Academy Awards 1986

Overview of all award-winning films
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The 1986 Academy Awards took place on March 24, 1986 at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion in Los Angeles . It was the 58th Annual Academy Awards . In the year of the award, films from the previous year are always recognized, in this case the films from 1985.

At the 58th Academy Awards, the film Out of Africa won seven Academy Awards. Including the prizes for Best Film , Best Director ( Sydney Pollack ) and Best Adapted Screenplay ( Kurt Luedtke ) (also camera, music, production design and sound).
The film Cocoon won two Academy Awards , including Best Supporting Actor ( Don Ameche ) (also special effects) and the film The Only Witness , which received the award for Best Editing and the award for Best Original Screenplay .
The other acting awards went to William Hurt in the Spider Woman's Kiss in the Best Actor category and to Anjelica Huston in The Prizzis' Honor in the Best Supporting Actress category . Geraldine Page ( A Trip to Bountiful ) received a two-minute standing ovation from the audience as the winner in the Best Actress category .

Twelve people were nominated for the soundtrack of The Color Purple . That was the most people who were ever nominated for a single Oscar. The prize went to the soundtrack of Out of Africa . In spite of 11 nominations, the film was unable to win any other awards and is therefore on the list of Most Nominations / No Awards together with At the turning point , which the same thing happened in 1978.

During the show, actress Sarah Cunningham , the wife of actor John Randolph, had an asthma attack in the lobby and passed away.

Movie	N	S.
Statistics (films with more than one nomination are listed) N = nomination; S = victory
The colour purple	11	0
Far away from Africa	11	7th
The only witness	8th	2
The honor of the Prizzis	8th	1
Kiss the spider woman	4th	1
Ran	4th	1
Back to the Future	4th	1
A chorus line	3	0
Agnes - angel in fire	3	0
Runaway Train	3	0
A Trip to Bountiful	2	1
Brazil	2	0
Cocoon	2	2
The day of the hawk	2	0
The official story	2	1
The second choice - a romance	2	0
Silverado	2	0
White Nights - The night of the decision	2	1

Moderation

Alan Alda , Jane Fonda and Robin Williams hosted the Academy Awards. The presenters of the candidates are listed below for the respective categories.

Winners and nominations

Best movie

presented by John Huston and Akira Kurosawa

Out of Africa (Out of Africa) - Sydney Pollack

Witness (Witness) - Edward S. Feldman

Prizzi's Honor (Prizzi's Honor) - John Foreman

The Color Purple (The Color Purple) - Quincy Jones , Kathleen Kennedy , Frank Marshall , Steven Spielberg

Kiss of the Spider Woman (Kiss of the Spider Woman) - David Weisman

Best director

presented by Barbra Streisand

Sydney Pollack - Out of Africa (Out of Africa)

Héctor Babenco - Kiss of the Spider Woman (Kiss of the Spider Woman)

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

Akira Kurosawa - Ran

Peter Weir - The Only Witness

Best Actor

presented by Sally Field

William Hurt - Kiss of the Spider Woman (Kiss of the Spider Woman)

Harrison Ford - The Only Witness

James Garner - The Second Choice - A Romance (Murphy's Romance)

Jack Nicholson - Prizzi's Honor (Prizzi's Honor)

Jon Voight - Runaway Train

Best main actress

presented by F. Murray Abraham

Geraldine Page - A Trip to Bountiful - Reise ins Glück (The Trip to Bountiful)

Anne Bancroft - Agnes - Angel in Fire (Agnes of God)

Whoopi Goldberg - The Color Purple (The Color Purple)

Jessica Lange - Sweet Dreams

Meryl Streep - Out of Africa (Out of Africa)

Best supporting actor

presented by Cher

Don Ameche - Cocoon

Klaus Maria Brandauer - Out of Africa (Out of Africa)

William Hickey - Prizzi's Honor (Prizzi's Honor)

Robert Loggia - The Knife (Jagged Edge)

Eric Roberts - Runaway Train

Best camera

presented by Jon Cryer

David Watkin - Out of Africa (Out of Africa)

Allen Daviau - The Color Purple (The Color Purple)

William A. Fraker - The Second Choice - A Romance (Murphy's Romance)

Asakazu Nakai , Takao Saitō , Masaharu Ueda - Ran

John Seale - The Only Witness

Best production design

presented by Rebecca De Mornay and Michael J. Fox

Stephen B. Grimes , Josie MacAvin - Out of Africa (Out of Africa)

John H. Anderson , Stan Jolley - The Only Witness

Linda DeScenna , J. Michael Riva , Bo Welch - The Color Purple (The Color Purple)

Norman Garwood , Maggie Gray - Brazil

Shinobu Muraki , Muraki Yoshirō - Ran

Best costume design

presented by Audrey Hepburn

Emi Wada - Ran

Milena Canonero - Out of Africa (Out of Africa)

Don Feld - The Honor of the Prizzis (Prizzi's Honor)

Aggie Guerard Rodgers - The Color Purple (The Color Purple)

Albert Wolsky - Die Abenteuer der Natty Gann (The Journey of Natty Gann)

Best makeup

presented by Teri Garr

Zoltan Elek , Michael Westmore - The Mask (Mask)

Ken Chase - The Color Purple (The Color Purple)

Carl Fullerton - Remo - Unarmed and Dangerous (Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins)

Best film score

presented by Gene Kelly , Donald O'Connor and Debbie Reynolds

John Barry - Out of Africa (Out of Africa)

Chris Boardman , Andraé Crouch , Jorge Calandrelli , Jeremy Lubbock , Jack Hayes , Jerry Hey , Quincy Jones , Randy Kerber , Joel Rosenbaum , Fred Steiner , Caiphus Semenya , Rod Temperton - Die Farbe Lila (The Color Purple)

Bruce Broughton - Silverado

Georges Delerue - Agnes - Angel in Fire (Agnes of God)

Maurice Jarre - The Only Witness

Best movie song

presented by Gene Kelly , Donald O'Connor and Debbie Reynolds

" Say You, Say Me " from White Nights - The Night of the decision (White Nights) - Lionel Richie

" Miss Celie's Blues (Sister) " from The Color Purple (The Color Purple) - Quincy Jones , Lionel Richie , Rod Temperton

" Separate Lives (Love Theme from White Nights) " from White Nights - The Night of the decision (White Nights) - Stephen Bishop

"Surprise, Surprise" from A Chorus Line - Ed Kleban , Marvin Hamlisch

" The Power of Love " from Back to the Future - Johnny Colla , Chris Hayes , Huey Lewis

Best cut

presented by Whoopi Goldberg

Thom Noble - The Only Witness

John Bloom - A Chorus Line

Kaja Fehr , Rudi Fehr - The Honor of the Prizzis (Prizzi's Honor)

Pembroke J. Herring , Sheldon Kahn , Fredric Steinkamp , William Steinkamp - Out of Africa (Out of Africa)

Henry Richardson - Runaway Train

Best sound mix

presented by Irene Cara

Gary Alexander , Peter Handford , Larry Stensvold , Larry Stensvold - Out of Africa (Out of Africa)

Rick Alexander , Bud Alper , Les Fresholtz , Vern Poore - The Day of the Falcon (Ladyhawke)

William B. Kaplan , B. Tennyson Sebastian II , Robert Thirlwell , Bill Varney - Back to the Future

Rick Kline , Donald O. Mitchell , Kevin O'Connell , David M. Ronne - Silverado

Gerry Humphreys , Michael Minkler , Donald O. Mitchell , Christopher Newman - A Chorus Line

Best sound editing

presented by Michael Winslow

Charles L. Campbell , Robert R. Rutledge - Back to the Future

Fred J. Brown - Rambo II - The Mission (Rambo: First Blood Part II)

Robert G. Henderson , Alan Robert Murray - The Day of the Falcon (Ladyhawke)

Best visual effects

presented by Molly Ringwald

David Berry , Scott Farrar , Ralph McQuarrie , Ken Ralston - Cocoon

Dave Allen , John Ellis , Dennis Muren , Kit West - The Secret of the Hidden Temple (Young Sherlock Holmes)

Michael Lloyd , Zoran Perisic , Will Vinton , Ian Wingrove - Oz - A Fantastic World (Return to Oz)

Best Documentary (Short Film)

presented by Steve Guttenberg and Ally Sheedy

Witness to War: Dr. Charlie Clements - David Goodman

Keats and His Nightingale: A Blind Date - Michael Crowley , Jim Wolpaw

Making Overtures: The Story of a Community Orchestra - Barbara Willis Sweete

The Courage to Care - Robert H. Gardner

The Wizard of the Strings - Alan Edelstein

Best Documentary (Long Form)

presented by Louis Gossett Jr.

Broken Rainbow - Maria Florio , Victoria Mudd

Las Madres de la Plaza de Mayo - Susana Blaustein Muñoz , Lourdes Portillo

Soldiers in Hiding - Japhet Asher

The Statue of Liberty - Ken Burns , Buddy Squires

Unfinished Business - Steven Okazaki

Best foreign language film

presented by Norma Aleandro and Jack Valenti

The Official History (La Historia oficial) , Argentina - Luis Puenzo

Bitter Harvest , West Germany - Agnieszka Holland

Three men and a baby (3 hommes et un couffin) , France - Coline Serreau

Colonel Redl (Redl ezredes) , Hungary - István Szabó

Dad is on a business trip (Otac na sluzbenom putu) , Yugoslavia - Emir Kusturica

Best Short Film (Animated)

presented by Jim Henson

Anna & Bella - Cilia van Dijk

Second Class Mail - Alison Snowden

The Big Snit - Richard Condie , Michael JF Scott

Best Short Film (Live Action)

presented by Jim Henson

Molly's Pilgrim - Jeffrey D. Brown and Chris Pelzer

Graffiti - Dianna Costello

Rainbow War - Bob Rogers

Honorary Oscars

Honorary Award