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. Additionally, it was the only time that all five nominees in Best Original Song topped the Billboard Hot 100 chart.
While presenting the Best Picture award, Laurence Olivier forgot to list the nominees and simply tore open the envelope to declare: "Amadeus!".[1] Upon accepting the award on the film's behalf, producer Saul Zaentz had the presence of mind to mention the other Best Picture nominees during his speech to make up for Olivier's flub.
The Best Picture win for Amadeus was one of the film's leading eight wins, having also won Best Director for Miloš Forman and Best Actor for F. Murray Abraham, who beat Tom Hulce to the honor in what would become, as of 2024, the last time two actors from the same film would be nominated in Best Actor.
James Stewart "for his fifty years of memorable performances. For his high ideals both on and off the screen. With the respect and affection of his colleagues."
National Endowment for the Arts "in recognition of its 20th anniversary and its dedicated commitment to fostering artistic and creative activity and excellence in every area of the arts."
^"Here's complete list of this year's Oscar nominees". The Montreal Gazette. AP. February 7, 1985. Retrieved November 11, 2012.
January 01, 1970
57th, academy, awards, were, presented, march, 1985, dorothy, chandler, pavilion, angeles, hosted, jack, lemmon, date25, march, 1985sitedorothy, chandler, pavilionlos, angeles, california, hosted, byjack, lemmonproduced, bygregory, peckrobert, wiselarry, gelba. The 57th Academy Awards were presented March 25 1985 at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion Los Angeles and was hosted by Jack Lemmon 57th Academy AwardsDate25 March 1985SiteDorothy Chandler PavilionLos Angeles California U S Hosted byJack LemmonProduced byGregory PeckRobert WiseLarry GelbartGene AllenDirected byMarty PasettaHighlightsBest PictureAmadeusMost awardsAmadeus 8 Most nominationsAmadeus and A Passage to India 11 TV in the United StatesNetworkABCDuration3 hours 10 minutes 56th Academy Awards 58th 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 Additionally it was the only time that all five nominees in Best Original Song topped the Billboard Hot 100 chart While presenting the Best Picture award Laurence Olivier forgot to list the nominees and simply tore open the envelope to declare Amadeus 1 Upon accepting the award on the film s behalf producer Saul Zaentz had the presence of mind to mention the other Best Picture nominees during his speech to make up for Olivier s flub The Best Picture win for Amadeus was one of the film s leading eight wins having also won Best Director for Milos Forman and Best Actor for F Murray Abraham who beat Tom Hulce to the honor in what would become as of 2024 the last time two actors from the same film would be nominated in Best Actor Other winners included The Killing Fields with three awards A Passage to India and Places in the Heart with two and Charade Dangerous Moves Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom Purple Rain The Stone Carvers The Times of Harvey Milk Up and The Woman in Red with one Contents 1 Awards 1 1 Honorary Academy Awards 1 2 Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award 1 3 Special Achievement Academy Award 1 4 Films with multiple nominations and awards 2 Presenters and performers 2 1 Presenters 2 2 Performers 3 See also 4 Notes 5 ReferencesAwards edit nbsp Saul Zaentz Best Picture winner nbsp Milos Forman Best Director winner nbsp F Murray Abraham Best Actor winner nbsp Sally Field Best Actress winner nbsp Haing S Ngor Best Supporting Actor winner nbsp Peggy Ashcroft Best Supporting Actress winner nbsp Peter Shaffer Best Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium winner nbsp Rob Epstein Best Documentary Feature co winner nbsp Prince Best Original Song Score winner nbsp Stevie Wonder Best Original Song winner nbsp Todd Boekelheide Best Sound co winner nbsp Dick Smith Best Makeup co winner nbsp Theodor Pistek Best Costume Design winner nbsp Dennis Muren Best Visual Effects co winner Nominees were announced on February 6 1985 Winners are listed first highlighted in boldface and indicated with a double dagger 2 3 Best Picture Best Director Amadeus Saul Zaentz producer The Killing Fields David Puttnam producer A Passage to India John Brabourne and Richard B Goodwin producers Places in the Heart Arlene Donovan producer A Soldier s Story Norman Jewison Ronald L Schwary and Patrick Palmer producers Milos Forman Amadeus Woody Allen Broadway Danny Rose Roland Joffe The Killing Fields David Lean A Passage to India Robert Benton Places in the Heart Best Actor Best Actress F Murray Abraham Amadeus as Antonio Salieri Jeff Bridges Starman as Starman Scott Hayden Albert Finney Under the Volcano as Geoffrey Firmin Tom Hulce Amadeus as Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Sam Waterston The Killing Fields as Sydney Schanberg Sally Field Places in the Heart as Edna Spalding Judy Davis A Passage to India as Adela Quested Jessica Lange Country as Jewell Ivy Vanessa Redgrave The Bostonians as Olive Chancellor Sissy Spacek The River as Mae Garvey Best Supporting Actor Best Supporting Actress Haing S Ngor The Killing Fields as Dith Pran Adolph Caesar A Soldier s Story as Sgt Waters John Malkovich Places in the Heart as Mr Will Pat Morita The Karate Kid as Kesuke Miyagi Ralph Richardson posthumous nomination Greystoke The Legend of Tarzan Lord of the Apes as 6th Earl of Greystoke Peggy Ashcroft A Passage to India as Mrs Moore Glenn Close The Natural as Iris Gaines Lindsay Crouse Places in the Heart as Margaret Lomax Christine Lahti Swing Shift as Hazel Zanussi Geraldine Page The Pope of Greenwich Village as Mrs Ritter Best Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen Best Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium Places in the Heart Robert Benton Beverly Hills Cop Screenplay by Daniel Petrie Jr Story by Danilo Bach and Daniel Petrie Jr Broadway Danny Rose Woody Allen The North Gregory Nava and Anna Thomas Splash Screenplay by Lowell Ganz Babaloo Mandel and Bruce Jay Friedman Screen Story by Bruce Jay Friedman based on a story by Brian Grazer Amadeus Peter Shaffer based on his play Greystoke The Legend of Tarzan Lord of the Apes P H Vazak a and Michael Austin 4 based on the novel Tarzan of the Apes by Edgar Rice Burroughs The Killing Fields Bruce Robinson based on the article The Death and Life of Dith Pran by Sydney Schanberg A Passage to India David Lean based on the novel by E M Forster A Soldier s Story Charles Fuller based on his play A Soldier s Play Best Foreign Language Film Best Documentary Feature Dangerous Moves Switzerland Beyond the Walls Israel Camila Argentina Double Feature Spain Wartime Romance USSR The Times of Harvey Milk Robert Epstein and Richard Schmiechen High Schools Charles Guggenheim and Nancy Sloss In the Name of the People Alex W Drehsler and Frank Christopher Marlene Karel Dirka and Zev Braun Streetwise Cheryl McCall Best Documentary Short Subject Best Live Action Short Film The Stone Carvers Marjorie Hunt and Paul Wagner The Children of Soong Ching Ling Gary Bush and Paul T K Lin Code Gray Ethical Dilemmas in Nursing Ben Achtenberg and Joan Sawyer The Garden of Eden Lawrence R Hott and Roger M Sherman Recollections of Pavlovsk Irina Kalinina Up Mike Hoover The Painted Door Michael MacMillan Janice L Platt and Robert Verrall Tales of Meeting and Parting Sharon Oreck and Lesli Linka Glatter Best Animated Short Film Best Original Score Charade Jon Minnis Doctor DeSoto Morton Schindel and Michael Sporn Paradise Ishu Patel 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 Original Song Score Best Original Song Purple Rain Prince The Muppets Take Manhattan Jeff Moss Songwriter Kris Kristofferson I Just Called to Say I Love You from The Woman in Red Music and Lyrics by Stevie Wonder Against All Odds Take a Look at Me Now from Against All Odds Music and Lyrics by Phil Collins Footloose from Footloose Music and Lyrics by Kenny Loggins and Dean Pitchford Let s Hear It for the Boy from Footloose Music and Lyrics by Dean Pitchford and Tom Snow Ghostbusters from Ghostbusters Music and Lyrics by Ray Parker Jr Best Sound Best Art Direction Amadeus Mark Berger Tom Scott Todd Boekelheide and Chris Newman 2010 Michael J Kohut Aaron Rochin Carlos Delarios and Gene Cantamessa Dune Bill Varney Steve Maslow Kevin O Connell and Nelson Stoll A Passage to India Graham V Hartstone Nicolas Le Messurier Michael A Carter and John W Mitchell The River Nick Alphin Robert Thirlwell Richard Portman and David M Ronne Amadeus Art Direction Patrizia von Brandenstein Set Decoration Karel Cerny 2010 Art Direction Albert Brenner Set Decoration Rick Simpson The Cotton Club Art Direction Richard Sylbert Set Decoration George Gaines and Leslie Bloom The Natural Art Direction Mel Bourne Angelo P Graham James J Murakami and Speed Hopkins Set Decoration Bruce Weintraub A Passage to India Art Direction John Box and Leslie Tomkins Set Decoration Hugh Scaife Best Cinematography Best Makeup The Killing Fields Chris Menges Amadeus Miroslav Ondricek The Natural Caleb Deschanel A Passage to India Ernest Day The River Vilmos Zsigmond Amadeus Dick Smith and Paul LeBlanc 2010 Michael Westmore Greystoke The Legend of Tarzan Lord of the Apes Rick Baker and Paul Engelen Best Costume Design Best Film Editing Amadeus Theodor Pistek 2010 Patricia Norris The Bostonians Jenny Beavan and John Bright A Passage to India Judy Moorcroft Places in the Heart Ann Roth The Killing Fields Jim Clark Amadeus Nena Danevic and Michael Chandler The Cotton Club Barry Malkin and Robert Q Lovett A Passage to India David Lean Romancing the Stone Donn Cambern and Frank Morriss Best Visual Effects Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom Dennis Muren Michael J McAlister Lorne Peterson and George Gibbs 2010 Richard Edlund Neil Krepela George Jenson and Mark Stetson Ghostbusters Richard Edlund John Bruno Mark Vargo and Chuck Gaspar Honorary Academy Awards edit James Stewart for his fifty years of memorable performances For his high ideals both on and off the screen With the respect and affection of his colleagues National Endowment for the Arts in recognition of its 20th anniversary and its dedicated commitment to fostering artistic and creative activity and excellence in every area of the arts Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award edit David L Wolper Special Achievement Academy Award edit The River Kay Rose for Sound Effects Editing Films with multiple nominations and awards edit Films with multiple nominations Nominations Film 11 Amadeus A Passage to India 7 The Killing Fields Places in the Heart 5 2010 The Year We Make Contact The River 4 The Natural 3 Greystoke The Legend of Tarzan Lord of the Apes A Soldier s Story 2 The Bostonians Broadway Danny Rose The Cotton Club Footloose Ghostbusters Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom Under the Volcano Films with multiple wins Awards Film 8 Amadeus 3 The Killing Fields 2 A Passage to India Places in the HeartPresenters and performers editThe following persons listed in order of appearance presented awards or performed musical numbers Presenters edit Name Role Hank Simms Announcer for the 57th Academy Awards Gene Allen AMPAS President Gave opening remarks welcoming guests to the awards ceremony Linda Hunt Presenter of the award for Best Supporting Actor Michael Douglas Presenter of the award for Best Documentary Short Kathleen Turner Presenter of the award for Best Documentary Feature Kelly LeBrock Lonette McKee Presenters of the award for Best Makeup Gregory Hines Amy Irving Presenters of the award for Best Sound Diana Ross Tom Selleck Presenters of the award for Best Cinematography Ryan O Neal Presenter of the award for Best Supporting Actress Gene Kelly Presenter of the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award to David L Wolper Steve Martin Presenter of the award for Best Art Direction Janet Leigh Presenter of the Scientific amp Technical Awards Candice Bergen William Hurt Presenters of the award for Best Visual Effects Glenn Close Presenter of the Honorary Award to the National Endowment for the Arts Kirk Douglas Burt Lancaster Presenters of the Writing Awards Jeff Bridges Ann Reinking Presenters of the award for Best Original Score Michael Douglas Kathleen Turner Presenters of the award for Best Original Song Score Jennifer Beals Glenn Close Presenters of the award for Best Costume Design Jeff Bridges Ann Reinking Presenters of the award for Best Animated Short Film Tom Selleck Kathleen Turner Presenters of the award for Best Live Action Short Film Shirley MacLaine Presenter of the award for Best Actor Gregory Hines Presenter of the award for Best Original Song Genevieve Bujold William Hurt Presenters of the award for Best Film Editing Cary Grant Presenter of the Honorary Award to James Stewart Placido Domingo Faye Dunaway Presenters of the award for Best Foreign Language Film Steven Spielberg Presenter of the award for Best Director Robert Duvall Presenter of the award for Best Actress Laurence Olivier Presenter of the award for Best Picture Performers edit Name Role Performed Bill Conti Musical arranger and conductor Orchestral Ray Parker Jr Dom DeLuise Performers Ghostbusters from Ghostbusters Deniece Williams Performer Let s Hear It for the Boy from Footloose Ann Reinking Performer Against All Odds Take a Look at Me Now from Against All Odds Lonette McKee Willie NelsonKris Kristofferson Performers How Do You Feel about Foolin Around On the Road Again and Amazing Grace Debbie Allen Performer Footloose from Footloose Diana Ross Performer I Just Called to Say I Love You from The Woman in Red Academy Awards Orchestra Performers They Say It s Wonderful orchestral from Annie Get Your Gun during the closing creditsSee also edit42nd Golden Globe Awards 5th Golden Raspberry Awards 1984 in film Submissions for the 57th Academy Award for Best Foreign Film 27th Grammy Awards 36th Primetime Emmy Awards 37th Primetime Emmy Awards 38th British Academy Film Awards 39th Tony AwardsNotes edit Robert Towne was credited as P H VazakReferences edit Oscars The worst ever gaffes The Observer January 31 2009 The 57th Academy Awards 1985 Nominees and Winners oscars org Archived from the original on December 28 2011 Retrieved October 13 2011 The Official Academy Awards Database Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Select 1984 in the Award Year s drop down menu and press Search Here s complete list of this year s Oscar nominees The Montreal Gazette AP February 7 1985 Retrieved November 11 2012 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 57th Academy Awards amp oldid 1217742544, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
