1985 in film
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[edit] Events
- 3 December - Roger Moore steps down from the role of James Bond after twelve years and seven films. He is replaced by Timothy Dalton.
[edit] Top grossing films (U.S.)
| Rank | Title | Studio | Gross |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Back to the Future | Universal | $210,609,762 |
| 2. | Rambo: First Blood Part II | TriStar | $150,415,432 |
| 3. | Rocky IV | United Artists | $127,873,716 |
| 4. | The Color Purple | Warner Brothers | $94,175,854 |
| 5. | Out Of Africa | Universal | $87,071,205 |
| 6. | Cocoon | 20th Century Fox | $76,113,124 |
| 7. | The Jewel of the Nile | 20th Century Fox | $75,973,200 |
| 8. | Witness | Paramount | $68,706,993 |
| 9. | The Goonies | Warner Brothers | $61,389,680 |
| 10. | Spies Like Us | Warner Brothers | $60,088,980 |
source: http://boxofficemojo.com/yearly/chart/?yr=1985&p=.htm
[edit] Awards
- Best Picture: Out of Africa - Universal
- Best Director: Sydney Pollack - Out of Africa
- Best Actor: William Hurt - Kiss of the Spider Woman
- Best Actress: Geraldine Page - The Trip to Bountiful
- Best Supporting Actor: Don Ameche - Cocoon
- Best Supporting Actress: Anjelica Huston - Prizzi's Honor
- Best Foreign Language Film: The Official Story (La historia oficial), directed by Luis Puenzo, Argentina
- Honorary Award for Lifetime Achievement James Stewart
- Drama:
- Best Picture: Out of Africa
- Best Actor: Jon Voight - Runaway Train
- Best Actress: Whoopi Goldberg - The Color Purple
- Musical or comedy:
- Best Picture: Prizzi's Honor
- Best Actor: Jack Nicholson - Prizzi's Honor
- Best Actress: Kathleen Turner - Prizzi's Honor
- Other
- Best Director: John Huston - Prizzi's Honor
- Best Foreign Language Film: The Official Story (La historia oficial), Argentina
Palme d'Or (Cannes Film Festival):
- When Father Was Away on Business (Otac na službenom putu), directed by Emir Kusturica, Yugoslavia
Golden Lion (Venice Film Festival):
- Vagabond (Sans toit ni loi), directed by Agnès Varda, France / U.K.
Golden Bear (Berlin Film Festival):
- Die Frau und der Fremde (The Woman And The Stranger), directed by Rainer Simon, East Germany
- Wetherby, directed by David Hare, United Kingdom
[edit] Films released in 1985
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- The Adventures of a Two-Minute Werewolf
- The Adventures of Mark Twain
- After Hours - directed by Martin Scorsese; starring Griffin Dunne
- Agnes of God (film) - directed by Norman Jewison; starring Jane Fonda, Anne Bancroft and Meg Tilly
- Baby: Secret of the Lost Legend with Sean Young and William Katt
- Back to the Future - starring Michael J. Fox (as Marty McFly) and Christopher Lloyd (as "Doc." Emmett L. Brown); the first of Back to the Future trilogy
- Bad Medicine
- Better Off Dead - starring John Cusack
- The Black Cauldron
- Brazil - directed by Terry Gilliam; starring Jonathan Pryce and Robert De Niro
- The Breakfast Club - starring Emilio Estevez, Molly Ringwald, Judd Nelson, Ally Sheedy, Anthony Michael Hall, Paul Gleason and John Kapelos
- Breakin' 2: Electric Boogaloo
- Cat's Eye - starring Drew Barrymore
- The Care Bears Movie
- The Purple Rose of Cairo
- A Chorus Line
- Clue
- The Coca-Cola Kid
- Cocoon - directed by Ron Howard; starring Don Ameche, Wilford Brimley, Hume Cronyn, Steve Guttenberg, Barret Oliver, Maureen Stapleton and Jessica Tandy
- Code of Silence
- Code of Vengeance
- The Color Purple - directed by Steven Spielberg; starring Whoopi Goldberg, Danny Glover, Margaret Avery, Adolph Caesar, Rae Dawn Chong and Oprah Winfrey
- Come and See
- Commando (film) - starring Arnold Schwarzenegger, Rae Dawn Chong and Alyssa Milano
- Crazy Construction - starring Tim Allen
- Dance with a Stranger by Mike Newell with Rupert Everett and Miranda Richardson
- Day of the Dead
- Death Wish 3
- Desperately Seeking Susan - starring Rosanna Arquette, Madonna and Aidan Quinn
- The Dirty Dozen: Next Mission
- Enemy Mine - directed by Wolfgang Petersen; starring Dennis Quaid and Louis Gossett, Jr.
- Ewoks: The Battle for Endor
- Explorers - starring Ethan Hawke and River Phoenix
- Fandango (1985 film)with Kevin Costner
- Follow That Bird Feature Film based on Sesame Street- starring Big Bird, Dave Thomas, Joe Flaherty
- Fran
- Friday the 13th Part V: A New Beginning
- Fright Night - starring William Ragsdale, Chris Sarandon, Roddy McDowall and Amanda Bearse
- The Malibu Bikini Shop
- Girls Just Want to Have Fun
- The Goonies - starring Sean Astin, Josh Brolin, Jeff Cohen, Corey Feldman, Kerri Green, Jonathan Ke Quan and Martha Plimpton
- Heaven Help Us
- Here Come the Littles
- Insignificance
- Into the Night - starring Jeff Goldblum and Michelle Pfeiffer
- Jagged Edge - starring Glenn Close, Jeff Bridges, Robert Loggia and Peter Coyote
- The Jewel of the Nile - starring Michael Douglas, Kathleen Turner and Danny DeVito
- Joshua Then and Now
- King David
- King Solomon's Mines
- Kiss of the Spider Woman - starring William Hurt, Raúl Juliá and Sonia Braga
- Ladyhawke - starring Matthew Broderick, Michelle Pfeiffer and Rutger Hauer
- The Last Dragon
- Legend
- The Legend of Billie Jean - starring Helen Slater
- Lost In America
- Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome - starring Mel Gibson and Tina Turner
- Man Hunt
- The Man with One Red Shoe
- Mask - starring Eric Stoltz, Cher and Sam Elliott
- The Mean Season
- Murphy's Romance - starring Sally Field, James Garner, Brian Kerwin and Corey Haim
- My Beautiful Laundrette with Daniel Day Lewis
- My Life as a Dog (Mitt liv som hund) - Golden Globe Award for Best Foreign Language Film
- My Science Project
- National Lampoon's European Vacation - starring Chevy Chase and Beverly D'Angelo
- A Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy's Revenge
- The Official Story (La historia oficial) - Academy and Golden Globe Awards for Best Foreign Language Film
- Once Bitten - starring Jim Carrey in his first major role.
- One Magic Christmas
- Out of Africa - directed by Sydney Pollack; starring Meryl Streep, Robert Redford and Klaus Maria Brandauer; Academy and Golden Globe (drama) Awards
- Pale Rider - starring Clint Eastwood
- Pee-wee's Big Adventure
- Phenomena
- Police Academy 2: Their First Assignment
- Porky's Revenge
- Private Resort
- Prizzi's Honor - directed by John Huston; starring Jack Nicholson, Kathleen Turner, Anjelica Huston and William Hickey; Golden Globe Award for Best Picture (Musical or Comedy)
- Rainbow Brite and the Star Stealer
- Rambo: First Blood Part II - starring Sylvester Stallone
- Ran
- Real Genius - starring Val Kilmer
- Red Sonja
- Return of the Living Dead
- Return to Oz
- Revolution - starring Al Pacino
- Rocky IV - starring Sylvester Stallone, Talia Shire, Dolph Lundgren, Carl Weathers and Burt Young
- Runaway Train - starring Jon Voight, Eric Roberts and Rebecca De Mornay
- Santa Claus: The Movie
- The Secret of the Sword
- Sesame Street Presents Follow That Bird
- Silver Bullet - starring Gary Busey, Corey Haim, Megan Follows and Everett McGill
- Silverado
- The Slugger's Wife
- Smooth Talk
- St. Elmo's Fire - directed by Joel Schumacher; starring Emilio Estevez, Rob Lowe, Andrew McCarthy, Demi Moore, Judd Nelson, Ally Sheedy and Mare Winningham
- Starchaser: The Legend of Orin
- Subway
- The Sure Thing
- Sweet Dreams - starring Jessica Lange and Ed Harris
- Target with Gene Hackman and Matt Dillon
- Teen Wolf - starring Michael J. Fox
- That Was Then... This Is Now
- That's Dancing!
- To Live and Die in L.A. - starring William Petersen and Willem Dafoe
- Transylvania 6-5000
- The Trip to Bountiful - starring Geraldine Page, John Heard and Rebecca De Mornay
- Twice in a Lifetime - starring Gene Hackman, Ellen Burstyn, Ann-Margret and Amy Madigan
- 28 Up
- Vagabond (Sans toit ni loi) - Golden Lion award
- Vampire Hunter D
- A View to a Kill
- Vision Quest - starring Matthew Modine and Linda Fiorentino
- Water
- Wetherby - Golden Bear award
- Weird Science - starring Kelly LeBrock, Anthony Michael Hall and Ilan Mitchell-Smith
- Wild Geese II (Sir Laurence Olivier's final film role)
- When Father Was Away on Business (Otac na službenom putu) - Palme d'Or award
- Witness - starring Harrison Ford, Kelly McGillis and Lukas Haas
- The Woman And The Stranger (Die Frau und der Fremde) - Golden Bear award
- Year of the Dragon (film) by Michael Cimino with Mickey Rourke
- Young Sherlock Holmes
[edit] Births
- January 18 - Sidney Thomas, actor
- March 26 - Keira Knightley, actress
- April 16 - Rhiana Griffith, actress
- May 29 - Blake Foster, actor
- June 24 -Kyle Searles, actor
- July 2 -Ashley Tisdale actress
[edit] Deaths
- March 21 - Michael Redgrave, actor, father of actresses Vanessa Redgrave & Lynn Redgrave
- April 23 - Kent Smith, actor
- May 16 - Margaret Hamilton, actress, Wicked Witch in The Wizard of Oz
- August 8 - Louise Brooks, actress
- August 13 - Gale Sondergaard, actress
- August 28 - Ruth Gordon, actress / writer
- September 27 - Lloyd Nolan, actor
- October 2 - Rock Hudson, actor
- October 10 - Yul Brynner, actor
- October 10 - Orson Welles, actor / director
- December 12 - Anne Baxter, actress
