1985 in film

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Contents

Events [edit]

Top grossing films (U.S.) [edit]

Rank Title Studio Actors Director Gross
1. Back to the Future Universal Michael J. Fox, Christopher Lloyd, Lea Thompson, Crispin Glover, and Thomas F. Wilson Robert Zemeckis $215,000,000
2. Rambo: First Blood Part II TriStar/Carolco Sylvester Stallone, Richard Crenna, and Julia Nickson-Soul George Pan Cosmatos $150,415,432
3. Rocky IV United Artists Sylvester Stallone, Talia Shire, Carl Weathers, Burt Young, Brigitte Nielsen, and Dolph Lundgren Sylvester Stallone $127,873,716
4. The Color Purple Warner Bros. Whoopi Goldberg, Danny Glover, Margaret Avery, Oprah Winfrey, Adolph Caesar, and Rae Dawn Chong Steven Spielberg $94,175,854
5. Out Of Africa Universal Meryl Streep, Robert Redford, and Klaus Maria Brandauer Sydney Pollack $87,071,205
6. Cocoon Fox Don Ameche, Wilford Brimley, Hume Cronyn, Brian Dennehy, Steve Guttenberg, Maureen Stapleton, Jessica Tandy, and Tahnee Welch Ron Howard $76,113,124
7. The Jewel of the Nile Fox Michael Douglas, Kathleen Turner, and Danny DeVito Lewis Teague $75,973,200
8. Witness Paramount Harrison Ford, Kelly McGillis, and Lukas Haas Peter Weir $68,706,993
9. The Goonies Warner Bros. Sean Astin, Josh Brolin, Jeff Cohen, Corey Feldman, Kerri Green, Martha Plimpton, and Ke Huy Quan Richard Donner $61,389,680
10. Spies Like Us Warner Bros. Chevy Chase and Dan Aykroyd John Landis $60,088,980
11. Police Academy 2: Their First Assignment Warner Bros./Ladd Steve Guttenberg, Bubba Smith, David Graf, Michael Winslow, Bruce Mahler, Marion Ramsey, Colleen Camp, Art Metrano, Howard Hesseman and George Gaynes Jerry Paris $55,600,000
12. Fletch Universal Chevy Chase Michael Ritchie $50,612,888
13. A View to a Kill United Artists Roger Moore, Christopher Walken, Tanya Roberts, and Grace Jones John Glen $50,327,960
14. National Lampoon's European Vacation Warner Bros. Chevy Chase, Beverly D'Angelo, Dana Hill, Jason Lively, Victor Lanoux and Eric Idle Amy Heckerling $49,364,621
15. Mask Universal Cher, Eric Stoltz and Sam Elliot Peter Bogdanovich $48,230,162
16. The Breakfast Club Universal Emilio Estevez, Molly Ringwald, Judd Nelson, Anthony Michael Hall and Ally Sheedy John Hughes $45,875,171
17. White Nights Columbia Mikhail Baryshnikov, Gregory Hines, Jerzy Skolimowski, Helen Mirren and John Glover Taylor Hackford $42,160,849
18. Pale Rider Warner Bros. Clint Eastwood Clint Eastwood $41,410,568
19. Pee-Wee's Big Adventure Warner Bros. Paul Reubens Tim Burton $40,940,662
20. Brewster's Millions Universal Richard Pryor and John Candy Walter Hill $40,833,132

Box office results courtesy of Box Office Mojo.[1]

Awards (1986) [edit]

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

Razzie Awards

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

Notable films released in 1985 [edit]

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Wide-release films [edit]

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Births [edit]

Notable deaths [edit]

Month Date Name Age Country Profession Notable films January 18 Wilfrid Brambell 72 United Kingdom Actor, Soundtrack A Hard Day's Night • Witchfinder General • Odd Man Out • The Adventures of Picasso • In Search of the Castaways • The Three Lives of Thomasina • Sword of the Valiant • Carry On Again Doctor • Holiday on the Buses
February 16 Larry Ward 60 United States Actor, Writer Star Wars • Return of the Jedi • Hombre • A Distant Trumpet • The Gun and the Pulpit
19 Dorothy Black 85 United Kingdom Actress Imitation of Life
20 Clarence Nash 80 USA Actor, Soundtrack One Hundred and One Dalmatians • Bambi
March 8 Edward Andrews 70 United States Actor Gremlins • Sixteen Candles • Tora! Tora! Tora! • Elmer Gantry • Avanti! • The Absent-Minded Professor • Friendly Persuasion • Advise & Consent • The Harder They Fall • Send Me No Flowers • The Glass Bottom Boat
21 Michael Redgrave 77 UK Actor, Writer, Soundtrack The Lady Vanishes • The Innocents
21 Michael Trubshawe 79 UK Actor The Pink Panther • The Guns of Navarone • A Hard Day's Night • Around the World in 80 Days
April 21 John Welsh 70 United Kingdom Actor, Production Manager Krull • Indiscreet
23 Kent Smith 78 United States Actor, Soundtrack Cat People • The Fountainhead • The Spiral Staircase
30 George Pravda 66 United Kingdom Actor Thunderball • Firefox • Hopscotch • Sink the Bismarck! • Hanover Street • Frankenstein Must Be Destroyed • The Shoes of the Fisherman • Inspector Clouseau
May 7 Dawn Addams 54 United Kingdom Actress Singin' in the Rain • The Robe • A King in New York
16 Margaret Hamilton 82 USA Actress, Soundtrack The Wizard of Oz • The Ox-Bow Incident • The Anderson Tapes • Nothing Sacred
17 Hugh Burden 72 United Kingdom Actor, Writer The Ruling Class • Funeral in Berlin • Blood from the Mummy's Tomb • One of Our Aircraft Is Missing • One of Our Dinosaurs Is Missing
22 Wolfgang Reitherman 75 United States Animator, Director, Producer Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs • Cinderella
22 Gearld Case 80 United Kingdom Actor The Elephant Man • Stage Fright • Henry V
June 9 Clifford Evans 73 United Kingdom Actor, Producer, Writer The Curse of the Werewolf • The Long Ships • The Kiss of the Vampire • The Saint Meets the Tiger • Love on the Dole • The Foreman Went to France
August 8 Louise Brooks 78 USA Actress, Soundtrack Pandora's Box
13 Marion Martin 77 United States Actress, Soundtrack His Girl Friday • The Big Store
28 Ruth Gordon 88 USA Actress, Writer, Soundtrack Rosemary's Baby • Harold and Maude • Every Which Way but Loose • Any Which Way You Can • My Bodyguard
September 9 Robert Henderson 80 United Kingdom Actor, Writer Superman • Superman III • Ragtime • Phase IV
27 Lloyd Nolan 83 United States Actor, Soundtrack Hannah and Her Sisters • Airport • Earthquake
October 2 Rock Hudson 59 USA Actor, Soundtrack Giant • Winchester '73 • Pillow Talk • Seconds • All That Heaven Allows
10 Yul Brynner 65 USA Actor, Director, Soundtrack The Magnificent Seven • The Ten Commandments • Westworld
10 Orson Welles 70 United States Actor, Writer, Director Citizen Kane • The Third Man • Touch of Evil • The Transformers: The Movie • History of the World, Part I • The Muppet Movie
November 1 Phil Silvers 74 USA Actor, Soundtrack It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World • A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum • Cover Girl
12 Dimitar Panov 83 Bulgaria Actor Porcupines Are Born Without Bristles
December 3 Sam Gilman 70 United States Actor, Writer Every Which Way but Loose • The Wild One • One-Eyed Jacks • The Missouri Breaks • The Robe • Somebody Up There Likes Me • The Young Lions
7 Robert Graves 90 Spain Writer, Producer The Shout
12 Anne Baxter 62 United States Actress, Soundtrack, Producer All About Eve • The Ten Commandments • The Magnificent Ambersons
26 Margarete Schön 90 Germany Actress, Director The Punch Bowl


Film debuts [edit]

References [edit]

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

See also [edit]

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