Oscar Awards: March 24, 1986

Best Picture:

• Color Purple, The - 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
  

Best Actor:

• Harrison Ford - Witness
  
• James Garner - Murphy's Romance
  
• William Hurt - Kiss of the Spider Woman
  
• Jack Nicholson - Prizzi's Honor
  
• Jon Voight - Runaway Train
  

Best Actress:

• Anne Bancroft - Agnes of God
  
• Whoopi Goldberg - Color Purple, The
  
• Jessica Lange - Sweet Dreams
  
• Geraldine Page - Trip to Bountiful, The
  
• Meryl Streep - Out of Africa
  

Best Supporting Actor:

• Don Ameche - Cocoon
  
• Klaus Maria Brandauer - Out of Africa
  
• William Hickey - Prizzi's Honor
  
• Robert Loggia - Jagged Edge
  
• Eric Roberts - Runaway Train
  

Best Supporting Actress:

• Margaret Avery - Color Purple, The
  
• Anjelica Huston - Prizzi's Honor
  
• Amy Madigan - Twice in a Lifetime
  
• Meg Tilly - Agnes of God
  
• Oprah Winfrey - Color Purple, The
  

Best Director:

• Kiss of the Spider Woman - Hector Babenco
  
• Out of Africa - Sydney Pollack
  
• Prizzi's Honor - John Huston
  
• Ran - Akira Kurosawa
  
• Witness - Peter Weir
  

Best Writing, Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen:

• Back to the Future - Robert Zemeckis, Bob Gale
  
• Brazil - Terry Gilliam, Tom Stoppard, Charles McKeown
  
• Historia oficial, La - Luis Puenzo, Aída Bortnik
  
• Purple Rose of Cairo, The - Woody Allen
  
• Witness - William Kelley, Pamela Wallace, Earl Wallace
  

Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium:

• Color Purple, The - Menno Meyjes
  
• Kiss of the Spider Woman - Leonard Schrader
  
• Out of Africa - Kurt Luedtke
  
• Prizzi's Honor - Richard Condon, Janet Roach
  
• Trip to Bountiful, The - Horton Foote
  

Best Cinematography:

• Color Purple, The - Allen Daviau
  
• Murphy's Romance - William A. Fraker
  
• Out of Africa - David Watkin
  
• Ran - Takao Saitô, Masaharu Ueda, Asakazu Nakai
  
• Witness - John Seale
  

Best Music, Song:

• Back to the Future - Chris Hayes (music), Johnny Colla (music), Huey Lewis (lyrics) For the song "The Power of Love".
  
• Chorus Line, A - Marvin Hamlisch (music), Ed Kleban (lyrics) For the song "Surprise, Surprise".
  
• Color Purple, The - Quincy Jones (music), Rod Temperton (music), Quincy Jones (lyrics), Rod Temperton (lyrics), Lionel Richie (lyrics) For the song "Miss Celie's Blues (Sister)".
  
• White Nights - Stephen Bishop For the song "Separate Lives (Love Theme from White Nights)".
  
• White Nights - Lionel Richie For the song "Say You, Say Me".

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