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1986

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The 58th Academy Awards | 1986
Dorothy Chandler Pavilion
Monday, March 24, 1986
Honoring movies released in 1985
Highlights
Animated Short Film
Anna & Bella

Kermit, Scooter and Jim Henson

Supporting Actor
Cocoon

Don Ameche

Sound Effects Editing
Back to the Future

Charles L. Campbell and Robert Rutledge, presented by Michael Winslow

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Memorable Moments
John Barry

Original Score winner for Out of Africa, with presenters Donald O'Connor and Debbie Reynolds

Billy Wilder, Akira Kurosawa and John Huston

Best Directing presenters

Anjelica Huston

Supporting Actress winner for Prizzi's Honor

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