Best Picture The Color Purple, Steven Spielberg, Kathleen Kennedy, Frank Marshall and Quincy Jones, producers (Warner Bros.) Kiss of the Spider Woman, David Weisman, producer (Island Alive) Out of Africa, Sydney Pollack, producer (Universal) Prizzi's Honor, John Foreman, producer (Twentieth Century-Fox) Witness, Edward S. Feldman, producer (Paramount) Actor in a Leading Role 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 in a Leading Role 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 Actor in a Supporting Role Don Ameche, Cocoon Klaus Maria Brandauer, Out of Africa William Hickey, Prizzi's Honor Robert Loggia, Jagged Edge Eric Roberts, Runaway Train Actress in a Supporting Role 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 Directing Hector Babenco, Kiss of the Spider Woman John Huston, Prizzi's Honor Akira Kurosawa, Ran Sydney Pollack, Out of Africa Peter Weir, Witness Writing Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen Woody Allen, The Purple Rose of Cairo Terry Gilliam, Tom Stoppard and Charles McKeown, Brazil Luis Puenzo and Aida Bortnik, The Official Story Earl W. Wallace and William Kelley, screenplay; William Kelley, Pamela Wallace and Earl W. Wallace, story, Witness Robert Zemeckis and Bob Gale, Back to the Future Screenplay Based on Material From Another Medium Richard Condon and Janet Roach, Prizzi's Honor Horton Foote, The Trip to Bountiful Kurt Luedtke, Out of Africa Menno Meyjes, The Color Purple Leonard Schrader, Kiss of the Spider Woman Cinematography Allen Daviau, The Color Purple William A. Fraker, Murphy's Romance Takao Saito, Masaharu Ueda and Asakazu Nakai, Ran John Seale, Witness David Watkin, Out of Africa Art Direction Norman Garwood, art direction; Maggie Gray, set decoration, Brazil Stephen Grimes, art direction; Josie MacAvin, set decoration, Out of Africa Stan Jolley, art direction; John Anderson, set decoration, Witness Yoshiro Muraki and Shinobu Muraki, art direction, Ran J. Michael Riva and Robert W. Welch, art direction; Linda DeScenna, set decoration, The Color Purple Sound Les Fresholtz, Dick Alexander, Vern Poore and Bud Alper, Ladyhawke Chris Jenkins, Gary Alexander, Larry Stensvold and Peter Handford, Out of Africa Donald O. Mitchell, Rick Kline, Kevin O'Connell and David Ronne, Silverado Donald O. Mitchell, Michael Minkler, Gerry Humphreys and Chris Newman, A Chorus Line Bill Varney, B. Tennyson Sebastian II, Robert Thirlwell and William B. Kaplan, Back to the Future Music Song �Miss Celie's Blues� (Sister), The Color Purple, Quincy Jones and Rod Temperton, music; Quincy Jones, Rod Temperton and Lionel Richie, lyrics �The Power of Love,� Back to the Future, Chris Hayes and Johnny Colla, music; Huey Lewis, lyrics �Say You, Say Me,� White Nights, Lionel Richie, music and lyrics �Love Theme From White Nights� (Separate Lives), White Nights, Stephen Bishop, music and lyrics �Surprise, Surprise,� A Chorus Line, Marvin Hamlisch, music; edward Kleban, lyrics Original Score John Barry, Out of Africa Bruce Broughton, Silverado Georges Delerue, Agnes of God Quincy Jones, Jeremy Lubbock, Rod Temperton, Caiphus Semenya, Andrae Crouch, Chris Boardman, Jorge Calandrelli, Joel Rosenbaum, Fred Steiner, Jack Hayes, Jerry Hey and Randy Kerber, The Color Purple Maurice Jarre, Witness Film Editing John Bloom, A Chorus Line Rudi Fehr and Kaja Fehr, Prizzi's Honor Thom Noble, Witness Henry Richardson, Runaway Train Fredric Steinkamp, William Steinkamp, Pembroke Herring and Sheldon Kahn, Out of Africa Costume Design Milena Canonero, Out of Africa Donfeld, Prizzi's Honor Aggie Guerard Rodgers, The Color Purple Emi Wada, Ran Albert Wolksy, The Journey of Natty Gann Makeup Ken Chase, The Color Purple Carl Fullerton, Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins Michael Westmore and Zoltan Elek, Mask Visual Effects Dennis Muren, Kit West, John Ellis and David Allen, Young Sherlock Holmes Ken Ralston, Ralph McQuarrie, Scott Farrar and David Berry, Cocoon Will Vinton, lan Wingrove, Zoran Perisic and Michael Lloyd, Return to Oz Sound Effects Editing Frederick J. Brown, Rambo: First Blood Part II Charles L. Campbell and Robert Rutledge, Back to the Future Bob Henderson and Alan Murray, Ladyhawke Short Films Animated Anna & Bella (Cilia Van Dijk, producer, Netherlands) The Big Snit (Richard Condie and Michael Scott, producers; National Film Board of Canada) Second Class Mail (Alison Snowden, producer; National Film and Television School) Live Action Graffiti (Dianna Costello, producer; American Film Institute) Molly's Pilgrim (Jeff Brown and Chris Pelzer, producers; Phoenix Films) Rainbow War (Bob Rogers, producer; Bob Rogers and Co.) Documentary Short Subject The Courage to Care (Robert Gardner, producer; United Way) Keats and His Nightingale: A Blind Date (Michael Crowley and James Wolpaw, producers; Rhode Island Committee for the Humanities) Making Overtures�The Story of a Community Orchestra (Barbara Willis Sweete, producer; Rhombus Media, Inc.) Witness to War: Dr. Charlie Clements (David Goodman, producer; Skylight Picture Production) The Wizard of the Strings (Alan Edelstein, producer; Seventh Hour Production) Feature Broken Rainbow (Maria Florio and Victoria Mudd, producers; Earthworks Films Production) Las Madres�The Mothers of Plaza de Mayo (Susana Mu�oz and Lourdes Portillo, producers; Film Arts Foundation) Soldiers in Hiding (Japhet Asher, producer; Filmworks, Inc. Production) The Statue of Liberty (Ken Burns and Buddy Squires, producers; Florentine Films Production) Unfinished Business (Steven Okazaki, producer; Mouchette Films Production) Foreign Language Film Angry Harvest, Federal Republic of Germany�West Colonel Redl, Hungary The Official Story, Argentina Three Men and a Cradle, France When Father Was Away on Business, Yugoslavia Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award Charles �Buddy� Rogers Honorary Awards To Paul Newman in recognition of his many memorable and compelling screen performances and for his personal integrity and dedication to his craft To Alex North in recognition of his brilliant artistry in the creation of memorable music for a host of distinguished motion pictures To John H. Whitney, Sr. for cinematic pioneering

Facts:

  • Winners Announced: March 24, 1986
  • Held at: Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Los Angeles, California
  • Hosts: Alan Alda, Jane Fonda and Robin Williams
  • Eligibility Year: 1985
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