Sydney Pollack
Sydney Pollack
Out of Africa
BEST ACTOR
Photo of William Hurt
William Hurt
Kiss of the Spider Woman
BEST ACTRESS
Photo of Geraldine Page
Geraldine Page
The Trip to Bountiful
BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
Poster for Out of Africa
Kurt Luedtke
Out of Africa
Category:
1985 (58th)
Best Actor in a Leading Role
William Hurt
Luis Molina, Kiss of the Spider Woman
Harrison Ford
John Book, Witness
James Garner
Murphy Jones, Murphy's Romance
Jack Nicholson
Charley Partanna, Prizzi's Honor
Jon Voight
Manny, Runaway Train
Best Actor in a Supporting Role
Don Ameche
Art Selwyn, Cocoon
Klaus Maria Brandauer
Bror, Out of Africa
William Hickey
Don Corrado Prizzi, Prizzi's Honor
Robert Loggia
Sam Ransom, Jagged Edge
Eric Roberts
Buck, Runaway Train
Best Actress in a Leading Role
Geraldine Page
Mrs. Watts, The Trip to Bountiful
Anne Bancroft
Sister Miriam Ruth, Agnes of God
Whoopi Goldberg
Celie, The Color Purple
Jessica Lange
Patsy Cline, Sweet Dreams
Meryl Streep
Karen, Out of Africa
Best Actress in a Supporting Role
Anjelica Huston
Maerose Prizzi, Prizzi's Honor
Margaret Avery
Shug Avery, The Color Purple
Amy Madigan
Sunny Sobel, Twice in a Lifetime
Meg Tilly
Sister Agnes, Agnes of God
Oprah Winfrey
Sofia, The Color Purple
Best Art Direction
Stephen Grimes, Josie MacAvin
Out of Africa
Norman Garwood, Maggie Gray
Brazil
J. Michael Riva, Robert W. Welch, Linda DeScenna
The Color Purple
Yoshiro Muraki, Shinobu Muraki
Ran
Stan Jolley, John Anderson
Witness
Best Picture
Sydney Pollack
Out of Africa
Steven Spielberg, Kathleen Kennedy, Frank Marshall, Quincy Jones
The Color Purple
David Weisman
Kiss of the Spider Woman
John Foreman
Prizzi's Honor
Edward S. Feldman
Witness
Best Cinematography
David Watkin
Out of Africa
Allen Daviau
The Color Purple
William A. Fraker
Murphy's Romance
Takao Saito, Masaharu Ueda, Asakazu Nakai
Ran
John Seale
Witness
Best Costume Design
Emi Wada
Ran
Aggie Guerard Rodgers
The Color Purple
Albert Wolsky
The Journey of Natty Gann
Milena Canonero
Out of Africa
Donfeld
Prizzi's Honor
Best Director
Sydney Pollack
Out of Africa
Hector Babenco
Kiss of the Spider Woman
John Huston
Prizzi's Honor
Akira Kurosawa
Ran
Peter Weir
Witness
Best Documentary (Feature)
Maria Florio, Victoria Mudd
Broken Rainbow
Susana Muñoz, Lourdes Portillo
Las Madres--The Mothers of Plaza de Mayo
Japhet Asher
Soldiers in Hiding
Ken Burns, Buddy Squires
The Statue of Liberty
Steven Okazaki
Unfinished Business
Best Documentary (Short Subject)
David Goodman
Witness to War: Dr. Charlie Clements
Robert Gardner
The Courage to Care
Michael Crowley, James Wolpaw
Keats and His Nightingale: A Blind Date
Barbara Willis Sweete
Making Overtures--The Story of a Community Orchestra
Alan Edelstein
The Wizard of the Strings
Best Film Editing
Thom Noble
Witness
John Bloom
A Chorus Line
Fredric Steinkamp, William Steinkamp, Pembroke Herring, Sheldon Kahn
Out of Africa
Rudi Fehr, Kaja Fehr
Prizzi's Honor
Henry Richardson
Runaway Train
Best Foreign Language Film
Argentina
The Official Story
Federal Republic of Germany
Angry Harvest
Hungary
Colonel Redl
France
Three Men and a Cradle
Yugoslavia
When Father Was Away on Business
Best Makeup
Michael Westmore, Zoltan Elek
Mask
Ken Chase
The Color Purple
Carl Fullerton
Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins
Best Original Score
John Barry
Out of Africa
Georges Delerue
Agnes of God
Quincy Jones, Jeremy Lubbock, Rod Temperton, Caiphus Semenya, Andrae Crouch, Chris Boardman, Jorge Calandrelli, Joel Rosenbaum, Fred Steiner, Jack Hayes, Jerry Hey, Randy Kerber
The Color Purple
Bruce Broughton
Silverado
Maurice Jarre
Witness
Best Original Song
Lionel Richie
“Say You, Say Me”, White Nights
Quincy Jones, Rod Temperton, Lionel Richie
“Miss Celie's Blues (Sister)”, The Color Purple
Chris Hayes, Johnny Colla, Huey Lewis
“The Power Of Love”, Back to the Future
Stephen Bishop
“Separate Lives (Love Theme From 'White Nights')”, White Nights
Marvin Hamlisch, Edward Kleban
“Surprise, Surprise”, A Chorus Line
Best Animated Short Film
Cilia Van Dijk
Anna & Bella
Richard Condie, Michael Scott
The Big Snit
Alison Snowden
Second Class Mail
Best Live Action Short Film
Jeff Brown, Chris Pelzer
Molly's Pilgrim
Dianna Costello
Graffiti
Bob Rogers
Rainbow War
Best Sound
Chris Jenkins, Gary Alexander, Larry Stensvold, Peter Handford
Out of Africa
Bill Varney, B. Tennyson Sebastian II, Robert Thirlwell, William B. Kaplan
Back to the Future
Donald O. Mitchell, Michael Minkler, Gerry Humphreys, Chris Newman
A Chorus Line
Les Fresholtz, Dick Alexander, Vern Poore, Bud Alper
Ladyhawke
Donald O. Mitchell, Rick Kline, Kevin O'Connell, David Ronne
Silverado
Best Sound Effects Editing
Charles L. Campbell, Robert Rutledge
Back to the Future
Bob Henderson, Alan Murray
Ladyhawke
Frederick J. Brown
Rambo: First Blood Part II
Best Visual Effects
Ken Ralston, Ralph McQuarrie, Scott Farrar, David Berry
Cocoon
Will Vinton, Ian Wingrove, Zoran Perisic, Michael Lloyd
Return to Oz
Dennis Muren, Kit West, John Ellis, David Allen
Young Sherlock Holmes
Best Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium
Kurt Luedtke
Out of Africa
Menno Meyjes
The Color Purple
Leonard Schrader
Kiss of the Spider Woman
Richard Condon, Janet Roach
Prizzi's Honor
Horton Foote
The Trip to Bountiful
Best Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen
Earl W. Wallace, William Kelley, Pamela Wallace
Witness
Robert Zemeckis, Bob Gale
Back to the Future
Terry Gilliam, Tom Stoppard, Charles McKeown
Brazil
Luis Puenzo, Aida Bortnik
The Official Story
Woody Allen
The Purple Rose of Cairo