39th British Academy Film Awards
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| 39th British Academy Film Awards | |
|---|---|
| Date | 1986 |
| Highlights | |
| Best Film | The Purple Rose of Cairo |
| Best Actor | William Hurt Kiss of the Spider Woman |
| Best Actress | Peggy Ashcroft A Passage to India |
| Most awards | Amadeus (4) |
| Most nominations | Amadeus & A Passage to India (9) |
The 39th British Film Awards, given by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts in 1986, honoured the best films of 1985.
Winners and nominees
Best Film
Best Actor
William Hurt in Kiss of the Spider Woman
Best Actor in a Supporting Role
Denholm Elliott in Defence of the Realm
Best Actress
Peggy Ashcroft in A Passage to India
- Kelly McGillis in Witness
- Mia Farrow in The Purple Rose of Cairo
- Alexandra Pigg in Letter to Brezhnev
Best Actress in a Supporting Role
Rosanna Arquette in Desperately Seeking Susan
Best Original Screenplay
The Purple Rose of Cairo - Woody Allen
- Back to the Future - Robert Zemeckis, Bob Gale
- My Beautiful Laundrette - Hanif Kureishi
- Witness - Earl Wallace, William Kelley
Best Adapted Screenplay
Prizzi's Honor - Richard Condon and Janet Roach
Best Foreign Language Film
Best Cinematography
Best Costume Design
The Cotton Club - Milena Canonero
Best Editing
Amadeus - Nena Danevic, Michael Chandler
- Witness - Thom Noble
- A Chorus Line - John Bloom
- Back to the Future - Arthur Schmidt, Harry Keramidas
Best Score
- A Passage to India - Maurice Jarre
- Beverly Hills Cop - Harold Faltermeyer
- The Emerald Forest - Junior Homrich, Brian Gascoigne
Best Makeup and Hair
Amadeus - Paul LeBlanc, Dick Smith
- The Emerald Forest - Peter Frampton, Paul Engelen, Anna Dryhurst, Luis Michelotti
- Legend - Peter Robb-King, Rob Bottin
- Mask - Michael Westmore
Best Production Design
- Amadeus - Patrizia von Brandenstein
- A Passage to India - John Box
- Back to the Future - Lawrence Paull