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1985 Academy Awards The 1985 Academy Awards were presented March 24, 1986 at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Los Angeles. | Best Picture | The Color Purple, Steven Spielberg, Kathleen Kennedy, Frank Marshall and Quincy Jones, producers (Warner Bros.) | | Kiss of the Spider Woman, David Weisman, producer (Island Alive) | | Out of Africa, Sydney Pollack, producer (Universal) | | Prizzi's Honor, John Foreman, producer (Twentieth Century-Fox) | | Witness, Edward S. Feldman, producer (Paramount) | | Actor in a Leading Role | Harrison Ford, Witness | | James Garner, Murphy's Romance | | William Hurt, Kiss of the Spider Woman | | Jack Nicholson, Prizzi's Honor | | Jon Voight, Runaway Train | | Actress in a Leading Role | Anne Bancroft, Agnes of God | | Whoopi Goldberg, The Color Purple | | Jessica Lange, Sweet Dreams | | Geraldine Page, The Trip to Bountiful | | Meryl Streep, Out of Africa | | Actor in a Supporting Role | Don Ameche, Cocoon | | Klaus Maria Brandauer, Out of Africa | | William Hickey, Prizzi's Honor | | Robert Loggia, Jagged Edge | | Eric Roberts, Runaway Train | | Actress in a Supporting Role | Margaret Avery, The Color Purple | | Anjelica Huston, Prizzi's Honor | | Amy Madigan, Twice in a Lifetime | | Meg Tilly, Agnes of God | | Oprah Winfrey, The Color Purple | |
 Anjelica Huston, Prizzi's Honor Archive Photos |
| | Directing | Hector Babenco, Kiss of the Spider Woman | | John Huston, Prizzi's Honor | | Akira Kurosawa, Ran | | Sydney Pollack, Out of Africa | | Peter Weir, Witness | | Writing | | Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen | Woody Allen, The Purple Rose of Cairo | | Terry Gilliam, Tom Stoppard and Charles McKeown, Brazil | | Luis Puenzo and Aida Bortnik, The Official Story | | Earl W. Wallace and William Kelley, screenplay; William Kelley, Pamela Wallace and Earl W. Wallace, story, Witness | | Robert Zemeckis and Bob Gale, Back to the Future | | Screenplay Based on Material From Another Medium | Richard Condon and Janet Roach, Prizzi's Honor | | Horton Foote, The Trip to Bountiful | | Kurt Luedtke, Out of Africa | | Menno Meyjes, The Color Purple | | Leonard Schrader, Kiss of the Spider Woman |
| | Cinematography | Allen Daviau, The Color Purple | | William A. Fraker, Murphy's Romance | | Takao Saito, Masaharu Ueda and Asakazu Nakai, Ran | | John Seale, Witness | | David Watkin, Out of Africa | | Art Direction | Norman Garwood, art direction; Maggie Gray, set decoration, Brazil | | Stephen Grimes, art direction; Josie MacAvin, set decoration, Out of Africa | | Stan Jolley, art direction; John Anderson, set decoration, Witness | | Yoshiro Muraki and Shinobu Muraki, art direction, Ran | | J. Michael Riva and Robert W. Welch, art direction; Linda DeScenna, set decoration, The Color Purple | | Sound | Les Fresholtz, Dick Alexander, Vern Poore and Bud Alper, Ladyhawke | | Chris Jenkins, Gary Alexander, Larry Stensvold and Peter Handford, Out of Africa | | Donald O. Mitchell, Rick Kline, Kevin O'Connell and David Ronne, Silverado | | Donald O. Mitchell, Michael Minkler, Gerry Humphreys and Chris Newman, A Chorus Line | | Bill Varney, B. Tennyson Sebastian II, Robert Thirlwell and William B. Kaplan, Back to the Future | | Music | | Song | “Miss Celie's Blues” (Sister), The Color Purple, Quincy Jones and Rod Temperton, music; Quincy Jones, Rod Temperton and Lionel Richie, lyrics | | “The Power of Love,” Back to the Future, Chris Hayes and Johnny Colla, music; Huey Lewis, lyrics | | “Say You, Say Me,” White Nights, Lionel Richie, music and lyrics | | “Love Theme From White Nights” (Separate Lives), White Nights, Stephen Bishop, music and lyrics | | “Surprise, Surprise,” A Chorus Line, Marvin Hamlisch, music; edward Kleban, lyrics | | Original Score | John Barry, Out of Africa | | Bruce Broughton, Silverado | | 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 and Randy Kerber, The Color Purple | | Maurice Jarre, Witness |
| | Film Editing | John Bloom, A Chorus Line | | Rudi Fehr and Kaja Fehr, Prizzi's Honor | | Thom Noble, Witness | | Henry Richardson, Runaway Train | | Fredric Steinkamp, William Steinkamp, Pembroke Herring and Sheldon Kahn, Out of Africa | | Costume Design | Milena Canonero, Out of Africa | | Donfeld, Prizzi's Honor | | Aggie Guerard Rodgers, The Color Purple | | Emi Wada, Ran | | Albert Wolksy, The Journey of Natty Gann | | Makeup | Ken Chase, The Color Purple | | Carl Fullerton, Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins | | Michael Westmore and Zoltan Elek, Mask | | Visual Effects | Dennis Muren, Kit West, John Ellis and David Allen, Young Sherlock Holmes | | Ken Ralston, Ralph McQuarrie, Scott Farrar and David Berry, Cocoon | | Will Vinton, lan Wingrove, Zoran Perisic and Michael Lloyd, Return to Oz | | Sound Effects Editing | Frederick J. Brown, Rambo: First Blood Part II | | Charles L. Campbell and Robert Rutledge, Back to the Future | | Bob Henderson and Alan Murray, Ladyhawke | | Short Films | | Animated | Anna & Bella (Cilia Van Dijk, producer, Netherlands) | | The Big Snit (Richard Condie and Michael Scott, producers; National Film Board of Canada) | | Second Class Mail (Alison Snowden, producer; National Film and Television School) | | Live Action | Graffiti (Dianna Costello, producer; American Film Institute) | | Molly's Pilgrim (Jeff Brown and Chris Pelzer, producers; Phoenix Films) | | Rainbow War (Bob Rogers, producer; Bob Rogers and Co.) |
| | Documentary | | Short Subject | The Courage to Care (Robert Gardner, producer; United Way) | | Keats and His Nightingale: A Blind Date (Michael Crowley and James Wolpaw, producers; Rhode Island Committee for the Humanities) | | Making Overtures—The Story of a Community Orchestra (Barbara Willis Sweete, producer; Rhombus Media, Inc.) | | Witness to War: Dr. Charlie Clements (David Goodman, producer; Skylight Picture Production) | | The Wizard of the Strings (Alan Edelstein, producer; Seventh Hour Production) | | Feature | Broken Rainbow (Maria Florio and Victoria Mudd, producers; Earthworks Films Production) | | Las Madres—The Mothers of Plaza de Mayo (Susana Muñoz and Lourdes Portillo, producers; Film Arts Foundation) | | Soldiers in Hiding (Japhet Asher, producer; Filmworks, Inc. Production) | | The Statue of Liberty (Ken Burns and Buddy Squires, producers; Florentine Films Production) | | Unfinished Business (Steven Okazaki, producer; Mouchette Films Production) |
| | Foreign Language Film | Angry Harvest, Federal Republic of Germany—West | | Colonel Redl, Hungary | | The Official Story, Argentina | | Three Men and a Cradle, France | | When Father Was Away on Business, Yugoslavia | | Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award | Charles “Buddy” Rogers | | Honorary Awards | To Paul Newman in recognition of his many memorable and compelling screen performances and for his personal integrity and dedication to his craft | | To Alex North in recognition of his brilliant artistry in the creation of memorable music for a host of distinguished motion pictures | | To John H. Whitney, Sr. for cinematic pioneering |
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