1985_in_film

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Events

• 3 December - Roger Moore steps down from the role of James Bond after twelve years and seven films. He is replaced by Timothy Dalton.

Top grossing films

source: http://boxofficemojo.com/yearly/chart/?yr=1985&p=.htm

Awards

Academy Awards:

Best Picture: Out of Africa - Universal

Best Director: Sydney Pollack - Out of Africa

Best Actor: William Hurt - Kiss of the Spider Woman

Best Actress: Geraldine Page - The Trip to Bountiful

Best Supporting Actor: Don Ameche - Cocoon

Best Supporting Actress: Anjelica Huston - Prizzi\'s Honor

Best Foreign Language Film: The Official Story (La historia oficial), directed by Luis Puenzo, Argentina

Honorary Award for Lifetime Achievement James Stewart

Golden Globe Awards:

Drama:

Best Picture: Out of Africa

Best Actor: Jon Voight - Runaway Train

Best Actress: Whoopi Goldberg - The Color Purple

Musical or comedy:

Best Picture: Prizzi\'s Honor

Best Actor: Jack Nicholson - Prizzi\'s Honor

Best Actress: Kathleen Turner - Prizzi\'s Honor

Other

Best Director: John Huston - Prizzi\'s Honor

Best Foreign Language Film: The Official Story (La historia oficial), Argentina

Palme d\'Or (Cannes Film Festival):

When Father Was Away on Business (Otac na službenom putu), directed by Emir Kusturica, Yugoslavia

Golden Lion (Venice Film Festival):

Vagabond (Sans toit ni loi), directed by Agnès Varda, France / U.K.

Golden Bear (Berlin Film Festival):

Die Frau und der Fremde (The Woman And The Stranger), directed by Rainer Simon, East Germany

Wetherby, directed by David Hare, United Kingdom

Films released in 1985

• The Adventures of a Two-Minute Werewolf
• After Hours
• Back to the Future
• Bad Medicine
• Better Off Dead
• The Black Cauldron
• Brazil
• The Breakfast Club
• Cat\'s Eye
• The Care Bears Movie
• The Purple Rose of Cairo
• A Chorus Line
• Clue
• The Coca-Cola Kid
• Cocoon
• Code of Silence
• The Color Purple
• Come and See
• Day of the Dead
• Death Wish 3
• Desperately Seeking Susan
• Enemy Mine
• Ewoks: The Battle for Endor
• Explorers
• Fran
• Friday the 13th Part V: A New Beginning
• Fright Night
• The Malibu Bikini Shop
• Girls Just Want to Have Fun
• The Goonies
• Heaven Help Us
• Insignificance
• Into the Night
• The Jewel of the Nile
• Joshua Then and Now
• King David
• King Solomon\'s Mines
• Kiss of the Spider Woman
• Ladyhawke
• The Last Dragon
• The Legend of Billie Jean
• Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome
• Man Hunt
• The Man with One Red Shoe
• Mask
• National Lampoon\'s European Vacation
• A Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy\'s Revenge
• The Official Story (La historia oficial) - Academy and Golden Globe Awards for Best Foreign Language Film
• One Magic Christmas
• Out of Africa - Academy and Golden Globe (drama) Awards for Best Picture
• My Life as a Dog (Mitt liv som hund) - Golden Globe Award for Best Foreign Language Film
• National Lampoon\'s European Vacation
• Pee-wee\'s Big Adventure
• Phenomena
• Police Academy 2: Their First Assignment
• Porky\'s Revenge
• Prizzi\'s Honor - Golden Globe Award for Best Picture (Musical or Comedy)
• Rainbow Brite and the Star Stealer
• Rambo: First Blood Part II
• Ran
• Real Genius
• Return of the Living Dead
• Return to Oz
• Rocky IV
• Runaway Train
• Silver Bullet
• The Slugger\'s Wife
• Smooth Talk
• SpaceBalls
• St. Elmo\'s Fire
• Subway
• Teen Wolf
• That Was Then... This Is Now
• To Live and Die in L.A.
• Transylvania 6-5000
• The Trip to Bountiful
• 28 Up
• Vagabond (Sans toit ni loi) - Golden Lion award
• A View to a Kill\'
• Water
• Wetherby - Golden Bear award
• Weird Science
• Wild Geese II (Sir Laurence Olivier\'s final film role)
• When Father Was Away on Business (Otac na službenom putu) - Palme d\'Or award
• Witness
• The Woman And The Stranger (Die Frau und der Fremde) - Golden Bear award

Births

• March 26 - Keira Knightley, actress
• April 16 - Rhiana Griffith, actress
• May 29 - Blake Foster, actor
• June 24 - Kyle Searles, actor

Deaths

• March 21 - Michael Redgrave, actor, father of actresses Vanessa Redgrave & Lynn Redgrave
• April 23 - Kent Smith, actor
• May 16 - Margaret Hamilton, actress, Wicked Witch in The Wizard of Oz
• August 8 - Louise Brooks, actress
• August 13 - Gale Sondergaard, actress
• August 28 - Ruth Gordon, actress / writer
• September 27 - Lloyd Nolan, actor
• October 2 - Rock Hudson, actor
• October 10 - Yul Brynner, actor
• October 10 - Orson Welles, actor / director
• December 12 - Anne Baxter, actress

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