British Academy Film Awards 1986

The 39th British Academy Film Awards ceremony took place in London in 1986 . The British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) film awards were presented in 19 categories, with the award for best director not being awarded; there was also a special and an honorary award category. The awards were given to films made in 1985 .

The most successful films
(at least two nominations;
highlighted = most awards,
N = nomination; A = award)
Movie	N	A.
Amadeus	9	4th
Trip to India	9	1
The only witness	7th	1
Back to the Future	5	0
The Purple Rose of Cairo	4th	2
The emerald forest	3	0
Legend	3	0
A chorus line	2	0
Brazil	2	2
Carmen	2	0
Cotton Club	2	1
The honor of the Prizzis	2	1
A demancipated woman	2	0
My wonderful laundromat	2	0

Award winners and nominations

Amadeus and Reise nach India were considered favorites with nine nominations each in the run-up to the event. While Amadeus received four awards and thus the most prizes of the evening, Reise to India was one of the losers of the 39th BAFTA awards with only one award, as was Back to the Future : The film received five nominations.

James Fox - Journey to India (A Passage to India)

John Gielgud - A Demancipated Woman (Plenty)

Saeed Jaffrey - My Beautiful Laundrette (My Beautiful Laundrette)

The best supporting actress

Rosanna Arquette - Susan ... Desperately Seeking Susan

Judi Dench - Wetherby - The violence of forgotten dreams

Anjelica Huston - Prizzi's Honor (Prizzi's Honor)

Tracey Ullman - A Demancipated Woman (Plenty)

Best adapted script

Richard Condon , Janet Roach - Prizzi's Honor (Prizzi's Honor)

Julian Bond - The Last Hunt (The Shooting Party)

David Lean - Journey to India (A Passage to India)

Peter Shaffer - Amadeus

Best original script

Woody Allen - The Purple Rose of Cairo

Bob Gale , Robert Zemeckis - Back to the Future

Hanif Kureishi - My Beautiful Laundrette (My Beautiful Laundrette)

Earl W. Wallace , William Kelley - The Only Witness

Best camera

Miroslav Ondříček - Amadeus

Ernest Day - Trip to India (A Passage to India)

Philippe Rousselot - The Emerald Forest (The Emerald Forest)

John Seale - The Only Witness

Best production design

Norman Garwood - Brazil

John Box - Passage to India (A Passage to India)

Patrizia von Brandenstein - Amadeus

Lawrence G. Paull - Back to the Future

Best costumes

Milena Canonero - The Cotton Club (The Cotton Club)

Charles Knode - Legend (Legend)

Judy Moorcroft - Passage to India (A Passage to India)

Theodor Pištěk - Amadeus

Best mask

Paul LeBlanc , Dick Smith - Amadeus

Rob Bottin , Peter Robb-King - Legend (Legend)

Anna Dryhurst, Paul Engelen , Peter Frampton , Luis Michelotti, Beth Presares - Der Smaragdwald (The Emerald Forest)

Michael Westmore - The Mask (Mask)

Best film score

Maurice Jarre - The Only Witness

Harold Faltermeyer - Beverly Hills Cop - I'll definitely solve the case (Beverly Hills Cop)

Brian Gascoigne, Junior Homrich - The Emerald Forest (The Emerald Forest)

Maurice Jarre - Journey to India (A Passage to India)

Best cut

Michael Chandler , Nena Danevic - Amadeus

John Bloom - A Chorus Line

Harry Keramidas , Arthur Schmidt - Back to the Future (Back to the Future)

Thom Noble - The Only Witness

Best tone

Mark Berger , Christopher Newman , John Nutt - Amadeus

Jonathan Bates , Gerry Humphreys , Christopher Newman - A Chorus Line

Edward Beyer, David Carroll, Jack C. Jacobsen - Cotton Club (The Cotton Club)

Hugues Darmois , Dominique Hennequin , Bernard Leroux, Harald Maury - Carmen

Best visual effects

Richard Conway, George Gibbs - Brazil

Nick Allder , Peter Voysey - Legend (Legend)

Kevin Pike, Ken Ralston - Back to the Future

R. Greenberg Associates - The Purple Rose of Cairo

Best short film

Careless Talk - Director: Noella Smith

One For My Baby - Director: Chris Fallon

The Woman Who Married Clark Gable - Director: Thaddeus O'Sullivan

Best animated short film

Alias the Jester - Directed by Brian Cosgrove, Mark Hall

Danger Mouse - Director: Brian Cosgrove, Mark Hall

SuperTed - Directed by David Edwards, Mike Young

The Wind In The Willows: Winter Sports - Directed by Mark Hall, Brian Cosgrove

Best documentary

Omnibus , episode: Leonard Bernstein's West Side Story - director: Christopher Swann

Marilyn Monroe's Last Days (Say Goodbye to the President) - Director: Christopher Olgiati

The Frozen Ocean: Part 1 - Kingdom of the Ice Bear - Directed by Mike Salisbury, Hugh Miles

The South Bank Show, episode: David Lean: A Life in Film - Director: Nigel Wattis

Best Non-English Language Film

Colonel Redl , Hungary / FRG / Austria - Manfred Durniok and István Szabó

Carmen , France / Italy - Patrice Ledoux and Francesco Rosi

Dim Sum : A Little Bit of Heart , USA - Tom Sternberg, Wayne Wang and Danny Yung

Subway , France - Luc Besson and François Ruggieri

Special and honorary awards

Academy Fellowship

Steven Spielberg - American film director, producer and screenwriter

Outstanding British contribution to cinema

(Outstanding British Contribution to Cinema)

Sydney Samuelson ( CBE ) - founder of the camera and film equipment rental company Samuelson Film Services, pioneer of the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA)

Web links

Winner and nominee 1986 on bafta.org
1986 Bafta Awards in the Internet Movie Database