USA,
1985, 161 min
Directed by:
Sydney PollackScreenplay:
Kurt LuedtkeCinematography:
David WatkinComposer:
John BarryCast:
Meryl Streep, Robert Redford, Klaus Maria Brandauer, Michael Kitchen, Malick Bowens, Michael Gough, Suzanna Hamilton, Rachel Kempson, Graham Crowden (more)VOD (4)
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Out of Africa follows the true life story of Karen Blixen (Meryl Streep), an amazingly strong willed woman who moves from Denmark to run a coffee plantation with her philandering husband (Klaus Maria Brandauer) in Kenya around 1914. To her astonishment she soon discovers herself falling in love with the land, its people and a mysterious adventurer and idealist (Robert Redford). Winner of 7 Academy Awards® including Best Picture, the film is masterfully crafted and breathtakingly produced to deliver one of the screen's greatest ever epic stories of hardship and love. (Fabulous Films)
(more)Awards
- Winner
- Nominations
Academy Awards
- 1986 - Best Motion Picture of the Year
- 1986 - Sydney Pollack (Best Achievement in Directing)
- 1986 - Kurt Luedtke (Best Adapted Screenplay)
- 1986 - David Watkin (Best Achievement in Cinematography)
- 1986 - John Barry (Best Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures (Original Score))
- 1986 - Best Achievement in Production Design
- 1986 - Best Sound Mixing
- 1986 - Meryl Streep (Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role)
- 1986 - Klaus Maria Brandauer (Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role)
- 1986 - Best Achievement in Film Editing
- 1986 - Best Achievement in Costume Design
British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA)
- 1987 - Kurt Luedtke (Best Adapted Screenplay)
- 1987 - David Watkin (Best Cinematography)
- 1987 - Best Sound
- 1987 - Meryl Streep (Best Leading Actress)
- 1987 - Klaus Maria Brandauer (Best Supporting Actor)
- 1987 - John Barry (Best Music)
- 1987 - Best Costume Design
César Awards
- 1987 - Best Foreign Film
Golden Globes
- 1986 - Best Motion Picture – Drama
- 1986 - Klaus Maria Brandauer (Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture)
- 1986 - John Barry (Best Original Score)
- 1986 - Sydney Pollack (Best Director)
- 1986 - Kurt Luedtke (Best Screenplay)
- 1986 - Meryl Streep (Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama)
Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards
- 1985 - Meryl Streep (Best Actress)
- 1985 - David Watkin (Best Cinematography)
- 1985 - Best Film
New York Film Critics Circle Awards
- 1985 - Klaus Maria Brandauer (Best Supporting Actor)
- 1985 - David Watkin (Best Cinematographer)
- 1985 - Best Film
- 1985 - Meryl Streep (Best Actress)