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The 58th Academy Awards
| 1986
Dorothy Chandler Pavilion
Monday, March 24, 1986
Honoring movies released in 1985
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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
Memorable Moments
John Barry
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Original Score winner for Out of Africa, with presenters Donald O'Connor and Debbie Reynolds
Billy Wilder, Akira Kurosawa and John Huston
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Best Directing presenters
Anjelica Huston
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Supporting Actress winner for Prizzi's Honor
WINNERS & NOMINEES
Actor in a Leading Role
Winner
William Hurt
Kiss of the Spider Woman
Nominees
Harrison Ford
Witness
Nominees
James Garner
Murphy's Romance
Nominees
Jack Nicholson
Prizzi's Honor
Nominees
Jon Voight
Runaway Train
Actor in a Supporting Role
Winner
Don Ameche
Cocoon
Nominees
Klaus Maria Brandauer
Out of Africa
Nominees
William Hickey
Prizzi's Honor
Nominees
Robert Loggia
Jagged Edge
Nominees
Eric Roberts
Runaway Train
Actress in a Leading Role
Winner
Geraldine Page
The Trip to Bountiful
Nominees
Anne Bancroft
Agnes of God
Nominees
Whoopi Goldberg
The Color Purple
Nominees
Jessica Lange
Sweet Dreams
Nominees
Meryl Streep
Out of Africa
Actress in a Supporting Role
Winner
Anjelica Huston
Prizzi's Honor
Nominees
Margaret Avery
The Color Purple
Nominees
Amy Madigan
Twice in a Lifetime
Nominees
Meg Tilly
Agnes of God
Nominees
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
Nominees
The Color Purple
Art Direction: J. Michael Riva, Robert W. Welch; Set Decoration: Linda DeScenna
Nominees
Ran
Art Direction: Yoshiro Muraki, Shinobu Muraki
Nominees
Witness
Art Direction: Stan Jolley; Set Decoration: John Anderson
Cinematography
Winner
Out of Africa
David Watkin
Nominees
The Color Purple
Allen Daviau
Nominees
Murphy's Romance
William A. Fraker
Nominees
Ran
Takao Saito, Masaharu Ueda, Asakazu Nakai
Nominees
Witness
John Seale
Costume Design
Winner
Ran
Emi Wada
Nominees
The Color Purple
Aggie Guerard Rodgers
Nominees
The Journey of Natty Gann
Albert Wolsky
Nominees
Out of Africa
Milena Canonero
Nominees
Prizzi's Honor
Donfeld
Directing
Winner
Out of Africa
Sydney Pollack
Nominees
Kiss of the Spider Woman
Hector Babenco
Nominees
Prizzi's Honor
John Huston
Nominees
Ran
Akira Kurosawa
Nominees
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
Nominees
Soldiers in Hiding
Japhet Asher, Producer
Nominees
The Statue of Liberty
Ken Burns and Buddy Squires, Producers
Nominees
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
Nominees
Keats and His Nightingale: A Blind Date
Michael Crowley and James Wolpaw, Producers
Nominees
Making Overtures--The Story of a Community Orchestra
Barbara Willis Sweete, Producer
Nominees
The Wizard of the Strings
Alan Edelstein, Producer
Film Editing
Winner
Witness
Thom Noble
Nominees
A Chorus Line
John Bloom
Nominees
Out of Africa
Fredric Steinkamp, William Steinkamp, Pembroke Herring, Sheldon Kahn
Nominees
Prizzi's Honor
Rudi Fehr, Kaja Fehr
Nominees
Runaway Train
Henry Richardson
Foreign Language Film
Winner
The Official Story
Argentina
Nominees
Angry Harvest
Federal Republic of Germany
Nominees
Colonel Redl
Hungary
Nominees
Three Men and a Cradle
France
Nominees
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
Nominees
Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins
Carl Fullerton
Music (Original Score)
Winner
Out of Africa
John Barry
Nominees
Agnes of God
Georges Delerue
Nominees
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
Nominees
Silverado
Bruce Broughton
Nominees
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
Nominees
Back to the Future
The Power Of Love in "Back to the Future" Music by Chris Hayes and Johnny Colla; Lyric by Huey Lewis
Nominees
White Nights
Separate Lives (Love Theme From 'White Nights') in "White Nights" Music and Lyric by Stephen Bishop
Nominees
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
Nominees
Kiss of the Spider Woman
David Weisman, Producer
Nominees
Prizzi's Honor
John Foreman, Producer
Nominees
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
Nominees
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
Nominees
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
Nominees
A Chorus Line
Donald O. Mitchell, Michael Minkler, Gerry Humphreys, Chris Newman
Nominees
Ladyhawke
Les Fresholtz, Dick Alexander, Vern Poore, Bud Alper
Nominees
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
Nominees
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
Nominees
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
Nominees
Kiss of the Spider Woman
Leonard Schrader
Nominees
Prizzi's Honor
Richard Condon, Janet Roach
Nominees
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
Nominees
Brazil
Terry Gilliam, Tom Stoppard, Charles McKeown
Nominees
The Official Story
Luis Puenzo, Aida Bortnik
Nominees
The Purple Rose of Cairo
Woody Allen
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Agnes of God
3 NOMINATIONS
- Actress in a Leading Role - Anne Bancroft
- Actress in a Supporting Role - Meg Tilly
- Music (Original Score) - Georges Delerue
Angry Harvest
1 NOMINATION
- Foreign Language Film - Federal Republic of Germany
Anna & Bella
1 WIN,
1 NOMINATION
- * Short Film (Animated) - Cilia Van Dijk, Producer
B
Back to the Future
4 NOMINATIONS,
1 WIN
- * Sound Effects Editing - Charles L. Campbell, Robert Rutledge
- Music (Original Song) - The Power Of Love in "Back to the Future" Music by Chris Hayes and Johnny Colla; Lyric by Huey Lewis
- Sound - Bill Varney, B. Tennyson Sebastian II, Robert Thirlwell, William B. Kaplan
- Writing (Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen) - Robert Zemeckis, Bob Gale
The Big Snit
1 NOMINATION
- Short Film (Animated) - Richard Condie and Michael Scott, Producers
Brazil
2 NOMINATIONS
- Art Direction - Art Direction: Norman Garwood; Set Decoration: Maggie Gray
- Writing (Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen) - Terry Gilliam, Tom Stoppard, Charles McKeown
Broken Rainbow
1 WIN,
1 NOMINATION
- * Documentary (Feature) - Maria Florio and Victoria Mudd, Producers
C
A Chorus Line
3 NOMINATIONS
- Film Editing - John Bloom
- Music (Original Song) - Surprise, Surprise in "A Chorus Line" Music by Marvin Hamlisch; Lyric by Edward Kleban
- Sound - Donald O. Mitchell, Michael Minkler, Gerry Humphreys, Chris Newman
Cocoon
2 WINS,
2 NOMINATIONS
- * Actor in a Supporting Role - Don Ameche
- * Visual Effects - Ken Ralston, Ralph McQuarrie, Scott Farrar, David Berry
Colonel Redl
1 NOMINATION
- Foreign Language Film - Hungary
The Color Purple
10 NOMINATIONS
- Actress in a Leading Role - Whoopi Goldberg
- Actress in a Supporting Role - Margaret Avery, Oprah Winfrey
- Art Direction - Art Direction: J. Michael Riva, Robert W. Welch; Set Decoration: Linda DeScenna
- Cinematography - Allen Daviau
- Costume Design - Aggie Guerard Rodgers
- Makeup - Ken Chase
- Music (Original Score) - Quincy Jones, Jeremy Lubbock, Rod Temperton, Caiphus Semenya, Andrae Crouch, Chris Boardman, Jorge Calandrelli, Joel Rosenbaum, Fred Steiner, Jack Hayes, Jerry Hey, Randy Kerber
- Music (Original Song) - 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
- Best Picture - Steven Spielberg, Kathleen Kennedy, Frank Marshall and Quincy Jones, Producers
- Writing (Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium) - Menno Meyjes
The Courage to Care
1 NOMINATION
- Documentary (Short Subject) - Robert Gardner, Producer
G
Graffiti
1 NOMINATION
- Short Film (Live Action) - Dianna Costello, Producer
J
Jagged Edge
1 NOMINATION
- Actor in a Supporting Role - Robert Loggia
The Journey of Natty Gann
1 NOMINATION
- Costume Design - Albert Wolsky
K
Keats and His Nightingale: A Blind Date
1 NOMINATION
- Documentary (Short Subject) - Michael Crowley and James Wolpaw, Producers
Kiss of the Spider Woman
4 NOMINATIONS,
1 WIN
- * Actor in a Leading Role - William Hurt
- Directing - Hector Babenco
- Best Picture - David Weisman, Producer
- Writing (Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium) - Leonard Schrader
L
Ladyhawke
2 NOMINATIONS
- Sound - Les Fresholtz, Dick Alexander, Vern Poore, Bud Alper
- Sound Effects Editing - Bob Henderson, Alan Murray
Las Madres -- The Mothers of Plaza de Mayo
1 NOMINATION
- Documentary (Feature) - "Las Madres -- The Mothers of Plaza de Mayo" Susana Muñoz and Lourdes Portillo, Producers
M
Making Overtures--The Story of a Community Orchestra
1 NOMINATION
- Documentary (Short Subject) - Barbara Willis Sweete, Producer
Mask
1 WIN,
1 NOMINATION
- * Makeup - Michael Westmore, Zoltan Elek
Molly's Pilgrim
1 WIN,
1 NOMINATION
- * Short Film (Live Action) - Jeff Brown and Chris Pelzer, Producers
Murphy's Romance
2 NOMINATIONS
- Actor in a Leading Role - James Garner
- Cinematography - William A. Fraker
O
The Official Story
2 NOMINATIONS,
1 WIN
- * Foreign Language Film - Argentina
- Writing (Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen) - Luis Puenzo, Aida Bortnik
Out of Africa
11 NOMINATIONS,
7 WINS
- * Art Direction - Art Direction: Stephen Grimes; Set Decoration: Josie MacAvin
- * Cinematography - David Watkin
- * Directing - Sydney Pollack
- * Music (Original Score) - John Barry
- * Best Picture - Sydney Pollack, Producer
- * Sound - Chris Jenkins, Gary Alexander, Larry Stensvold, Peter Handford
- * Writing (Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium) - Kurt Luedtke
- Actor in a Supporting Role - Klaus Maria Brandauer
- Actress in a Leading Role - Meryl Streep
- Costume Design - Milena Canonero
- Film Editing - Fredric Steinkamp, William Steinkamp, Pembroke Herring, Sheldon Kahn
P
Prizzi's Honor
8 NOMINATIONS,
1 WIN
- * Actress in a Supporting Role - Anjelica Huston
- Actor in a Leading Role - Jack Nicholson
- Actor in a Supporting Role - William Hickey
- Costume Design - Donfeld
- Directing - John Huston
- Film Editing - Rudi Fehr, Kaja Fehr
- Best Picture - John Foreman, Producer
- Writing (Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium) - Richard Condon, Janet Roach
The Purple Rose of Cairo
1 NOMINATION
- Writing (Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen) - Woody Allen
R
Rainbow War
1 NOMINATION
- Short Film (Live Action) - Bob Rogers, Producer
Rambo: First Blood Part II
1 NOMINATION
- Sound Effects Editing - Frederick J. Brown
Ran
4 NOMINATIONS,
1 WIN
- * Costume Design - Emi Wada
- Art Direction - Art Direction: Yoshiro Muraki, Shinobu Muraki
- Cinematography - Takao Saito, Masaharu Ueda, Asakazu Nakai
- Directing - Akira Kurosawa
Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins
1 NOMINATION
- Makeup - Carl Fullerton
Return to Oz
1 NOMINATION
- Visual Effects - Will Vinton, Ian Wingrove, Zoran Perisic, Michael Lloyd
Runaway Train
3 NOMINATIONS
- Actor in a Leading Role - Jon Voight
- Actor in a Supporting Role - Eric Roberts
- Film Editing - Henry Richardson
S
Second Class Mail
1 NOMINATION
- Short Film (Animated) - Alison Snowden, Producer
Silverado
2 NOMINATIONS
- Music (Original Score) - Bruce Broughton
- Sound - Donald O. Mitchell, Rick Kline, Kevin O'Connell, David Ronne
Soldiers in Hiding
1 NOMINATION
- Documentary (Feature) - Japhet Asher, Producer
The Statue of Liberty
1 NOMINATION
- Documentary (Feature) - Ken Burns and Buddy Squires, Producers
Sweet Dreams
1 NOMINATION
- Actress in a Leading Role - Jessica Lange
T
Three Men and a Cradle
1 NOMINATION
- Foreign Language Film - France
The Trip to Bountiful
2 NOMINATIONS,
1 WIN
- * Actress in a Leading Role - Geraldine Page
- Writing (Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium) - Horton Foote
Twice in a Lifetime
1 NOMINATION
- Actress in a Supporting Role - Amy Madigan
U
Unfinished Business
1 NOMINATION
- Documentary (Feature) - Steven Okazaki, Producer
W
When Father Was Away on Business
1 NOMINATION
- Foreign Language Film - Yugoslavia
White Nights
2 NOMINATIONS,
1 WIN
- * Music (Original Song) - Say You, Say Me in "White Nights" Music and Lyric by Lionel Richie
- Music (Original Song) - Separate Lives (Love Theme From 'White Nights') in "White Nights" Music and Lyric by Stephen Bishop
Witness
8 NOMINATIONS,
2 WINS
- * Film Editing - Thom Noble
- * Writing (Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen) - Screenplay by Earl W. Wallace, William Kelley; Story by William Kelley, Pamela Wallace, Earl W. Wallace
- Actor in a Leading Role - Harrison Ford
- Art Direction - Art Direction: Stan Jolley; Set Decoration: John Anderson
- Cinematography - John Seale
- Directing - Peter Weir
- Music (Original Score) - Maurice Jarre
- Best Picture - Edward S. Feldman, Producer
Witness to War: Dr. Charlie Clements
1 WIN,
1 NOMINATION
- * Documentary (Short Subject) - David Goodman, Producer
The Wizard of the Strings
1 NOMINATION
- Documentary (Short Subject) - Alan Edelstein, Producer
Y
Young Sherlock Holmes
1 NOMINATION
- Visual Effects - Dennis Muren, Kit West, John Ellis, David Allen
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