57th Academy Awards

Infobox Academy Awards
name = 57th
caption = "Amadeus"
date = Monday, March 25, 1985
site = Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Los Angeles
host = Jack Lemmon
producer = Gregory Peck, Robert E. Wise, Larry Gelbart, Gene Allen
director = Marty Pasetta
duration = 3 hours, 10 minutes
network = ABC
last = 56th
next = 58thThe 57th Academy Awards were presented March 25, 1985 at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Los Angeles. The ceremonies were presided over by Jack Lemmon.

Winners & Nominees

Best Picture

"Amadeus"
*"The Killing Fields"
*"A Passage to India"
*"Places in the Heart"
*"A Soldier's Story"

Best Director

"Amadeus - Milos Forman"
*"Broadway Danny Rose - Woody Allen"
*"The Killing Fields - Roland Joffe"
*"A Passage to India - David Lean"
*"Places in the Heart - Robert Benton"

Best Actor in a Leading Role

"Amadeus - F. Murray Abraham"
*"Amadeus - Tom Hulce"
*"The Killing Fields - Sam Waterson"
*"Starman - Jeff Bridges"
*"Under the Volcano - Albert Finney"

Best Actress in a Leading Role

"Places in the Heart - Sally Field"
*"The Bostonians - Vanessa Redgrave"
*"Country - Jessica Lange"
*"A Passage to India - Judy Davis"
*"The River - Sissy Spacek"

Best Actor in a Supporting Role

"The Killing Fields - Haing S. Ngor"
*" - Ralph Richardson"
*"The Karate Kid - Pat Morita"
*"Places in the Heart - John Malkovich"
*"A Soldier's Story - Adolph Caesar"

Best Actress in a Supporting Role

"A Passage to India - Peggy Ashcroft"
*"The Natural - Glenn Close"
*"Places in the Heart - Lindsay Crouse"
*"The Pope of Greenwich Village - Geraldine Page"
*"Swing Shift - Christine Lahti"

Best Original Screenplay

"Places in the Heart - Robert Benton"
*"Beverly Hills Cop - Danilo Bach and Daniel Petrie Jr."
*"Broadway Danny Rose - Woody Allen"
*"The North - Gregory Nava and Anna Thomas"
*"Splash - Brian Grazer , Lowell Ganz , Babaloo Mandel and Bruce Jay Friedman"

Best Adapted Screenplay

"Amadeus - Peter Shaffer"
*" - Robert Towne and Michael Austin"
*"The Killing Fields - Bruce Robinson"
*"A Passage to India - David Lean"
*"A Soldier's Story - Charles Fuller"

Best Cinematography

"The Killing Fields - Chris Menges"

Best Art Direction-Set Decoration

"Amadeus - Karel Cerny and Patrizia von Brandstein"

Best Costume Design

"Amadeus - Theodor Pistek"

Best Sound

"Amadeus - Mark Berger , Thomas Scott , Todd Boekelheide and Christopher Newman"

Best Film Editing

"The Killing Fields - Jim Clark"

Best Effects, Visual Effects

"Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom - Dennis Muren , Michael J. McAlister , Lorne Peterson and George Gibbs"

Best Makeup

"Amadeus - Dick Smith and Paul LeBlanc"

Best Music, Original Song

"The Woman in Red - Stevie Wonder for the song I Just Called to Say I Love You"

Best Music, Original Song Score

"Purple Rain - Prince"

Best Music, Original Score

"A Passage to India - Maurice Jarre"

Best Short Film, Animated

"Charade"

Best Short Film, Live Action

"Up"

Best Documentary, Short Subjects

"The Stone Carvers"

Best Documentary, Features

"The Times of Harvey Milk"

Best Foreign Language Film

"Dangerous Moves - Switzerland"