1985 in film
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[edit] 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.
- The Academy Award for Best Picture was won by Out Of Africa, while the highest grossing film was Back to the Future.
- Bliss wins AFI Award for best Movie (Australia).
[edit] Top grossing films (U.S.)
[edit] Awards (1986)
- 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
- 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
- Worst Picture: Rambo: First Blood Part II
- Worst Director: Sylvester Stallone - Rocky IV
- Worst Actor: Sylvester Stallone - Rambo: First Blood Part II and Rocky IV
- Worst Actress: Linda Blair - Night Patrol, Savage Island and Savage Streets
- Worst Supporting Actor: Rob Lowe - St. Elmo's Fire
- Worst Supporting Actress: Brigitte Nielsen - Rocky IV
- Worst New Star: Brigitte Nielsen - Red Sonja and Rocky IV
[edit] Films released in 1985
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A
- The Adventures of Mark Twain
- After Hours, directed by Martin Scorsese; starring Griffin Dunne and Rosanna Arquette
- Agnes of God, directed by Norman Jewison; starring Jane Fonda, Anne Bancroft, Meg Tilly
- Alamo Bay, directed by Louis Malle, starring Ed Harris and Amy Madigan
- Alice in Wonderland, featuring an all-star cast
- American Flyers, starring Kevin Costner
- American Ninja, starring Michael Dudikoff
- Angry Harvest (Bittere Ernte), starring Armin Mueller-Stahl - (West Germany)
- The Annihilators
- Arjun - (India)
- The Assam Garden, starring Deborah Kerr and Madhur Jaffrey - (U.K.)
- Avenging Angel
B
- Baby: Secret of the Lost Legend, starring Sean Young and William Katt
- Back to the Future, directed by Robert Zemeckis, starring Michael J. Fox and Christopher Lloyd - the first of Back to the Future trilogy
- Bad Medicine, starring Steve Guttenberg
- Better Off Dead, starring John Cusack
- Black Arrow, starring Oliver Reed and Fernando Rey
- The Black Cauldron
- The Boys Next Door, starring Maxwell Caulfield and Charlie Sheen
- Brazil, directed by Terry Gilliam, starring Jonathan Pryce and Robert De Niro - (U.K.)
- The Breakfast Club, directed by John Hughes, starring Emilio Estevez, Molly Ringwald, Judd Nelson, Ally Sheedy, Anthony Michael Hall, Paul Gleason
- Brewster's Millions, starring Richard Pryor and John Candy
- Butterfly and Flowers (Peesua lae dokmai) - (Thailand)
C
- Cat's Eye, starring Drew Barrymore, James Woods, Robert Hays
- The Care Bears Movie, starring Mickey Rooney (voice) - (Canada)
- Certain Fury
- Chicken with Vinegar (Poulet au Vinaigre), directed by Claude Chabrol - (France)
- A Chorus Line, directed by Richard Attenborough, starring Michael Douglas and Alyson Reed
- Clue, starring Tim Curry, Eileen Brennan, Michael McKean, Lesley Ann Warren, Christopher Lloyd, Madeline Kahn, Martin Mull
- The Coca-Cola Kid, starring Eric Roberts and Greta Scacchi
- Cocaine Wars - (Argentina/U.S.A.)
- Cocoon, directed by Ron Howard; starring Don Ameche, Wilford Brimley, Hume Cronyn, Steve Guttenberg, Barret Oliver, Maureen Stapleton, Jessica Tandy
- Code of Silence, directed by Andrew Davis; starring Chuck Norris and Molly Hagan
- Colonel Redl, directed by Istvan Szabo, starring Klaus Maria Brandauer - (West Germany/Hungary/Austria)
- The Color Purple, directed by Steven Spielberg; starring Whoopi Goldberg, Danny Glover, Margaret Avery, Adolph Caesar, Rae Dawn Chong, Oprah Winfrey
- Come and See (Idi i smotri) - (U.S.S.R.)
- Commando, starring Arnold Schwarzenegger, Rae Dawn Chong, Alyssa Milano
- Compromising Positions, starring Susan Sarandon and Raúl Juliá
- Crazy Construction starring Tim Allen
- Creature
- Crime Wave - (Canada)
- Crimewave, directed by Sam Raimi, starring Bruce Campbell
D
- Dance with a Stranger, directed by Mike Newell, starring Rupert Everett and Miranda Richardson - (U.K.)
- Day of the Dead, directed by George A. Romero - the final part of Romero's zombie trilogy
- Death in a French Garden (Péril en la demeure) - (France)
- Death Wish 3, starring Charles Bronson
- Defense of the Realm, starring Gabriel Byrne and Greta Scacchi - (U.K./U.S.A.)
- Desperately Seeking Susan - directed by Susan Seidelman, starring Rosanna Arquette, Madonna and Aidan Quinn
- Dim Sum: A Little Bit of Heart, directed by Wayne Wang
- The Dirty Dozen: Next Mission
E
- The Emerald Forest, directed by John Boorman - (U.K.)
- Enemy Mine, directed by Wolfgang Petersen; starring Dennis Quaid and Louis Gossett, Jr. - (West Germany/U.S.A.)
- Ewoks: The Battle for Endor, starring Wilford Brimley and Warwick Davis
- Explorers - directed by Joe Dante, starring Ethan Hawke and River Phoenix
F
- The Falcon and the Snowman, directed by John Schlesinger, starring Timothy Hutton and Sean Penn
- Family Life (La Vie de Famille) - (France)
- Fandango, starring Kevin Costner
- Fever Pitch, directed by Richard Brooks, starring Ryan O'Neal, Giancarlo Giannini, Chad Everett, Catherine Hicks
- Final Justice, starring Joe Don Baker
- Fire Festival (Himatsuri) - (Japan)
- Flesh & Blood, directed by Paul Verhoeven, starring Rutger Hauer and Jennifer Jason Leigh - (U.S.A./Netherlands/Spain)
- Fletch, starring Chevy Chase
- Fool for Love, directed by Robert Altman, starring Sam Shepard and Kim Basinger
- Fran - (Australia)
- Friday the 13th Part V: A New Beginning
- Fright Night, starring William Ragsdale, Chris Sarandon, Roddy McDowall, Amanda Bearse
G
- Ghoulies
- Ghulami, starring Dharmendra - (India)
- Girls Just Want to Have Fun, starring Sarah Jessica Parker and Helen Hunt
- The Goonies - directed by Richard Donner, starring Sean Astin, Josh Brolin, Jeff Cohen, Corey Feldman, Jonathan Ke Quan, Martha Plimpton
- Guest from the Future (Gostya iz budushchego) - (U.S.S.R.)
- Gymkata, starring Kurt Thomas
H
- Hail Mary (Je vous salue, Marie), directed by Jean-Luc Godard - (France)
- Heaven Help Us, starring Andrew McCarthy and Mary Stuart Masterson
- Here Come the Littles - (International)
- The Home and the World (Ghare Baire), directed by Satyajit Ray - (India)
- Hour of the Star (A Hora da Estrela) - (Brazil)
I
- Insignificance, directed by Nicolas Roeg, starring Theresa Russell, Tony Curtis, Gary Busey - (U.K.)
- Into the Night, starring Jeff Goldblum and Michelle Pfeiffer
- Invasion U.S.A., starring Chuck Norris
J
- Jagged Edge, directed by Richard Marquand, starring Glenn Close, Jeff Bridges, Robert Loggia, Peter Coyote
- The Jewel of the Nile, directed by Lewis Teague, starring Michael Douglas, Kathleen Turner, Danny DeVito
- Joshua Then and Now, starring James Woods and Alan Arkin - (Canada)
- The Journey of Natty Gann, starring Meredith Salenger and John Cusack
- Just One of the Guys, starring Joyce Hyser
K
- King David, starring Richard Gere - (U.K./U.S.A.)
- King Solomon's Mines, starring Richard Chamberlain and Sharon Stone
- Kiss of the Spider Woman (O Beijo da Mulher Aranha), directed by Hector Babenco, starring William Hurt, Raúl Juliá, Sonia Braga - (Brazil/U.S.A.)
L
- Ladyhawke, starring Matthew Broderick, Michelle Pfeiffer and Rutger Hauer
- The Last Dragon
- The Last Polka, starring John Candy and Eugene Levy - (Canada)
- Latino
- Legend, directed by Ridley Scott, starring Tom Cruise, Mia Sara and Tim Curry - (U.K./U.S.A.)
- The Legend of Billie Jean, starring Helen Slater
- Letter to Brezhnev - (U.K.)
- Lonely Heart (Sabishinbou) - (Japan)
- Lost In America, directed by and starring Albert Brooks with Julie Hagerty
M
- Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome, starring Mel Gibson and Tina Turner - (Australia)
- Man Hunt (Cane arrabbiato) - (Italy)
- The Man with One Red Shoe, starring Tom Hanks
- Manevri na petiya etazh (Maneuvers on the Fifth Floor) - (Bulgaria)
- Mask, directed by Peter Bogdanovich, starring Eric Stoltz, Cher and Sam Elliott
- The Mass Is Ended (La messa è finita), directed by and starring Nanni Moretti - (Italy)
- Maxie, starring Glenn Close, Mandy Patinkin and Valerie Curtin
- The Mean Season, starring Kurt Russell
- Mirch Masala (Spices) - (U.K./India)
- Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters, directed by Paul Schrader, starring Ken Ogata - (U.S.A./Japan)
- Missing in Action 2: The Beginning, starring Chuck Norris
- Mr. Vampire (Goeng-si Sin-sang) - (Hong Kong)
- Murphy's Romance, starring Sally Field, James Garner, Brian Kerwin and Corey Haim
- My Beautiful Laundrette, directed by Stephen Frears, starring Daniel Day-Lewis and Gordon Warnecke - (U.K.)
- My Life as a Dog (Mitt liv som hund), directed by Lasse Halstrom - (Sweden) - Golden Globe Award for Best Foreign Language Film
- My Science Project
- My Sweet Little Village (Vesničko má středisková), directed by Jiří Menzel - (Czechoslovakia)
N
- National Lampoon's European Vacation, starring Chevy Chase and Beverly D'Angelo
- A Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy's Revenge
- Nine Deaths of the Ninja
O
- The Official Story (La historia oficial) - (Argentina) - Academy and Golden Globe Awards for Best Foreign Language Film
- Once Bitten, starring Lauren Hutton and Jim Carrey in his first major role.
- One Magic Christmas - (U.S.A./Canada)
- Ordeal by Innocence, starring Donald Sutherland and Christopher Plummer - (U.K.)
- Out of Africa directed by Sydney Pollack; starring Meryl Streep, Robert Redford and Klaus Maria Brandauer; Academy and Golden Globe (drama) Awards
- Out of Control
P
- Pale Rider, directed by and starring Clint Eastwood with Michael Moriarty and Carrie Snodgress
- The Peanut Butter Solution - (Canada)
- Pee-wee's Big Adventure, directed by Tim Burton, starring Paul Reubens
- Perfect, directed by James Bridges, starring John Travolta and Jamie Lee Curtis
- Phenomena, directed by Dario Argento - (Italy)
- Plenty, starring Meryl Streep, Sam Neill, Tracey Ullman, and Sting - (U.K.)
- Police Academy 2: Their First Assignment, starring Steve Guttenberg, George Gaynes, Colleen Camp and Bubba Smith
- Police Story (Ging chat goo si), directed by and starring Jackie Chan - (Hong Kong)
- Private Resort, starring Johnny Depp, Rob Morrow and Andrew Dice Clay
- Prizzi's Honor, directed by John Huston; starring Jack Nicholson, Kathleen Turner, Anjelica Huston and William Hickey; Golden Globe Award for Best Picture (Musical or Comedy)
- The Protector, starring Jackie Chan and Danny Aiello - (Hong Kong/U.S.A.)
- The Purple Rose of Cairo, directed by Woody Allen, starring Mia Farrow and Jeff Daniels
Q
R
- Radioactive Dreams - (U.S.A./Mexico)
- Rainbow Brite and the Star Stealer - (U.S.A./Japan)
- Rambo: First Blood Part II, starring Sylvester Stallone
- Ran, directed by Akira Kurosawa, starring Tatsuya Nakadai and Mieko Harada - (Japan)
- Re-Animator
- Real Genius, starring Val Kilmer
- Red Sonja, starring Brigitte Nielsen, Arnold Schwarzenegger and Sandahl Bergman
- Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins, starring Fred Ward, Kate Mulgrew and Joel Grey
- Rendez-vous, starring Juliette Binoche and Jean-Louis Trintignant - (France)
- Restless Natives - (U.K.)
- Return of the Living Dead
- Return to Oz
- Revolution, directed by Hugh Hudson, starring Al Pacino, Donald Sutherland and Nastassja Kinski - (U.K.)
- Rocky IV, starring Sylvester Stallone, Talia Shire, Dolph Lundgren, Carl Weathers, Brigitte Nielsen and Burt Young
- A Room with a View, directed by James Ivory, starring Maggie Smith and Helena Bonham Carter - (U.K.)
- Runaway Train, starring Jon Voight, Eric Roberts and Rebecca De Mornay
- Rustlers' Rhapsody, starring Tom Berenger, Marilu Henner, Sela Ward and Andy Griffith
S
- Santa Claus: The Movie, starring Dudley Moore - (U.K./U.S.A.)
- Scorpio Nights - (Philippines)
- Secret Admirer, starring C. Thomas Howell
- The Secret of the Sword
- Sesame Street Presents Follow That Bird
- Shoah - (France)
- The Shooting Party, starring James Mason and John Gielgud - (U.K.)
- Silver Bullet, starring Gary Busey, Corey Haim, Megan Follows and Everett McGill
- Silverado, directed by Lawrence Kasdan, starring Kevin Kline, Scott Glenn, Danny Glover and Kevin Costner
- The Slugger's Wife, directed by Hal Ashby, starring Michael O'Keefe and Rebecca De Mornay
- Smooth Talk, starring Laura Dern and Treat Williams
- Spies Like Us, starring Dan Aykroyd and Chevy Chase
- St. Elmo's Fire, directed by Joel Schumacher; starring Emilio Estevez, Rob Lowe, Andrew McCarthy, Demi Moore, Judd Nelson, Ally Sheedy and Mare Winningham
- Starchaser: The Legend of Orin
- Stick, directed by and starring Burt Reynolds with Candice Bergen, Charles Durning and George Segal
- Subway, directed by Luc Besson, starring Isabelle Adjani and Christopher Lambert - (France)
- Summer Rental, directed by Carl Reiner, starring John Candy, Rip Torn and Richard Crenna
- The Sure Thing, directed by Rob Reiner, starring John Cusack, Daphne Zuniga and Nicollette Sheridan
- Sweet Dreams, a biopic of Patsy Cline starring Jessica Lange and Ed Harris
T
- Tampopo (Dandelion) - (Japan)
- Target, starring Gene Hackman and Matt Dillon
- Teen Wolf, starring Michael J. Fox
- That Was Then... This Is Now, starring Emilio Estevez
- That's Dancing!
- To Live and Die in L.A., directed by William Friedkin, starring William Petersen and Willem Dafoe
- Transylvania 6-5000, starring Jeff Goldblum, Ed Begley, Jr. and Geena Davis
- The Trip to Bountiful, starring Geraldine Page, John Heard and Rebecca De Mornay
- Trouble in Mind, starring Kris Kristofferson, Genevieve Bujold and Keith Carradine
- Tuff Turf, starring James Spader
- Turk 182!, starring Timothy Hutton, Robert Urich and Kim Cattrall
- Turtle Diary, starring Glenda Jackson and Ben Kingsley - (U.K.)
- Twice in a Lifetime, starring Gene Hackman, Ellen Burstyn, Ann-Margret and Amy Madigan
U-V
- The Unknown Soldier (Tuntematon sotilas) - (Finland)
- Vagabond (Sans toit ni loi), directed by Agnes Varda - (France) - Golden Lion award
- Vampire Hunter D - (Japan)
- La vaquilla (The Heifer), directed by Luis García Berlanga - (Spain)
- A View to a Kill, starring Roger Moore as James Bond with Christopher Walken, Tanya Roberts and Grace Jones - (U.K.)
- Vision Quest, starring Matthew Modine and Linda Fiorentino
- Volunteers, starring Tom Hanks, John Candy and Rita Wilson
W
- Wetherby, directed by David Hare, starring Vanessa Redgrave and Ian Holm - (U.K.) - Golden Bear award
- Weird Science, directed by John Hughes, starring Kelly LeBrock, Anthony Michael Hall and Ilan Mitchell-Smith
- Wild Geese II, starring Richard Burton, Roger Moore and Richard Harris - (U.K.)
- Wheels of Fire
- When Father Was Away on Business (Otac na službenom putu) - (Yugoslavia) - Palme d'Or award
- White Nights, directed by Taylor Hackford, starring Mikhail Baryshnikov, Gregory Hines and Helen Mirren
- Witness, directed by Peter Weir, starring Harrison Ford, Kelly McGillis and Lukas Haas
- The Woman and the Stranger (Die Frau und der Fremde) - (East Germany) - Golden Bear award
XYZ
- Year of the Dragon, directed by Michael Cimino, starring Mickey Rourke and John Lone
- Young Sherlock Holmes, directed by Barry Levinson, starring Nicholas Rowe, Alan Cox and Anthony Higgins
- A Zed and Two Noughts, directed by Peter Greenaway - (U.K.)
[edit] Births
- January 18 - Sidney Thomas, actor
- February 7 - Tina Majorino, American actress
- March 13 - Emile Hirsch, American actor
- March 15 - Eva Amurri, American actress
- March 15 - Kellan Lutz, American actor
- March 26 - Keira Knightley, British actress
- April 16 - Rhiana Griffith, actress
- May 10 - Odette Yustman, American actress
- May 28 - Carey Mulligan, English actress
- May 29 - Blake Foster, actor
- June 24 - Kyle Searles, actor
- July 2 -Ashley Tisdale, American actress and singer
- July 18 - Chace Crawford, American actor
- September 16 - Madeline Zima, American actress
- October 11 - Michelle Trachtenberg, American actress
- November 30 - Kaley Cuoco, American actress
- December 3 - Amanda Seyfried, American actress and singer
- December 5 - Frankie Muniz, American actor
- December 10 - Raven-Symone, American actress and singer
[edit] Deaths
- February 20 - Clarence Nash, voice actor
- 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
- May 22 - Wolfgang Reitherman, director, 101 Dalmatians
- 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
- November 1 - Phil Silvers, actor
- November 15 - Dimitar Panov, actor / director
- December 12 - Anne Baxter, actress
- December 26 - Margarete Schön, actress
[edit] Film debuts
- Joan Allen - Compromising Positions
- Sean Astin - The Goonies
- Josh Brolin - The Goonies
- Patrick Dempsey; Heaven Help Us
- Linda Fiorentino - Vision Quest
- Stephen Fry - The Good Father
- Whoopi Goldberg - The Color Purple
- Ethan Hawke - Explorers
- Elias Koteas - One Magic Christmas
- LL Cool J - Krush Groove
- John Leguizamo - Mixed Blood
- Tom Lister, Jr. - Runaway Train
- Rob Morrow - Private Resort
- Viggo Mortensen - Witness
- Brigitte Nielsen - Red Sonja
- River Phoenix - Explorers
- Miranda Richardson - Dance with a Stranger
- Kyra Sedgwick
- Christian Slater - The Legend of Billie Jean
- Yeardley Smith - Heaven Help Us
- Danny Trejo - Runaway Train
- Stanley Tucci - Prizzi's Honor
- Oprah Winfrey - The Color Purple
- Billy Zane - Back to the Future
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