Sunday, January 17, 2021

The Best and Worst of 1985

 

via Cheat Sheet

Another year of Thoughts On has come to an end. Read my ballot and post your own (or question my choices) in the comments.


Best Picture
Back to the Future, Brazil, The Color Purple, Out of Africa, Ran
Also-Rans
Blood Simple, Kiss of the Spider Woman, Pee-wee's Big Adventure, Prizzi's Honor, The Purple Rose of Cairo
Worst Picture
Brewster's Millions, A Chorus Line, Perfect, Rambo: First Blood Part II, Year of the Dragon
Also-Rans
Jagged Edge, Just One of the Guys, The Man with One Red Shoe, Santa Claus: The Movie, A View to a Kill

Best Director
Terry Gilliam, Brazil; John Huston, Prizzi's Honor; Akira Kurosawa, Ran; Sidney Pollack, Out of Africa; Steven Spielberg, The Color Purple
Also-Rans
Hector Babenco, Kiss of the Spider Woman; Tim Burton, Pee-wee's Big Adventure; Joel Coen, Blood Simple; Alan Rudolph, Trouble in Mind; Peter Weir, Witness
Worst Director
Richard Attenborough, A Chorus Line; James Bridges, Perfect; Michael Cimino, Year of the Dragon; George P. Cosmatos (and Sylvester Stallone), Rambo: First Blood Part II; Alan Metter, Girls Just Want to Have Fun
Also-Rans
Stan Dragoti, The Man with One Red Shoe; John Hughes, The Breakfast Club; Matthew Robbins, The Legend of Billie Jean; Joel Schumacher, St. Elmo's Fire; Jeannot Szwarc, Santa Claus: The Movie

Best Screenplay
Woody Allen, The Purple Rose of Cairo; Albert Brooks, Lost in America; Terry Gilliam, Tom Stoppard & Charles McKeown, Brazil; Phil Harman, Paul Reubens & Michael Varhol, Pee-wee's Big Adventure; Robert Zemeckis & Bob Gale, Back to the Future
Also-Rans
Joel & Ethan Coen, Blood Simple; Richard Condon & Janet Roach, Prizzi's Honor; Akira Kurosawa, Hideo Oguni & Masado Ide, Ran; Kurt Luedtke, Out of Africa; Jonathan Lynn, Clue
Worst Screenplay
James Cameron and Sylvester Stallone, Rambo: First Blood Part II; Joe Eszterhas, Jagged Edge; Dennis Feldman & Jeff Franklin, Just One of the Guys; Aaron Lathan & James Bridges, Perfect; Arnold Schulman, A Chorus Line
Also-Rans
Robert Getchell, Sweet Dreams; Lawrence Konner & Marc Rosenthal, The Legend of Billie Jean; David Newman, Santa Claus: The Movie, Sylvester Stallone, Rocky IV; Oliver Stone & Michael Cimino, Year of the Dragon

Best Actor
Jeff Daniels, The Purple Rose of Cairo; William Hurt, Kiss of the Spider Woman; Tatsuya Nakadai, Ran; Jack Nicholson, Prizzi's Honor; Paul Reubens, Pee-wee's Big Adventure
Also-Rans
Chevy Chase, Fletch; William Petersen, To Live and Die in L.A.; Jonathan Pryce, Brazil; Eric Stoltz, Mask; Jon Voight, Runaway Train
Worst Actor
Judd Nelson, The Breakfast Club and St. Elmo's Fire; Richard Pryor, Brewster's Millions; Mickey Rourke, Year of the Dragon; Sylvester Stallone, Rambo: First Blood Part II; John Travolta, Perfect
Also-Rans
Michael Douglas, The Jewel of the Nile and A Chorus Line; Roger Moore, A View to a Kill; Mark Patton, A Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy's Revenge; Sting, The Bride; Taimak, The Last Dragon

Best Actress
Norma Aleandro, The Official Story; Cher, Mask; Whoopi Goldberg, The Color Purple; Geraldine Page, The Trip to Bountiful; Meryl Streep, Out of Africa
Also-Rans
Coral Browne, Dreamchild; Laura Dern, Smooth Talk; Mia Farrow, The Purple Rose of Cairo; Miranda Richardson, Dance with a Stranger; Kathleen Turner, Prizzi's Honor
Worst Actress
Jennifer Beals, The Bride; Julia Nickson, Rambo: First Blood Part II; Tanya Roberts, A View to a Kill; Talia Shire, Rocky IV; Vanity, The Last Dragon
Also-Rans
Ariane, Year of the Dragon; Jamie Lee Curtis, Perfect; Sarah Jessica Parker, Girls Just Want to Have Fun; Alyson Reed, A Chorus Line; Helen Slater, The Legend of Billie Jean

Best Supporting Actor
Klaus Maria Brandauer, Out of Africa; Wilford Brimley, Cocoon; Danny Glover, Witness, Silverado and The Color Purple; William Hickey, Prizzi's Honor; M. Emmet Walsh, Blood Simple
Also-Rans
Willem Dafoe, To Live and Die in L.A.; Crispin Glover, Back to the Future; Ian Holm, Dance with a Stranger, Dreamchild and Brazil; Eric Roberts, Runaway Train; Daisuke Ryu, Ran
Worst Supporting Actor
Steven Berkoff, Rambo: First Blood Part II; Peter Coyote, Jagged Edge; Clu Gulager, A Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy's Revenge; Dudley Moore, Santa Claus: The Movie; Jann Wenner, Perfect
Also-Rans
Richard Bradford, The Legend of Billie Jean; Julius J. Carry, The Last Dragon; Emilio Estevez, The Breakfast Club; Billy Jacoby, Just One of the Guys; Craig Sheffer, That Was Then ... This Is Now

Best Supporting Actress
Margaret Avery, The Color Purple; Mieko Harada, Ran; Anjelica Huston, Prizzi's Honor; Madonna, Desperately Seeking Susan; Oprah Winfrey, The Color Purple
Also-Rans
Sonia Braga, Kiss of the Spider WomanGeneviève Bujold, Trouble in Mind; Kim Darby, Better Off Dead ...; Mary Kay Place, Smooth Talk; Amelia Shankley, Dreamchild
Worst Supporting Actress
Caroline Kava, Year of the Dragon; Demi Moore, St. Elmo's Fire; Brigitte Nielsen, Rocky IV; Yeardley Smith, The Legend of Billie Jean; Ann Wedgeworth, Sweet Dreams
Also-Rans
Carrie Fisher, The Man with One Red Shoe; Mariel Hemingway, The Mean Season; Molly Ringwald, The Breakfast Club; Meg Tilly, Agnes of God; Tina Turner, Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome

Best Ensemble
After Hours, Back to the Future, Clue, Cocoon, The Goonies, Pee-wee's Big Adventure, The Purple Rose of Cairo, Ran, Silverado, To Live and Die in L.A.

Best Song
"Don't You (Forget About Me)," The Breakfast Club; "El Gavilan," Trouble in Mind; "If I Ruled the World," Krush Groove; "Into the Groove," Desperately Seeking Susan; "Miss Celie's Blues (Sister)," The Color Purple; "One Way Love (Better Off Dead)," Better Off Dead ...; "The Power of Love," Back to the Future; "Say You, Say Me," White Nights; "To Live and Die in L.A.," To Live and Die in L.A.; "We Don't Need Another Hero (Thunderdome)," Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome

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