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The 58th Academy Awards - 1985

By Jennifer Rosenberg, About.com

The fifty-eighth Academy Awards ceremony was held on Monday, March 24, 1986 at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion of the Los Angeles Music Center. The hosts for the evening were Jane Fonda, Robin Williams, and Alan Alda.

The 1985 Academy Award Winners

Picture: Out of Africa
Actor: William Hurt (Kiss of the Spider Woman)
Actress: Geraldine Page (The Trip to Bountiful)
Supporting Actor: Don Ameche (Cocoon)
Supporting Actress: Anjelica Huston (Prizzi's Honor)
Director: Sydney Pollack (Out of Africa)
Adapted Screenplay: Kurt Luedtke (Out of Africa)
Original Screenplay: William Kelley, Pamela Wallace, and Earl W. Wallace (Witness)
Song: "Say You, Say Me" (White Nights)
Original Score: Out of Africa
Cinematography: Out of Africa
Costume Design: Ran
Art / Set Decoration: Out of Africa
Film Editing: Witness
Foreign Language Film: The Official Story (Argentina)
Sound: Out of Africa
Sound Effects: Back to the Future
Makeup: Mask
Visual Effects: Cocoon
Short Films: Anna & Bella (Animated) / Molly's Pilgrim (Live Action)
Documentaries: Witness to War: Dr. Charlie Clements (Short) / Broken Rainbow (Feature)

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