1985 Oscar Shouldabeens

[Kellens101]

Best Picture: Brazil
Best Director: Terry Gilliam for Brazil
Best Actor: William Hurt in Kiss of the Spider Woman
Best Actress: Whoopi Goldberg in The Color Purple
Best Supporting Actor: Klaus Maria Brandauer in Out of Africa
Best Supporting Actress: Anjelica Huston in Prizzi's Honor
Best Original Screenplay: Brazil
Best Adapted Screenplay: Ran
Best Score: Out of Africa
Best Art Direction: Brazil
Best Costume Design: Ran
Best Editing: Brazil
Best Cinematography: Ran
Best Sound: Brazil
Best Foreign Film: Ran

[Big Magilla]

That was 1984.

[flipp525]

Wrong thread.

[ksrymy]

Best Picture
01. Come and See
02. Brazil
03. Ran
04. Shoah
05. The Purple Rose of Cairo
06. Clue
07. Smooth Talk
08. Kiss of the Spider Woman
09. Witness
10. My Life as a Dog

Best Actor
01. William Hurt, Kiss of the Spider Woman
02. Tatsuya Nakadai, Ran
03. Raúl Julía, Kiss of the Spider Woman
04. Jack Nicholson, Prizzi’s Honor
05. Philip Baker Hall, Secret Honor

06. Tim Curry, Clue

Best Actress
01. Whoopi Goldberg, The Color Purple
02. Geraldine Page, The Trip to Bountiful
03. Laura Dern, Smooth Talk
04. Cher, Mask
05. Meryl Streep, Plenty

06. Miranda Richardson, Dance with a Stranger

Best Supporting Actor
01. Klaus Maria Brandauer, Out of Africa
02. Treat Williams, Smooth Talk
03. Jeff Daniels, The Purple Rose of Cairo
04. Eric Stoltz, Mask
05. Ian Holm, Dance with a Stranger

06. Eric Roberts, Runaway Train

Best Supporting Actress
01. Mieko Harada, Ran
02. Anjelica Huston, Prizzi’s Honor
03. Madeline Kahn, Clue
04. Meg Tilly, Agnes of God
05. Margaret Avery, The Color Purple

06. Kelly McGillis, Witness

Best Director
01. Elem Klimov, Come and See
02. Terry Gilliam, Brazil
03. Akira Kurosawa, Ran
04. Claude Lanzmann, Shoah
05. Woody Allen, The Purple Rose of Cairo

06. Héctor Babenco, Kiss of the Spider Woman

[paperboy]

BEST PICTURE
Blood Simple
Brazil
Pee-Wee's Big Adventure
Plenty
The Purple Rose of Cairo

BEST DIRECTOR
Woody Allen - The Purple Rose of Cairo
Joel Coen - Blood Simple
Terry Gilliam - Brazil
Sydney Pollack - Out of Africa
Fred Schepisi - Plenty

BEST ACTOR
Jeff Daniels - The Purple Rose of Cairo
Harrison Ford - Witness
Raul Julia - Kiss of the Spider Woman
Sean Penn - The Falcon and the Snowman
Paul Reubens - Pee-Wee's Big Adventure

BEST ACTRESS
Cher - Mask
Mia Farrow - The Purple Rose of Cairo
Whoopi Goldberg - The Color Purple
Miranda Richardson - Dance With A Stranger
Meryl Streep - Plenty

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Kevin Costner - Silverado
Klaus Maria Brandauer - Out of Africa
John Gielgud - Plenty
Crispin Glover - Back To The Future
M Emmet Walsh - Blood Simple

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Anjelica Huston - Prizzi’s Honor
Laurie Metcalf - Desperately Seeking Susan
Meg Tilly - Agnes of God
Tracey Ullman - Plenty
Oprah Winfrey - The Color Purple

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Back to the Future - Bob Gale, Robert Zemeckis
Blood Simple - Joel Coen, Ethan Coen
Brazil - Terry Gilliam, Tom Stoppard, Charles McKeown
Pee-Wee's Big Adventure - Phil Hartman, Paul Reubens, Michael Varhol
The Purple Rose of Cairo - Woody Allen

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
Agnes of God - John Pielmeier
Out of Africa - Kurt Luedtke
Plenty - David Hare
Prizzi's Honor - Richard Condon, Janet Roach
The Trip to Bountiful - Horton Foote



Edited By paperboy on 1238507139

[Big Magilla]

I don't know if Tina Turner would even have been nominated. She may be a great singer, but she has yet to prove herself as an actress.

There's no telling how much damage Margaret Avery's "thank God" Variety ad did to her chances, but they undoubtedly helped Oprah in that a number of voters determined to vote for one of the Color Purple ladies would likely have shifted their votes to her. Anjelica, on the other hand, was practically unstoppable. Remember, this was an actress whose film debut in A Walk With Love and Death years earlier was something akin to the embarrassment later endured by Sophia Coppola in Godfather III. That she would emerge from the shadow of her father and long-time lover Jack Nicholson in a film dominated by the two of them was seen as something of an acting miracle in its time and still holds up pretty well today. The only question was whether her father would win a directing Oscar for the same film.

Aleandro wasn't on my radar in 1985 and when I saw the film later I thought she was good but no more so than the five women I nominated.

[flipp525]

Best Supporting Actress
Margaret Avery, The Color Purple
*Anjelica Huston, Prizzi’s Honor
Kelly McGillis, Witness
Meg Tilly, Agnes of God
Oprah Winfrey, The Color Purple

I wonder what the inclusion of Tina Turner in the Shug Avery role in The Color Purple might've done to this race. Or was Angelica simply that untouchable?

Big Magilla, how could you not have Norma Aleandro in your Best Actress lineup? ???



Edited By flipp525 on 1230576706

[Cinemanolis]

This is probably the year from which i have watched the least films.

BEST PICTURE
• The Color Purple
• Dance With a Stranger
• Out of Africa
• Prizzi's Honour
• Ran

BEST DIRECTOR
• Steven Spielberg (The Color Purple)
• Sydney Pollack (Out of Africa)
• John Huston (Prizzi's Honour)
• Peter Weir (Witness)
• Akira Kurosawa (Ran)

BEST ACTOR
• Danny Glover (The Color Purple)
• Robert Redford (Out of Africa)
• Raul Julia (Kiss of the Spider Woman)
• William Hurt (Kiss of the Spider Woman) ***
• Jack Nicholson (Prizzi's Honour)

BEST ACTRESS
• Whoopi Goldberg (The Color Purple)
• Maggie Smith (A Private Function)
• Themis Bazaka (The Stone Years) ***
sorry Miranda, but Themis is my friend, she was excellent and gets my vote
• Miranda Richardson (Dance With a Stranger)
• Geraldine Page (Trip to Bountiful)

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
• Willard Pugh (The Color Purple)
• William Hickey (Prizzi's Honor)
• Denholm Elliot (A Private Function)
• Ian Holm (Dance With a Stranger)
• Claus Maria Brandaeur (Out of Africa) ***

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
• Oprah Winfrey (The Color Purple)
• Margaret Avery (The Color Purple)
• Helen Mirren (White Nights)
• Angelica Huston (Prizzi's Honour)
• Liz Smith (a Private Function) ***

[Big Magilla]

She hasn't exactly disappeared. She is an author of children's books now iwth her own blog:
http://www.officialmegtilly.com

[flipp525]

SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Meg Tilly, Agnes of God

My god, whatever happened to Meg Tilly? I'm watching The Big Chill right now and I really like her in it (although the unsung hero of that film, for me, is the non-nominated Mary Kay Place). Tilly has just sort of disappeared. Her last imdb credit is from 1995. Had no idea she was half-Chinese, too.

[flipp525]

Best Actress
Norma Aleandro, The Official Story

Finally, saw Norma Aleandro in The Official Story and wow, what an astoundingly good performance. The look on her face as her friend recounts the torture she endured is just plain haunting. The two friends are laughing and drinking over old times and her friend unexpectedly segues into a horrific tale. And then the slow realization that Aleandro's adopted daughter, who's sleeping in the next room, might've been one of the babies taken away from expectant mothers under interrogation -- amazingly intense acting.

I loved the scene where Alicia encounters a demonstration of people calling for the relocation of displaced persons. Aleandro delivers the perfect balance of horror, complicity, shame, befuddlement and confusion as she stands on the sidelines, arrested by the scene before her. I'm truly shocked that Aleandro didn't receive a Best Actress nomination for this. It's a fantastic tour-de-force.

As an interesting sidenote: Alicia's daughter in the film is named Gaby. Aleandro would receive her first (and, to date, only) nomination two years later for her supporting performance in Gaby: A True Story.

The Official Story is playing on Showtime on Sunday, March 18 at 5AM if you want to set your TiVo or DVR.



Edited By flipp525 on 1211742944

[rudeboy]

Best Film

1. My Life as a Dog
2. The Emerald Forest
3. Lost in America
4. Insignificance
5. The Purple Rose of Cairo

Best Director

1. Lasse Hallström for My Life as a Dog
2. John Boorman for The Emerald Forest
3. Nicolas Roeg for Insignificance
4. Albert Brooks for Lost in America
5. Woody Allen for The Purple Rose of Cairo

Best Actor

1. Anton Glanzelius for My Life as a Dog
2. Albert Brooks for Lost in America
3. John Cusack for The Sure Thing
4. Harrison Ford for Witness
5. Sean Penn for The Falcon and the Snowman

Best Actress

1. Theresa Russell for Insignificance
2. Mia Farrow for The Purple Rose of Cairo
3. Julie Hagerty for Lost in America
4. Laura Dern for Smooth Talk
5. Geraldine Page for The Trip to Bountiful

Best Supporting Actor

1. Charley Boorman for The Emerald Forest
2. Jeff Daniels for The Purple Rose of Cairo
3. Tomas von Bromssen for My Life as a Dog
4. Kevin Costner for Silverado
5. Crispin Glover for Back to the Future

Best Supporting Actress

1. Anjelica Huston for Prizzi’s Honor
2. Melinda Kinnaman for My Life as a Dog
3. Margaret Avery for The Color Purple
4. Laurie Metcalf for Desperately Seeking Susan
5. Rosanna Arquette for After Hours

[the critic]

PICTURE
The Color Purple
Prizzi's Honor
The Purple Rose of Cairo
****Ran****
A Zed and two Naughts

DIRECTOR
Steven Spielberg - The Color Purple
John Huston - Prizzi's Honor
Woody Allen - The Purple Rose of Cairo
****Akira Kurosawa - Ran****
Peter Greenaway - A Zed and two Naughts

ACTOR
Jeff Daniels - The Purple Rose of Cairo
Harrison Ford - Witness
****William Hurt - Kiss of the Spider Woman****
Raul Julia - Kiss of the Spider Woman
Jack Nicholson - Prizzi's Honor

ACTRESS
Norma Aleandro - The Official Story
Mia Farrow - The Purple Rose of Cairo
Whoopi Goldberg - The Color Purple
****Geraldine Page - A Trip to Bountfil****
Miranda Richardson - Dance with a Stranger

SUPPORTING ACROT
Klaus Maria Brandauer - Out of Africa
Danny Glover - The Color Purple
****William Hickey - Prizzi's Honor****
Ian Holm - Dance with a Stranger
Christopher Lloyd - Back to the Future

SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Margaret Avery - The Color Purple
Mieko Harada - Ran
****Anjelica Huston - Prizzi's Honor****
Frances McDormand - Blood Simple
Kelly McGills - Witness

ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Back to the Future
Blood Simple
Brazil
****The Purple Rose of Cairo****
A Zed and two Naughts

ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
The Color Purple
Kiss of the Spider Woman
****Prizzi´s Honor****
Ran
A Trip to Bountfil

[Bruce_Lavigne]

...

[Jim20]

PICTURE
Brazil
The Color Purple
**Prizzi's Honor**
The Purple Rose of Cairo
Witness

ACTOR
Jeff Daniels, The Purple Rose of Cairo
Griffin Dunne, After Hours
Harrison Ford, Witness
**William Hurt, Kiss of the Spider Woman**
Jack Nicholson, Prizzi's Honor

ACTRESS
Mia Farrow, The Purple Rose of Cairo
**Whoopi Goldberg, The Color Purple**
Geraldine Page, Trip to Bountiful
Meryl Streep, Out of Africa
Kathleen Turner, Prizzi's Honor

SUPPORTING ACTOR
Don Ameche, Cocoon
Danny Glover, The Color Purple
**William Hickey, Prizzi's Honor**
Eric Stoltz, Mask
M. Emmet Walsh, Blood Simple

SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Margaret Avery, The Color Purple
**Anjelica Huston, Prizzi's Honor**
Kelly McGillis, Witness
Meg Tilly, Agnes of God
Oprah Winfrey, The Color Purple

DIRECTOR
Terry Gilliam, Brazil
**John Huston, Prizzi's Honor**
Akira Kurosawa, Ran
Martin Scorsese, After Hours
Steven Spielberg, The Color Purple


ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Back to the Future
Blood Simple
**Brazil**
The Purple Rose of Cairo
Witness

ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
The Color Purple
Kiss of the Spider Woman
Out of Africa
**Prizzi's Honor**
Ran

ART DIRECTION
**Brazil**
The Color Purple
Out of Africa
Ran
Return to Oz

CINEMATOGRAPHY
Brazil
**The Color Purple**
Out of Africa
Ran
Witness

COSTUME DESIGN
The Color Purple
Prizzi's Honor
The Purple Rose of Cairo
**Ran**
Return to Oz

FILM EDITING
Back to the Future
The Color Purple
Out of Africa
Prizzi's Honor
**Witness**

MAKEUP
**The Color Purple**
Mask
Return to Oz

ORIGINAL SCORE
Back to the Future
The Color Purple
Out of Africa
Silverado
**Witness**

SOUND
Back to the Future
Ladyhawke
**Out of Africa**
Silverado
Witness

SOUND EDITING
**Back to the Future**
Ladyhawke

VISUAL EFFECTS
Cocoon
**Return to Oz**
Young Sherlock Holmes

Brazil - 2 wins (5 nominations)
The Color Purple - 3 wins (13 nominations)
Prizzi's Honor - 5 wins (9 nominations)
The Purple Rose of Cairo - 0 wins (5 nominations)
Witness - 2 wins (8 nominations)