58th Academy Awards (1986)

Best Picture

Out of Africa - Sydney Pollack
The Color Purple - Steven Spielberg, Kathleen Kennedy, Frank Marshall, Quincy Jones
Kiss of the Spider Woman - David Weisman
Prizzi's Honor - John Foreman
Witness - Edward S. Feldman

Best Director

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

Best Original Screenplay

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

Best Adapted Screenplay

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

Best Actor in a Leading Role

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

Best Actress in a Leading Role

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

Best Supporting Actor

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

Best Supporting Actress

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

Best Art Direction

Out of Africa - Stephen Grimes, Josie MacAvin
Brazil - Norman Garwood, Maggie Gray
The Color Purple - J. Michael Riva, Robert W. Welch, Linda DeScenna
Ran - Yoshiro Muraki, Shinobu Muraki
Witness - Stan Jolley, John Anderson

Best Cinematography

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

Best Original Song

White Nights - Lionel Richie for "Say You, Say Me"
The Color Purple - Quincy Jones, Rod Temperton, Lionel Richie for "Miss Celie's Blues"
Back to the Future - Chris Hayes, Johnny Colla, Huey Lewis for "Power of Love"
White Nights - Stephen Bishop for "Separate Lives"
A Chorus Line - Marvin Hamlisch, Edward Kleban for "Surprise, Surprise"

Best Original Score

Out of Africa - John Barry
Agnes of God - Georges Delerue
The Color Purple - Quincy Jones, Jeremy Lubbock, Rod Temperton, Caiphus Semenya, Andrae Crouch, Chris Boardman, Jorge Calandr
Silverado - Bruce Broughton
Witness - Maurice Jarre

Best Sound Mixing

Out of Africa - Chris Jenkins, Gary Alexander, Larry Stensvold, Peter Handford
Back to the Future - Bill Varney, B. Tennyson Sebastian II, Robert Thirlwell, William B. Kaplan
A Chorus Line - Donald O. Mitchell, Michael Minkler, Gerry Humphreys, Chris Newman
Ladyhawke - Les Fresholtz, Dick Alexander, Vern Poore, Bud Alper
Silverado - Donald O. Mitchell, Rick Kline, Kevin O'Connell, David Ronne

Best Sound Editing

Back to the Future - Charles L. Campbell, Robert Rutledge
Ladyhawke - Bob Henderson, Alan Murray
Rambo - Frederick J. Brown

Best Visual Effects

Cocoon - Ken Ralston, Ralph McQuarrie, Scott Farrar, David Berry
Return to Oz - Will Vinton, Ian Wingrove, Zoran Perisic, Michael Lloyd
Young Sherlock Holmes - Dennis Muren, Kit West, John Ellis, David Allen

Best Costume Design

Ran - Emi Wada
The Color Purple - Aggie Guerard Rodgers
The Journey of Natty Gann - Albert Wolsky
Out of Africa - Milena Canonero
Prizzi's Honor - Donfeld

Best Makeup

Mask - Michael Westmore, Zoltan Elek
The Color Purple - Ken Chase
Remo Williams - The Adventure Begins - Carl Fullerton

Best Animated Short Film

Anna And Bella - Cilia Van Dijk
The Big Snit - Richard Condie, Michael J. F. Scott
Second Class Mail - Alison Snowden

Best Documentary Feature

Broken Rainbow - Maria Florio, Victoria Mudd
Las Madres - The Mothers of Plaza de Mayo - Susana Munoz, Lourdes Portillo
Soldiers in Hiding - Japhet Asher
The Statue of Liberty - Ken Burns, Buddy Squires
Unfinished Business - Steven Okazaki

Best Documentary Short Subject

Witness to War - Dr. Charlie Clements - David Goodman
The Courage to Care - Robert H. Gardner
Keats and His Nightingale - A Blind Date - Michael Crowley, James Wolpaw
Making Overtures - The Story of a Community Orchestra - Barbara Willis Sweete
The Wizard of the Strings - Alan Edelstein

Best Foreign Language Film

La Historia oficial
Angry Harvest
Colonel Redl
Three Men and a Cradle
When Father Was Away on Business

Academy Honorary Award

Paul Newman for "In recognition of his many and memorable compelling screen performances and for his personal integrity and dedication to his craft."
Alex North for "In recognition of his brilliant artistry in the creation of memorable music for a host of distinguished motion pictures."

Best Live Action Short Film

Molly's Pilgrim - Jeff Brown, Chris Pelzer
Graffiti - Dianna Costello
Rainbow War - Bob Rogers

Best Film Editing

Witness - Thom Noble
A Chorus Line - John Bloom
Out of Africa - Fredric Steinkamp, William Steinkamp, Pembroke Herring, Sheldon Kahn
Prizzi's Honor - Rudi Fehr, Kaja Fehr
Runaway Train - Henry Richardson

Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award

Charles "Buddy" Rogers