57th Academy Awards (1985)
Highlights of 57th Academy Awards ceremony
The 57th Academy Awards honored the best films of 1984.
The award ceremony was held on 25th March 1985 at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Los Angeles, California.
Jack Lemmon was the anchor of the show.
Amadeus won the Best Picture award.
F Murray Abraham won the Best Actor award for his role in Amadeus.
Sally Field won the Best Actess award for her role in Places in the Heart.
Milos Forman won the Best Director award for Amadeus.
- WINNER
Best Picture
Amadeus
- Saul Zaentz
The Killing Fields
- David Puttnam
A Passage to India
- John Brabourne, Richard Goodwin
Places in the Heart
- Arlene Donovan
A Soldier's Story
- Norman Jewison, Ronald L. Schwary, Patrick Palmer
Best Director
Amadeus
- Milos Forman
Broadway Danny Rose
- Woody Allen
Places in the Heart
- Robert Benton
The Killing Fields
- Roland Joffe
A Passage to India
- David Lean
Best Original Screenplay
Amadeus
- Peter Shaffer
Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes
- Michael Austin, Robert Towne
The Killing Fields
- Bruce Robinson
A Passage to India
- David Lean
A Soldier's Story
- Charles Fuller
Best Adapted Screenplay
Places in the Heart
- Robert Benton
Beverly Hills Cop
- Danilo Bach, Daniel Petrie, Jr.
Broadway Danny Rose
- Woody Allen
The North
- Gregory Nava, Anna Thomas
Splash
- Brian Grazer, Lowell Ganz, Babaloo Mandel, Bruce Jay Friedman
Best Actor in a Leading Role
Amadeus
- F. Murray Abraham
Starman
- Jeff Bridges
Under the Volcano
- Albert Finney
Amadeus
- Tom Hulce
The Killing Fields
- Sam Waterston
Best Actress in a Leading Role
Places in the Heart
- Sally Field
A Passage to India
- Judy Davis
Country
- Jessica Lange
The Bostonians
- Vanessa Redgrave
The River
- Sissy Spacek
Best Supporting Actor
The Killing Fields
- Haing S Ngor
A Soldier's Story
- Adolph Caesar
Places in the Heart
- John Malkovich
The Karate Kid
- Noriyuki Pat Morita
Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes
- Ralph Richardson
Best Supporting Actress
A Passage to India
- Peggy Ashcroft
The Natural
- Glenn Close
Places in the Heart
- Lindsay Crouse
Swing Shift
- Christine Lahti
The Pope of Greenwich Village
- Geraldine Page
Best Art Direction
Amadeus
- Patrizia von Brandstein, Karel Cerny
2010
- Albert Brenner, Rick Simpson
The Cotton Club
- Richard Sylbert, George Gaines, Les Bloom
The Natural
- Angelo Graham, Mel Bourne, James J. Murakami, Speed Hopkins, Bruce Weintraub
A Passage to India
- John Box, Leslie Tomkins, Hugh Scaife
Best Cinematography
The Killing Fields
- Chris Menges
Amadeus
- Miroslav Ondricek
The Natural
- Caleb Deschanel
A Passage to India
- Ernest Day
The River
- Vilmos Zsigmond
Best Original Song
The Woman in Red
- Stevie Wonder
for "I Just Called to Say I Love You"
Against All Odds
- Phil Collins
for "Take a Look at Me Now"
Footloose
- Kenny Loggins, Dean Pitchford
for "Footloose"
Footloose
- Dean Pitchford, Tom Snow
for "Let's Hear It for the Boy"
Ghostbusters
- Ray Parker, Jr.
for "Ghostbusters"
Best Original Score
A Passage to India
- Maurice Jarre
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
- John Williams
The Natural
- Randy Newman
The River
- John Williams
Under the Volcano
- Alex North
Best Sound Mixing
Amadeus
- Mark Berger, Thomas Scott, Todd Boekelheide, Christopher Newman
2010
- Michael J. Kohut, Aaron Rochin, Carlos De Larios, Gene S. Cantamessa
A Passage to India
- Graham V. Hartstone, Nicolas Le Messurier, Michael A. Carter, John Mitchell
The River
- Nick Alphin, Robert Thirwell, Richard Portman, David Ronne
Best Visual Effects
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
- Dennis Muren, Michael J. McAlister, Lorne Peterson, George Gibbs
2010
- Richard Edlund, Neil Krepela, George Jenson, Mark Stetson
Ghostbusters
- Richard Edlund, John Bruno, Mark Vargo, Chuck Gasper
Best Costume Design
Amadeus
- Theodor Pistek
2010
- Patricia Norris
The Bostonians
- Jenny Beavan, John Bright
A Passage to India
- Judy Moorcroft
Places in the Heart
- Ann Roth
Best Makeup
Amadeus
- Dick Smith, Paul LeBlanc
Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes
- Rick Baker, Paul Engelen
Best Animated Short Film
Charade
- Jon Minnis
Doctor De Soto
- Morton Schindel, Michael Sporn
Paradise
- Ishu Patel
Best Documentary Feature
The Times of Harvey Milk
- Robert Epstein, Richard Schmiechen
High Schools
- Charles Guggenheim, Nancy Sloss
In the Name of the People
- Alex W. Drehsler, Frank Christopher
Marlene
- Karel Dirka, Zev Braun
Streetwise
- Cheryl McCall
Best Documentary Short Subject
The Stone Carvers
- Marjorie Hunt, Paul Wagner
The Children of Soong Ching Ling
- Gary Bush, Paul T.K. Lin
Code Gray - Ethical Dilemmas in Nursing
- Ben Achtenberg, Joan Sawyer
The Garden of Eden
- Lawrence R. Hott, Roger M. Sherman
Recollections of Pavlovsk
- Irina Kalinina
Best Foreign Language Film
Dangerous Moves
Beyond the Walls
Camila
Double Feature
Wartime Romance
Academy Honorary Award
James Stewart
for "His fifty years of memorable performances."
Best Live Action Short Film
Up
- Mike Hoover
The Painted Door
- Michael MacMillan, Janice L. Platt
Tales of Meeting and Parting
- Sharon Oreck, Lesli Linka Glatter
Best Film Editing
The Killing Fields
- Jim Clark
Amadeus
- Nena Danevic, Michael Chandler
The Cotton Club
- Barry Malkin, Robert Q. Lovett
A Passage to India
- David Lean
Romancing the Stone
- Donn Cambern, Frank Morriss
Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award
David L. Wolper
Best Original Musical or Comedy Score
Purple Rain
- Prince
The Muppets Take Manhattan
- Jeff Moss
Songwriter
- Kris Kristofferson