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58th Academy Awards

58TH ACADEMY AWARDS

March 24, 1986
Dorothy Chandler Pavilion
Hosted by Alan Alda, Jane Fonda, & Robin Williams

BEST PICTURE

“The Color Purple”
“Kiss of the Spider Woman”
“Out of Africa”
“Prizzi’s Honor”
“Witness”

DIRECTOR

Hector Babenco – “Kiss of the Spider Woman”
John Huston – “Prizzi’s Honor”
Akira Kurosawa – “Ran”
Sydney Pollack – “Out of Africa”
Peter Weir – “Witness”

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”

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”

SUPPORTING ACTOR

Don Ameche – “Cocoon”
Klaus Maria Brandauer – “Out of Africa”
William Hickey – “Prizzi’s Honor”
Robert Loggia – “Jagged Edge”
Eric Roberts – “Runaway Train”

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”

ADAPTED SCREENPLAY

“The Color Purple” – Menno Meyjes
“Kiss of the Spider Woman” – Leonard Schrader
“Out of Africa” – Kurt Luedtke
“Prizzi’s Honor” – Richard Condon and Janet Roach
“The Trip to Bountiful” – Horton Foote

ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY

“Back to the Future” – Robert Zemeckis and Bob Gale
“Brazil” – Terry Gilliam, Tom Stoppard and Charles McKeown
“The Official Story” – Luis Puenzo and Aída Bortnik
“The Purple Rose of Cairo” – Woody Allen
“Witness” – Earl W. Wallace, William Kelley, and Pamela Wallace

FOREIGN LANGUAGE FEATURE

“Angry Harvest” (Federal Republic of Germany)
“Colonel Redl” (Hungary)
“The Official Story” (Argentina)
“Three Men and a Cradle” (France)
“When Father Was Away on Business” (Yugoslavia)

DOCUMENTARY (FEATURE)

“Broken Rainbow”
“Las Madres: The Mothers of Plaza de Mayo”
“Soldiers in Hiding”
“The Statue of Liberty”
“Unfinished Business”

DOCUMENTARY
(SHORT SUBJECT)

“The Courage to Care”
“Keats and His Nightingale: A Blind Date”
“Making Overtures: The Story of a Community Orchestra”
“Witness to War: Dr. Charlie Clements”
“The Wizard of the Strings”

ANIMATED SHORT

“Anna & Bella”
“The Big Snit”
“Second Class Mail”

LIVE ACTION SHORT

“Graffiti”
“Molly’s Pilgrim”
“Rainbow War”

ART DIRECTION

“Brazil” – Norman Garwood and Maggie Gray
“The Color Purple” – J. Michael Riva, Robert W. Welch, and Linda DeScenna
“Out of Africa” – Stephen Grimes and Josie MacAvin
“Ran” –Yoshirō Muraki and Shinobu Muraki
“Witness” – Stan Jolley and John Anderson

CINEMATOGRAPHY

“The Color Purple” – Allen Daviau
“Murphy’s Romance” – William A. Fraker
“Out of Africa” – David Watkin
“Ran” – Takao Saito, Masaharu Ueda and Asakazu Nakai
“Witness” – John Seale

COSTUME DESIGN

“The Color Purple” – Aggie Guerard Rodgers
“The Journey of Natty Gann” – Albert Wolsky
“Out of Africa” – Milena Canonero
“Prizzi’s Honor” – Donfeld
“Ran” – Emi Wada

FILM EDITING

“A Chorus Line” – John Bloom
“Out of Africa” – Fredric Steinkamp, William Steinkamp, Pembroke Herring and Sheldon Kahn
“Prizzi’s Honor” – Rudi Fehr and Kaja Fehr
“Runaway Train” – Henry Richardson
“Witness” – Thom Noble

MAKEUP

“The Color Purple” – Ken Chase
“Mask” – Michael Westmore and Zoltan Elek
“Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins” – Carl Fullerton

ORIGINAL SCORE

“Agnes of God” – Georges Delerue
“The Color Purple” – Quincy Jones, Jeremy Lubbock, Rod Temperton, Caiphus Semenya, Andrae Crouch, Chris Boardman, Jorge Calandrelli and Joel Rosenbaum, Fred Steiner, Jack Hayes, Jerry Hey and Randy Kerber
“Out of Africa” – John Barry
“Silverado” – Bruce Broughton
“Witness” – Maurice Jarre

ORIGINAL SONG

“Miss Celie’s Blues (Sister)” from “The Color Purple” – Quincy Jones, Rod Temperton, and Lionel Richie
“The Power of Love” from “Back to the Future” – Chris Hayes, Johnny Colla, and Huey Lewis
“Say You, Say Me” from “White Nights” – Lionel Richie
“Separate Lives” from “White Nights” – Stephen Bishop
“Surprise Surprise” from “A Chorus Line” – Marvin Hamlisch and Edward Kleban

SOUND EDITING

“Back to the Future”
“Ladyhawke”
“Rambo: First Blood Part II”

SOUND MIXING

“Back to the Future”
“A Chorus Line”
“Ladyhawke”
“Out of Africa”
“Silverado”

VISUAL EFFECTS

“Cocoon”
“Return to Oz”
“Young Sherlock Holmes”
  1. “Agnes of God”
  2. “Back to the Future”
  3. “Brazil”
  4. “A Chorus Line”
  5. “Cocoon”
  6. “The Color Purple”
  7. “Jagged Edge”
  8. “The Journey of Natty Gann”
  9. “Kiss of the Spider Woman”
  10. “Ladyhawke”
  11. “Mask”
  12. “Murphy’s Romance”
  13. “The Official Story”
  14. “Out of Africa”
  15. “Prizzi’s Honor”
  16. “The Purple Rose of Cairo”
  17. “Rambo: First Blood Part II”
  18. “Ran”
  19. “Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins”
  20. “Return to Oz”
  21. “Runaway Train”
  22. “Silverado”
  23. “Sweet Dreams”
  24. “The Trip to Bountiful”
  25. “Twice in a Lifetime”
  26. “White Nights”
  27. “Witness”
  28. “Young Sherlock Holmes”
FOREIGN
  1. “Angry Harvest” (Federal Republic of Germany)
  2. “Colonel Redl” (Hungary)
  3. “Three Men and a Cradle” (France)
  4. “When Father Was Away on Business” (Yugoslavia)
DOCUMENTARY
  1. “Broken Rainbow”
  2. “Las Madres: The Mothers of Plaza de Mayo”
  3. “Soldiers in Hiding”
  4. “The Statue of Liberty”
  5. “Unfinished Business”
SHORT FILMS
  1. “Anna & Bella”
  2. “The Big Snit”
  3. “The Courage to Care”
  4. “Graffiti”
  5. “Keats and His Nightingale: A Blind Date”
  6. “Making Overtures: The Story of a Community Orchestra”
  7. “Molly’s Pilgrim”
  8. “Rainbow War”
  9. “Second Class Mail”
  10. “Witness to War: Dr. Charlie Clements”
  11. “The Wizard of the Strings”

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