Film year 1985

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Film year 1985
American director and actor Orson Welles died on October 10, 1985 .

Events

April 30th: World premiere of Shoah (director: Claude Lanzmann ). Even before the premiere in Paris , the Polish government tried to get this documentary film about the Holocaust to be banned .
July 19: World premiere of Otto - Der Film (Director: Xaver Schwarzenberger). The first film by comedian Otto Waalkes is still the most successful German film since the beginning of the audience record in 1980.
The company News Corporation of Rupert Murdoch takes over the American film production company 20th Century Fox .
The winners of the BRAVO Otto readers' poll 1985:
- Category - male movie stars: gold Sylvester Stallone , silver Michael J. Fox , bronze Götz George
- Category - Female Movie Stars: Gold Jennifer Beals , Silver Grace Jones , Bronze Tanya Roberts

Top 10 most successful films

In Germany

The ten most successful films at the German box office according to attendance (as of November 4, 2018):

space	Movie title	Visitors
1.	Otto - the film	8,783,766
2.	Men	5,213,458
3.	Back to the Future	4,988,980
4th	Rambo II - The Order	4,065,315
5.	Beverly Hills Cop - I'll definitely solve this case	4,060,989
6th	Ghostbusters - The Ghostbusters	4,003,058
7th	Police Academy 2 - Now it's just getting started	3,876,471
8th.	James Bond 007 - In the Face of Death	3,373,064
9.	Tooth for tooth	2,717,500
10.	Teenwolf	1,725,378

Film awards

Golden Globe Award

The Golden Globe Awards will take place on January 27 at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Los Angeles.

Best drama: Amadeus by Miloš Forman
Best Musical / Comedy: On the Hunt for the Green Diamond by Robert Zemeckis
Best Actor (Drama): F. Murray Abraham in Amadeus
Best Actress (Drama): Sally Field in A Place in the Heart
Best Actor (Musical / Comedy): Dudley Moore in Micki & Maude
Best Actress (Musical / Comedy): Kathleen Turner in The Hunt for the Green Diamond
Best Supporting Actor: Haing S. Ngor in The Killing Fields
Best Supporting Actress: Peggy Ashcroft in Trip to India
Best director: Miloš Forman for Amadeus
Cecil B. DeMille Award : Elizabeth Taylor

Academy Awards

The Academy Awards will be held on March 25th at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion in Los Angeles. Jack Lemmon is the moderator

Best film: Amadeus by Saul Zaentz
Best Actor: F. Murray Abraham in Amadeus
Best Actress: Sally Field in A Place in the Heart
Best director: Miloš Forman for Amadeus
Best Supporting Actor: Haing S. Ngor in The Killing Fields
Best Supporting Actress: Peggy Ashcroft in Trip to India
Best Score: Maurice Jarre for a trip to India
Best Foreign Language Film: Dangerous Traits by Richard Dembo
Honorary Oscar: The National Endowment and James Stewart

Complete list of award winners

International Cannes Film Festival 1985

The festival starts on May 8th and ends on May 20th. The jury under President Miloš Forman awards the following prizes:

Golden palm : Dad is on a business trip from Emir Kusturica
Best Actor: William Hurt in The Spider Woman's Kiss
Best Actress: Norma Aleandro in The Official Story and Cher in The Mask
Best director: André Téchiné for Rendez-Vous
Jury Grand Prize: Birdy by Alan Parker

Berlin International Film Festival 1985

The festival starts on February 15th and ends on February 26th. The jury under President Jean Marais awards the following prizes:

Golden Bear : The Woman and the Stranger by Rainer Simon and Wetherby by David Hare
Best actor: Fernando Fernán Gómez in Stico
Best Actress: Jo Kennedy in Wrong World
Best Director: Robert Benton for A Place in the Heart

Venice Film Festival

The festival starts on August 26th and ends on September 6th. The jury under President Krzysztof Zanussi awards the following prizes:

Golden Lion: Bird Free by Agnès Varda
Grand Jury Prize: Tangos, l'exil de Gardel by Fernando E. Solanas

German film award

Best film: Colonel Redl by István Szabó
Best director: Maria Knilli for Dear Karl and Bernhard Wicki for Die Grünstein-Variant
Best leading actress: Ursela Monn for once on Ku'damm and back
Best leading actor: Klaus Maria Brandauer for Colonel Redl and Götz George for Abwärts
Ula Stöckl for The Sleep of Reason ( film tape in silver )

César

Best film: The Bribes by Claude Zidi
Best director: Claude Zidi for Die Briblichen
Best Actor: Alain Delon for Story of a Smile
Best leading actress: Sabine Azéma for A Sunday in the Country
Best Supporting Actor: Richard Bohringer for Die Abrechnung
Best Supporting Actress: Caroline Cellier for Devil's Hug
Best foreign film: Amadeus by Miloš Forman

British Academy Film Award

Best film: The Killing Fields by Roland Joffé
Best director: Wim Wenders for Paris, Texas
Best Actor: Haing S. Ngor for The Killing Fields
Best Actress: Maggie Smith for Lean Times
Best Supporting Actor: Denholm Elliott for Lean Times
Best Supporting Actress: Liz Smith for Lean Times
Best foreign language film: Carmen by Carlos Saura

New York Film Critics Circle Award

Best Film: The Honor of the Prizzis by John Huston
Best Director: John Huston for The Honor of the Prizzis
Best Actor: Jack Nicholson in The Honor of the Prizzis
Best Actress: Norma Aleandro in The Official Story
Best supporting actor: Klaus Maria Brandauer in Out of Africa
Best Supporting Actress: Anjelica Huston in The Honor of the Prizzis
Best Cinematography: David Watkin for Out of Africa
Best foreign film: Ran by Akira Kurosawa

National Board of Review

Best Film: The Color Purple by Steven Spielberg
Best director: Akira Kurosawa for Ran
Best Actor: William Hurt and Raúl Juliá in The Spider Woman's Kiss
Best Actress: Whoopi Goldberg in The Color Purple
Best supporting actor: Klaus Maria Brandauer in Out of Africa
Best Supporting Actress: Anjelica Huston in The Honor of the Prizzis
Best Foreign Language Film: Ran by Akira Kurosawa

Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards

Best film: Brazil by Terry Gilliam
Best Director: Terry Gilliam for Brazil
Best Actor: William Hurt in The Spider Woman's Kiss
Best Actress: Meryl Streep in Out of Africa
Best Supporting Actor: John Gielgud in The Last Hunt and A Demancipated Woman
Best Supporting Actress: Anjelica Huston in The Honor of the Prizzis
Best Foreign Language Film: Ran by Akira Kurosawa and The Official Story by Luis Puenzo

Further film prizes and awards

AFI Life Achievement Award : Gene Kelly
Amanda : Orions belte by Ola Solum and Tristan DeVere Cole (Best Norwegian Film), Amadeus by Miloš Forman (Best International Film)
Bodil : The Element of Crime by Lars von Trier
Brussels International Fantastic Film Festival : Dreamscape - Infernal Dreams by Joseph Ruben
David di Donatello : Carmen by Francesco Rosi (Best Italian Film) and Amadeus (Best Foreign Film)
German critic award : Jeanine Meerapfel

Directors Guild of America Award : Miloš Forman for Amadeus , Billy Wilder (life's work)

Ernst Lubitsch Prize : Ursela Monn for One Way to Ku'damm and Back

Evening Standard British Film Award : 1984 by Michael Radford

Gilde Film Prize : Amadeus by Miloš Forman (gold foreign film), The Killing Fields - Schreiendes Land by Roland Joffé (silver foreign film), Colonel Redl by István Szabó (gold German film), Paris, Texas by Wim Wenders (silver German film )

Golden Leopard : Höhenfeuer by Fredi M. Murer

Golden Tulip (Istanbul) : 1984 by Michael Radford

Jupiter : Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom by Steven Spielberg (Best Motion Picture), Isabelle Adjani (Best Actress), Harrison Ford (Best Actor)

Louis Delluc Prize : The naughty girls by Claude Miller

Max Ophüls Prize : Raffl by Christian Berger

Nastro d'Argento : Once Upon a Time in America by Sergio Leone and Amadeus by Miloš Forman

National Society of Film Critics Award : Stranger than Paradise by Jim Jarmusch

People's Choice Award : Beverly Hills Cop by Martin Brest (most popular film), Clint Eastwood (most popular actor), Meryl Streep (most popular actress)

German Film Critics' Prize : Edvige Scimitt by Martin Zschokke

Robert : The Element of Crime by Lars von Trier (Best Danish Film), Amadeus by Miloš Forman

Sundance Film Festival : Blood Simple by Ethan and Joel Coen (Grand Jury Prize)

Festival Internacional de Cine de Donostia-San Sebastián : Yesterday by Radosław Piwowarski (Golden Shell)

Toronto International Film Festival : The Official Story of Luis Puenzo (Audience Award)

Writers Guild of America Award : Broadway Danny Rose by Woody Allen (Best Original Screenplay), The Killing Fields - Schreiendes Lands by Bruce Robinson (Best Adapted Screenplay), William Goldman (Lifetime Achievement)

Young Artist Award : Karate Kid by John G. Avildsen (Best Drama), Gremlins - Little Monsters by Joe Dante (Best Adventure Film), Ghostbusters - The Ghostbusters by Ivan Reitman (Best Comedy), Anthony Michael Hall in This is only allowed as an adult (Best Actor), Molly Ringwald in This is only allowed as an adult (Best Actress)

Birthdays

January to March

Emile Hirsch (born March 13th)

Keira Knightley (born March 26)

January

0January 1: Katrina Law , American actress
0January 3: Nicole Beharie , American actress
January 12: Cynthia Addai-Robinson , American actress
January 22nd: Manuel Mairhofer , Austrian actor
January 29th: Jessica Marais , Australian actress

February

0February 4th: Bug Hall , American actor
0February 6: Crystal Reed , American actress
0February 7th: Tina Majorino , American actress
0February 9: David Gallagher , American actor
February 18: Todd Lasance , Australian actor
February 19: Haylie Duff , American actress
February 19: Arielle Kebbel , American actress
February 23: Emily Cox , British actress

March

0March 2: Robert Iler , American actor
March 13: Emile Hirsch , American actor
March 15: Eva Amurri , American actress
March 15: Kellan Lutz , American actor
March 26: Keira Knightley , British actress
March 31: Jessica Szohr , American actress

April to June

Odette Annable (born May 10)

April

April 12th: Anna-Katharina Samsel , German actress
April 13: Ashlee Gillespie , American actress
April 23: Maria Kwiatkowsky , German actress († 2011)

May

0May 1: Drew Sidora , American actress
0May 8: Toni Arjeton Osmani , German actor
May 10: Odette Yustman , American actress
May 16: Julia Voth , Canadian actress
May 28: Carey Mulligan , British actress
May 28: Sebastian Urzendowsky , German actor

June

0June 2nd: Daniela Golpashin , Austrian actress
June 10: Kristina Apgar , American actress
June 12: Dave Franco , American actor
June 16: Karis Paige Bryant , American actress

July to September

Janina Sergejewna Studilina (born August 6)

Elyse Levesque (born September 10th)

July

0July 1st: Léa Seydoux , French actress
0July 2: Ashley Tisdale , American actress and singer
July 18: Chace Crawford , American actor
July 23: Anna Maria Mühe , German actress
July 27: Lou Taylor Pucci , American actor

August

0August 6: Janina Studilina , Russian actress, TV presenter and model
0August 9: Anna Kendrick , American actress
August 16: Agnes Bruckner , American actress

September

September 10: Elyse Levesque , Canadian actress
September 16: Max Minghella , American actor
September 16: Madeline Zima , American actress
September 22nd: Tatiana Maslany , Canadian actress
September 23: Anna Unterberger , Italian actress

October to December

Amanda Seyfried (born December 3)

October

0October 4: Cody McMains , American actor
October 11: Michelle Trachtenberg , American actress
October 11: Erica Dasher , American actress
October 14th: Haddy Jallow , Swedish actress
October 21: Tanya Kahana , German voice actress
October 23: Masiela Lusha , American actress

November

November 20: Dan Byrd , American actor
November 27: Lauren C. Mayhew , American actress
November 30th: Kaley Cuoco , American actress

December

0December 3: Amanda Seyfried , American actress
0December 5: Frankie Muniz , American actor
December 12th: Martina Plura , German film director
December 12th: Monika Plura , German camerawoman
December 27th: Halley Wegryn Gross , American actress
December 31: Erich Bergen , American actor and presenter