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Best Picture - Norman Jewison, Ronald L. Schwary and Patrick Palmer, Producers Writing (Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium) - Charles Fuller Songwriter
The 57th Academy Awards were presented on March 25, 1985, at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Los Angeles, and were hosted by Jack Lemmon. This ceremony marked the first time that multiple black nominees would win an Oscar, when Prince and Stevie Wonder won for their respective work on Purple Rain and The Woman in Red.
Feb 5, 2014 · BEST PICTURE. The Color Purple – Steven Spielberg, Kathleen Kennedy, Frank Marshall, Quincy Jones. Kiss of the Spider Woman – David Weisman. Out of Africa – Sydney Pollack. Prizzi’s Honor – John Foreman. Witness – Edward S. Feldman.
The romantic biopic had eleven Oscar nominations and captured all the major awards, seven in all - except in the acting categories (Best Picture, Best Director (Sydney Pollack), Best Screenplay Adaptation (Kurt Luedtke), Best Cinematography (David Watkins), Best Art/Set Direction, Best Sound, and Best Original Score).
Witness was the highest earner among the Best Picture nominees, with $68.7 million in domestic box office receipts. The film was followed by Out of Africa ($55.6 million), The Color Purple ($46.4 million), Prizzi's Honor ($26.7 million) and Kiss of the Spider Woman ($13.4 million).
The 57th Academy Awards Memorable Moments. Best Picture: Amadeus. Amadeus also won Academy Awards for Best Actor (F. Murray Abraham), Art Direction-Set Decoration (Patrizia Von Brandenstein and Karel Cerny), Costume Design (Theodor Pistek), Directing (Milos Forman), Makeup (Paul LeBlanc and Dick Smith), Sound (Mark Berger, Tom Scott, Todd ...
Don Trumbull (Apogee, Inc.), Jonathan Erland (Apogee, Inc.), Stephen Fog (Apogee, Inc.) For the design and development of the "Blue Max" high-power, blue-flux projector for traveling matte composite photography.
