58th Academy Awards nominees and winners

This is a list of nominations by category for the 58th Academy Awards, held in 1986. Winners are in bold.

=Best Picture=

*"The Color Purple" - 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

=Performance by an actor in a leading role=

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

=Performance by an actress in a leading role=

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

=Performance by an actor in a supporting role=

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

=Performance by an actress in a supporting role=

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

Best Director

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

=Best Writing, Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen=

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

=Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium=

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

=Best Cinematography=

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

=Best Art Direction=

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

=Best Costume Design=

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

=Best Sound=

*"Back to the Future"
*"A Chorus Line"
*"Ladyhawke"
*"Out of Africa"
*"Silverado"

=Best Film Editing=

*"A Chorus Line"
*"Out of Africa"
*"Prizzi's Honor"
*"Runaway Train"
*"Witness"

Best Effects, Sound Effects Editing

*"Back to the Future"
*"Ladyhawke"
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=Best Effects, Visual Effects=

*"Cocoon"
*"Return to Oz"
*"Young Sherlock Holmes"

Best Makeup

*"The Color Purple" Ken Chase
*"Mask" Michael Westmore, Zoltan Elek
*"" Carl Fullerton

Best Music, Original Song

*"Back to the Future" Chris Hayes (music), Johnny Colla (music), Huey Lewis (lyrics)
**For the song "The Power of Love".
*"A Chorus LIne" Marvin Hamlisch (music), Ed Kleban (lyrics)
**For the song "Surprise, Surprise".
*"The Color Purple" 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" Lionel Richie
**For the song "Say You, Say Me".
*"White Nights" Stephen Bishop
**For the song "Separate Lives (Love Theme from White Nights)".

=Best Music, Original Score=

*"Agnes of God" Georges Delerue
*"The Color Purple" Quincy Jones, Jeremy Lubbock, Rod Temperton, Caiphus Semenya, Andraé Crouch, Chris Boardman, Jorge Calandrelli, Joel Rosenbaum, Fred Steiner, Jack Hayes, Jerry Hey, Randy Kerber
*"Out of Africa" John Barry
*"Silverado" Bruce Broughton
*"Witness" Maurice Jarre

=Best Short Film, Animated=

*"Anna & Bella"
*"The Big Snit"
*"Second Class Mail"

=Best Short Film, Live Action=

*"Graffiti"
*"Molly's Pilgrim"
*"Rainbow War"

=Best Documentary, Short Subjects=

*"The Courage to Care" Robert H. Gardner
*"" Michael Crowley, Jim Wolpaw
*"" Barbara Willis Sweete
*' David Goodman"'
*"The Wizard of the Strings" Alan Edelstein

=Best Documentary, Features=

*"Broken Rainbow" Maria Florio, Victoria Mudd
*"Mothers of the Plaza de Mayo" Susana Blaustein Muñoz, Lourdes Portillo
*"Soldiers in Hiding" Japhet Asher
*"The Statue of Liberty" Ken Burns, Buddy Squires
*"Unfinished Business (1985 film)" Steven Okazaki

=Best Foreign Language Film=

*"The Official Story"
**Argentina
*"3 hommes et un couffin"
**France
*"Bittere Ernte"
**West Germany
*"Oberst Redl"
**Hungary
*"When Father Was Away on Business"
**Yugoslavia