1985 In Film

Events

Top grossing films

1. Back to the Future, starring Michael J. Fox, Christopher Lloyd and Lea Thompson
2. , starring Sylvester Stallone
3. Rocky IV, starring Sylvester Stallone
4. The Color Purple, directed by Steven Spielberg
5. Out of Africa, starring Meryl Streep and Robert Redford
6. Cocoon, directed by Ron Howard
7. Witness, starring Harrison Ford
8. The Goonies, starring Sean Astin
9. , starring Steve Guttenberg
10. A View to a Kill from the James Bond series

Academy Awards

• Best Picture: Out of Africa - Universal
• Best Actor: William Hurt - Kiss of the Spider Woman
• Best Actress: Geraldine Page - The Trip to Bountiful

Births

• November 11 - Michael Gonzalez, student

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

Other movies released

• A Chorus Line
• The Black Cauldron
• Brazil
• The Breakfast Club
• Cat's Eye
• Death Wish 3
• The Last Dragon
• Mask
• National Lampoon's European Vacation
• Porky's Revenge
• Real Genius
• St. Elmo's Fire

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