1986 Oscars 58th Academy Awards |
Trivia
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1986 Oscar Nominees and Winners |
| Best Picture: Out of Africa – Sydney Pollack, producer (WINNER) 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 |
| Best Director: Sydney Pollack – Out of Africa (WINNER) Héctor Babenco – Kiss of the Spider Woman John Huston – Prizzi’s Honor Akira Kurosawa – Ran Peter Weir – Witness |
| Best Actor: William Hurt – Kiss of the Spider Woman as Luis Molina (WINNER) Harrison Ford – Witness as Detective Captain John Book James Garner – Murphy’s Romance as Murphy Jones Jack Nicholson – Prizzi’s Honor as Charley Partanna Jon Voight – Runaway Train as Oscar “Manny” Manheim |
| Best Actress: Geraldine Page – The Trip to Bountiful as Carrie Watts (WINNER) Anne Bancroft – Agnes of God as Miriam Ruth Whoopi Goldberg – The Color Purple as Celie Harris Johnson Jessica Lange – Sweet Dreams as Patsy Cline Meryl Streep – Out of Africa as Karen Blixen |
| Best Supporting Actor: Don Ameche – Cocoon as Arthur Selwyn (WINNER) Klaus Maria Brandauer – Out of Africa as Baron Bror von Blixen-Finecke William Hickey – Prizzi’s Honor as Don Corrado Prizzi Robert Loggia – Jagged Edge as Sam Ransom Eric Roberts – Runaway Train as Buck |
| Best Supporting Actress: Anjelica Huston – Prizzi’s Honor as Maerose Prizzi (WINNER) Margaret Avery – The Color Purple as Shug Avery Amy Madigan – Twice in a Lifetime as Sunny Sobel Meg Tilly – Agnes of God as Sister Agnes Oprah Winfrey – The Color Purple as Sofia Johnson |
| Best Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen: Witness – Screenplay by Earl W. Wallace and William Kelley; Story by William Kelley, Pamela Wallace and Earl W. Wallace (WINNER) 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 |
| Best Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium: Out of Africa – Kurt Luedtke based on the memoir by Isak Dinesen and the books Silence Will Speak by Errol Trzebinski and Isak Dinesen: The Life of a Storyteller by Judith Thurman (WINNER) The Color Purple – Menno Meyjes based on the novel by Alice Walker Kiss of the Spider Woman – Leonard Schrader based on the novel by Manuel Puig Prizzi’s Honor – Richard Condon and Janet Roach based on the novel by Richard Condon The Trip to Bountiful – Horton Foote based on his teleplay |
| Best Foreign Language Film: The Official Story (Argentina) in Spanish – Luis Puenzo (WINNER) Angry Harvest (Federal Republic of Germany) in German – Agnieszka Holland Colonel Redl (Hungary) in German – István Szabó Three Men and a Cradle (France) in French – Coline Serreau When Father Was Away on Business (Yugoslavia) in Serbo-Croatian – Emir Kusturica |
| Best Documentary Feature: Broken Rainbow – Maria Florio and Victoria Mudd (WINNER) The Mothers of Plaza de Mayo – Susana Muñoz and Lourdes Portillo Soldiers in Hiding – Japhet Asher The Statue of Liberty – Ken Burns and Buddy Squires Unfinished Business – Steven Okazaki |
| Best Documentary Short Subject: Witness to War: Dr. Charlie Clements – David Goodman (WINNER) The Courage to Care – Robert H. Gardner Keats and His Nightingale: A Blind Date – Michael Crowley and James Wolpaw Making Overtures: The Story of a Community Orchestra – Barbara Willis Sweete The Wizard of the Strings – Alan Edelstein |
| Best Live Action Short Film: Molly’s Pilgrim – Jeffrey D. Brown and Chris Pelzer (WINNER) Graffiti – Dianna Costello Rainbow War – Bob Rogers |
| Best Animated Short Film: Anna & Bella – Cilia van Dijk (WINNER) The Big Snit – Richard Condie and Michael J. F. Scott Second Class Mail – Alison Snowden |
| Best Original Score: Out of Africa – John Barry (WINNER) Agnes of God – Georges Delerue The Color Purple – Quincy Jones, Jeremy Lubbock, Rod Temperton, Caiphus Semenya, Andraé Crouch, Chris Boardman, Jorge Calandrelli, Joel Rosenbaum, Fred Steiner, Jack Hayes, Jerry Hey and Randy Kerber Silverado – Bruce Broughton Witness – Maurice Jarre |
| Best Original Song: “Say You, Say Me” from White Nights – Music and Lyrics by Lionel Richie (WINNER) “Miss Celie’s Blues (Sister)” from The Color Purple – Music by Quincy Jones and Rod Temperton; Lyrics by Quincy Jones, Rod Temperton and Lionel Richie “The Power of Love” from Back to the Future – Music by Chris Hayes and Johnny Colla; Lyrics by Huey Lewis “Separate Lives” from White Nights – Music and Lyrics by Stephen Bishop “Surprise Surprise” from A Chorus Line – Music by Marvin Hamlisch; Lyrics by Edward Kleban |
| Best Sound Effects Editing: Back to the Future – Charles L. Campbell and Robert Rutledge (WINNER) Ladyhawke – Robert G. Henderson and Alan Robert Murray Rambo: First Blood Part II – Frederick Brown |
| Best Sound: Out of Africa – Chris Jenkins, Gary Alexander, Larry Stensvold and Peter Handford (WINNER) Back to the Future – Bill Varney, B. Tennyson Sebastian II, Robert Thirlwell and William B. Kaplan A Chorus Line – Donald O. Mitchell, Michael Minkler, Gerry Humphreys and Christopher Newman Ladyhawke – Les Fresholtz, Dick Alexander, Vern Poore and Bud Alper Silverado – Donald O. Mitchell, Rick Kline, Kevin O’Connell and David M. Ronne |
| Best Art Direction: Out of Africa – Art Direction: Stephen B. Grimes; Set Decoration: Josie MacAvin (WINNER) Brazil – Art Direction: Norman Garwood; Set Decoration: Maggie Gray The Color Purple – Art Direction: J. Michael Riva and Robert W. Welch; Set Decoration: Linda DeScenna Ran – Art Direction and Set Decoration: Yoshiro Muraki and Shinobu Muraki Witness – Art Direction: Stan Jolley; Set Decoration: John H. Anderson |
| Best Cinematography: Out of Africa – David Watkin (WINNER) The Color Purple – Allen Daviau Murphy’s Romance – William A. Fraker Ran – Takao Saito, Masaharu Ueda and Asakazu Nakai Witness – John Seale |
| Best Makeup: Mask – Michael Westmore and Zoltan Elek (WINNER) The Color Purple – Ken Chase Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins – Carl Fullerton |
| Best Costume Design: Ran – Emi Wada (WINNER) The Color Purple – Aggie Guerard Rodgers The Journey of Natty Gann – Albert Wolsky Out of Africa – Milena Canonero Prizzi’s Honor – Donfeld |
| Best Film Editing: Witness – Thom Noble (WINNER) A Chorus Line – John Bloom Out of Africa – Fredric Steinkamp, William Steinkamp, Pembroke J. Herring and Sheldon Kahn Prizzi’s Honor – Rudi Fehr and Kaja Fehr Runaway Train – Henry Richardson |
| Best Visual Effects: Cocoon – Ken Ralston, Ralph McQuarrie, Scott Farrar and David Berry (WINNER) Return to Oz – Will Vinton, Ian Wingrove, Zoran Perisic and Michael Lloyd Young Sherlock Holmes – Dennis Muren, Kit West, John R. Ellis and David W. Allen |
| Honorary Academy Awards Paul Newman Alex North |
| Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award: Charles “Buddy” Rogers |
