The Complete Oscar Quest: 58th Academy Awards (1985)
1985
Best Picture
- The Color Purple
- Kiss of the Spider Woman
- Out of Africa
- Prizzi’s Honor
- Witness
Best Director
- Hector Babenco, Kiss of the Spider Woman
- John Huston, Prizzi’s Honor
- Akira Kurosawa, Ran
- Sydney Pollack, Out of Africa
- Peter Weir, Witness
Best Actor
- Harrison Ford, Witness
- James Garner, Murphy’s Romance
- William Hurt, Kiss of the Spider Woman
- Jack Nicholson, Prizzi’s Honor
- Jon Voight, Runaway Train
Best Actress
- 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
Best Supporting Actor
- Don Ameche, Cocoon
- Klaus Maria Brandauer, Out of Africa
- William Hickey, Prizzi’s Honor
- Robert Loggia, Jagged Edge
- Eric Roberts, Runaway Train
Best Supporting Actress
- 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
Best Original Screenplay
- Back to the Future
- Brazil
- The Official Story
- The Purple Rose of Cairo
- Witness
Best Adapted Screenplay
- The Color Purple
- Kiss of the Spider Woman
- Out of Africa
- Prizzi’s Honor
- The Trip to Bountiful
Best Editing
- A Chorus Line
- Out of Africa
- Prizzi’s Honor
- Runaway Train
- Witness
Best Cinematography
- The Color Purple
- Murphy’s Romance
- Out of Africa
- Ran
- Witness
Best Original Score
- Agnes of God
- The Color Purple
- Out of Africa
- Silverado
- Witness
Best Original Song
- “Miss Celie’s Blues (Sister),” from The Color Purple
- “The Power of Love,” from Back to the Future
- “Say You, Say Me,” from White Nights
- “Separate Lives,” from White Nights
- “Surprise Surprise,” from A Chorus Line
Best Art Direction
- Brazil
- The Color Purple
- Out of Africa
- Ran
- Witness
Best Costume Design
- The Color Purple
- The Journey of Natty Gann
- Out of Africa
- Prizzi’s Honor
- Ran
Best Makeup
- The Color Purple
- Mask
- Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins
Best Visual Effects
- Cocoon
- Return to Oz
- Young Sherlock Holmes
Best Sound Editing
- Back to the Future
- Ladyhawke
- Rambo: First Blood Part II
Best Sound Mixing
- Back to the Future
- A Chorus Line
- Ladyhawke
- Out of Africa
- Silverado
Best Foreign Language Film
- Angry Harvest
- Colonel Redl
- The Official Story
- Three Men and a Cradle
- When Father Was Away on Business
Best Documentary
- Broken Rainbow
- Las Madres: The Mothers of Plaza de Mayo
- Soldiers in Hiding
- The Statue of Liberty
- Unfinished Business
Best Documentary Short
- The Courage to Care
- Keats and His Nightingale
- Making Overtures: The Story of a Community Orchestra
- Witness to War: Dr. Charlie Clements
- The Wizard of the Strings
Best Live-Action Short
- Graffiti
- Molly’s Pilgrim
- Rainbow War
Best Animated Short
- Anna & Bella
- The Big Split
- Second Class Mail
Total List of Films Nominated:
- Agnes of God
- Back to the Future
- Brazil
- A Chorus Line
- Cocoon
- The Color Purple
- Jagged Edge
- The Journey of Natty Gann
- Out of Africa
- Kiss of the Spider Woman
- Ladyhawke
- Mask
- Murphy’s Romance
- The Official Story
- Out of Africa
- Prizzi’s Honor
- The Purple Rose of Cairo
- Rambo: First Blood Part II
- Ran
- Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins
- Return to Oz
- Runaway Train
- Silverado
- Sweet Dreams
- The Trip to Bountiful
- Twice in a Lifetime
- White Nights
- Witness
- Young Sherlock Holmes
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