Oscars Rematch: 1985
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- DirectorSteven SpielbergStarsDanny GloverWhoopi GoldbergOprah WinfreyA tale spanning forty years in the life of Celie, an African-American woman living in the South who survives incredible abuse and bigotry.Best Picture!
Winner: The Color Purple!
Nominees:
Back to the Future
Kiss of the Spider Woman
Ran
Witness - DirectorSteven SpielbergStarsDanny GloverWhoopi GoldbergOprah WinfreyA tale spanning forty years in the life of Celie, an African-American woman living in the South who survives incredible abuse and bigotry.Best Director!
Winner: Steven Spielberg!
Nominees:
Robert Zemeckis - Back to the Future
Terry Gilliam - Brazil
Hector Babenco - Kiss of the Spider Woman
Peter Weir - Witness - DirectorHector BabencoStarsWilliam HurtRaul JuliaSonia BragaA gay man and a political prisoner are together in a prison. The gay man narrates the stories of two fake movies and his own life.Best Actor!
Winner: William Hurt!
Nominees:
Jeff Daniels - The Purple Rose of Cairo
Michael J. Fox - Back to the Future
Raul Julia - Kiss of the Spider Woman
Jonathan Pryce - Brazil - DirectorSteven SpielbergStarsDanny GloverWhoopi GoldbergOprah WinfreyA tale spanning forty years in the life of Celie, an African-American woman living in the South who survives incredible abuse and bigotry.Best Actress!
Winner: Whoopi Goldberg!
Nominees:
Anne Bancroft - Agnes of God
Frances McDormand - Blood Simple
Geraldine Page - The Trip to Bountiful
Meryl Streep - Out of Africa - DirectorRobert ZemeckisStarsMichael J. FoxChristopher LloydLea ThompsonMarty McFly, a 17-year-old high school student, is accidentally sent 30 years into the past in a time-traveling DeLorean invented by his close friend, the maverick scientist Doc Brown.Best Supporting Actor!
Winner: Christopher Lloyd!
Nominees:
Don Ameche - Cocoon
Crispin Glover - Back to the Future
Danny Glover - The Color Purple
M. Emmet Walsh - Blood Simple - DirectorSteven SpielbergStarsDanny GloverWhoopi GoldbergOprah WinfreyA tale spanning forty years in the life of Celie, an African-American woman living in the South who survives incredible abuse and bigotry.Best Supporting Actress!
Winner: Oprah Winfrey!
Nominees:
Margaret Avery - The Color Purple
Sonia Braga - Kiss of the Spider Woman
Anjelica Huston - Prizzi's Honor
Meg Tilly - Agnes of God - DirectorRobert ZemeckisStarsMichael J. FoxChristopher LloydLea ThompsonMarty McFly, a 17-year-old high school student, is accidentally sent 30 years into the past in a time-traveling DeLorean invented by his close friend, the maverick scientist Doc Brown.Best Original Screenplay!
Winner: Robert Zemeckis and Bob Gale!
Nominees:
Terry Gilliam, Tom Stoppard and Charles McKeown - Brazil
Luis Puenzo and Aida Bortnik - The Official Story
Woody Allen - The Purple Rose of Cairo
Earl W. Wallace, William Kelley and Pamela Wallace - Witness - DirectorSteven SpielbergStarsDanny GloverWhoopi GoldbergOprah WinfreyA tale spanning forty years in the life of Celie, an African-American woman living in the South who survives incredible abuse and bigotry.Best Adapted Screenplay!
Winner: Menno Meyjes!
Nominees:
Leonard Schrader - Kiss of the Spider Woman
Richard Condon and Janet Roach - Prizzi's Honor
Kurt Leudtke - Out of Africa
Horton Foote - The Trip to Bountiful - DirectorAkira KurosawaStarsTatsuya NakadaiAkira TeraoJinpachi NezuIn Medieval Japan, an elderly warlord retires, handing over his empire to his three sons. However, he vastly underestimates how the new-found power will corrupt them and cause them to turn on each other...and him.Best Foreign Language Film!
Winner: Ran!
Nominees:
Angry Harvest
Colonel Redl
The Official Story
When Father Was Away on Business - DirectorVictoria MuddStarsMartin SheenBuffy Sainte-MarieBurgess MeredithDocumentary chronicling the government relocation of 10,000 Navajo Indians in Arizona.Best Documentary Feature!
Winner: Broken Rainbow!
Nominees:
Las Madres: The Mothers of Plaza de Mayo
Soldiers in Hiding
The Statue of Liberty
Unfinished Business - DirectorDeborah ShafferStarsCharlie ClementsRichard NixonDocumentary of Charlie Clements, a Vietnam War pilot who was convinced by his experiences in the war that he should become a doctor working behind enemy lines.Best Documentary Short!
Winner: Witness to War: Dr. Charlie Clements!
Nominees:
The Courage to Care
Keats and His Nightingale: A Blind Date
Making Overtures: The Story of a Community Orchestra
The Wizard of the Strings - DirectorJeffrey D. BrownStarsLilly BalabanJessica BertanTravis BlankBased on the sensitive children's book by Barbara Cohen, Molly's Pilgrim is the story of a young Russian Jewish girl who has emigrated to America with her parents to escape religious persecution.Best Live Action Short!
Winner: Molly's Pilgrim!
Nominees:
Graffiti
Rainbow War - DirectorBørge RingStarsTonny HuurdemanAnnemieke RingPeter RingTwo sisters look back on their life together.Best Animated Short!
Winner: Anna & Bella!
Nominees:
The Big Snit
Second Class Mail - DirectorSydney PollackStarsMeryl StreepRobert RedfordKlaus Maria BrandauerIn 20th-century colonial Kenya, a Danish baroness/plantation owner has a passionate love affair with a free-spirited big-game hunter.Best Original Score!
Winner: Out of Africa!
Nominees:
The Color Purple
Agnes of God
Silverado
Witness - DirectorRobert ZemeckisStarsMichael J. FoxChristopher LloydLea ThompsonMarty McFly, a 17-year-old high school student, is accidentally sent 30 years into the past in a time-traveling DeLorean invented by his close friend, the maverick scientist Doc Brown.Best Original Song!
Winner: "The Power of Love", Back to the Future!
Nominees:
"Miss Celie's Blues (Sister)" - The Color Purple
"Say You, Say Me" - White Nights
"Separate Lives" - White Nights
"Surprise Surprise" - A Chorus Line - DirectorRobert ZemeckisStarsMichael J. FoxChristopher LloydLea ThompsonMarty McFly, a 17-year-old high school student, is accidentally sent 30 years into the past in a time-traveling DeLorean invented by his close friend, the maverick scientist Doc Brown.Best Sound Mixing!
Winner: Back to the Future!
Nominees:
A Chorus Line
Ladyhawke
Out of Africa
Silverado - DirectorRobert ZemeckisStarsMichael J. FoxChristopher LloydLea ThompsonMarty McFly, a 17-year-old high school student, is accidentally sent 30 years into the past in a time-traveling DeLorean invented by his close friend, the maverick scientist Doc Brown.Best Sound Editing!
Winner: Back to the Future!
Nominees:
Ladyhawke
Rambo: First Blood Part II - DirectorTerry GilliamStarsJonathan PryceKim GreistRobert De NiroA bureaucrat in a dystopic society becomes an enemy of the state as he pursues the woman of his dreams.Best Art Direction!
Winner: Brazil!
Nominees:
The Color Purple
Legend
Ran
Witness - DirectorSteven SpielbergStarsDanny GloverWhoopi GoldbergOprah WinfreyA tale spanning forty years in the life of Celie, an African-American woman living in the South who survives incredible abuse and bigotry.Best Cinematography!
Winner: The Color Purple!
Nominees:
Out of Africa
Murphy's Romance
Ran
Witness - DirectorRidley ScottStarsTom CruiseMia SaraTim CurryA young man must stop the Lord of Darkness from destroying daylight and marrying the woman he loves.Best Makeup!
Winner: Legend!
Nominees:
The Color Purple
Mask
Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins - DirectorAkira KurosawaStarsTatsuya NakadaiAkira TeraoJinpachi NezuIn Medieval Japan, an elderly warlord retires, handing over his empire to his three sons. However, he vastly underestimates how the new-found power will corrupt them and cause them to turn on each other...and him.Best Costume Design!
Winner: Ran!
Nominees:
The Color Purple
The Journey of Natty Gann
Out of Africa
Prizzi's Honor - DirectorPeter WeirStarsHarrison FordKelly McGillisLukas HaasWhile protecting an Amish boy - who is the sole witness to a brutal murder - and his mother, a detective is forced to seek refuge within their community when his own life is threatened.Best Film Editing!
Winner: Witness!
Nominees:
Back to the Future
A Chorus Line
Prizzi's Honor
Runaway Train - DirectorRon HowardStarsDon AmecheWilford BrimleyHume CronynWhen a group of trespassing seniors swim in a pool containing alien cocoons, they find themselves energized with youthful vigor.Best Visual Effects!
Winner: Cocoon!
Nominees:
Return to Oz
Young Sherlock Holmes