Out of Africa

Name: Out of Africa
Director: Sydney Pollack
Genre: Biography, Drama, Romance
Released: 1985

1985

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Sydney Pollack

1985·PG·

United States

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Biography Drama Romance

In 20th-century colonial Kenya, a Danish baroness/plantation owner has a passionate love affair with a free-spirited big-game hunter.

Cast

Robert Redford·Meryl Streep·Klaus Maria Brandauer·Michael Kitchen

Producers

Anna Cataldi·Terence A. Clegg·Kim Jorgensen·Sydney Pollack·Sid Sheinberg

Languages

Englishswa

Arabic

Major Awards

5 wins · 7 nominations

Wins (5)

Best Picture

Golden Globes, USA (1986)

Best Motion Picture - Drama

David di Donatello Awards (1986)

Best Foreign Film (Miglior Film Straniero)

Sydney Pollack

Academy Awards, USA (1986)

Best Picture

Sydney Pollack

Best Director

Academy Awards, USA (1986)

Best Director

Sydney Pollack

Best Screenplay

BAFTA Awards (1987)

Best Screenplay - Adapted

Kurt Luedtke

Nominations (7)

Best Picture

New York Film Critics Circle Awards (1985)

Best Film

Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards (1985)

Best Picture

César Awards, France (1987)

Best Foreign Film (Meilleur film étranger)

Sydney Pollack

Best Director

Golden Globes, USA (1986)

Best Director - Motion Picture

Sydney Pollack

Best Screenplay

Writers Guild of America, USA (1986)

Best Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium

Kurt Luedtke

Golden Globes, USA (1986)

Best Screenplay - Motion Picture

Kurt Luedtke

Best Actress

Academy Awards, USA (1986)

Best Actress in a Leading Role

Meryl Streep