1985 in film

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Years in film:	1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988
Years in home video:	1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988
Years in television:	1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988
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Years:	1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988

Contents 1 Events 2 Top grossing films 3 Awards 4 Films released in 1985 5 Births 6 Deaths

[edit] Events

[edit] Top grossing films

1. Back to the Future, starring Michael J. Fox, Christopher Lloyd and Lea Thompson
2. Rambo: First Blood Part II, starring Sylvester Stallone
3. Rocky IV, starring Sylvester Stallone
4. The Color Purple, starring Whoopi Goldberg, Danny Glover, Oprah Winfrey, Margaret Avery, Rae Dawn Chong, Adolph Caesar
5. Out of Africa, starring Meryl Streep and Robert Redford
6. Cocoon, starring Don Ameche, Jessica Tandy
7. Witness, starring Harrison Ford, Danny Glover
8. The Goonies, starring Sean Astin
9. Police Academy 2: Their First Assignment, starring Steve Guttenberg
10. A View to a Kill from the James Bond series

[edit] 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

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

PALM 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

[edit] Films released in 1985

• The Adventures of a Two-Minute Werewolf
• After Hours, directed by Martin Scorsese
• Back to the Future
• Bad Medicine
• The Black Cauldron
• Brazil
• The Breakfast Club
• Cat's Eye
• The Care Bears Movie
• A Chorus Line
• The Coca-Cola Kid
• Cocoon
• The Color Purple
• Come and See
• Death of a Salesman (film for TV)
• Death Wish 3
• Desperately Seeking Susan
• Ewoks: The Battle for Endor
• Explorers
• Friday the 13th Part V: A New Beginning
• Girls Just Want to Have Fun
• The Goonies
• Joshua Then and Now
• Insignificance, directed by Nicolas Roeg
• Into the Night
• King David
• King Solomon's Mines -(1985 film only mentioned in article)
• Kiss of the Spider Woman - Golden Space Needle award
• Ladyhawke
• The Last Dragon
• The Legend of Billie Jean
• Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome
• Mask
• 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 and Golden Space Needle award (both for 1987)
• National Lampoon's European Vacation
• 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 to Oz
• Rocky IV
• Runaway Train
• Silver Bullet
• Smooth Talk
• St. Elmo's Fire
• Subway, directed by Luc Besson
• Teen Wolf
• To Live and Die in L.A.
• The Trip to Bountiful
• Vagabond (Sans toit ni loi) - Golden Lion award
• A View to a Kill'
• Water
• Wetherby - Golden Bear award
• Weird Science starring Anthony Michael Hall, Ilan Mitchell-Smith and Kelly LeBrock
• When Father Was Away on Business (Otac na službenom putu) - Palm d'Or award
• Witness
• The Woman And The Stranger (Die Frau und der Fremde) - Golden Bear award

[edit] Births

• March 26 - Keira Knightley, actress
• April 16 - Rhiana Griffith, actress

[edit] 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