39th British Academy Film Awards

1986 film awards ceremony

39th British Academy Film Awards

Date| 16 March 1986
Site| Grosvenor House Hotel
Hosted by| Michael Aspel
Highlights
Best Film| The Purple Rose of Cairo
Best Actor| William Hurt
Kiss of the Spider Woman
Best Actress| Peggy Ashcroft
A Passage to India
Most awards| Amadeus (4)
Most nominations| Amadeus and A Passage to India (9)

* ← 38th
* BAFTA Awards
* 40th →

The 39th British Academy Film Awards, more commonly known as the BAFTAs, took place on 16 March 1986 at the Grosvenor House Hotel in London, honouring the best national and foreign films of 1985. Presented by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts, accolades were handed out for the best feature-length film and documentaries of any nationality that were screened at British cinemas in 1985.[1]

There are no records showing any nominations, or a winner, for the BAFTA Award for Best Direction at this ceremony.[2]

Robert Greenhut and Woody Allen's The Purple Rose of Cairo won awards for Best Film and Original Screenplay.[3] William Hurt and Peggy Ashcroft took home Best Actor and Actress, whilst Denholm Elliott and Rosanna Arquette won in the supporting categories.

The ceremony was hosted by Michael Aspel for the second time.

## Winners and nominees

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William Hurt, Best Actor winner Peggy Ashcroft, Best Actress winner Rosanna Arquette, Best Supporting Actress winner Woody Allen, Best Original Screenplay winner Miroslav Ondříček, Best Cinematography winner Milena Canonero, Best Costume Design winner

### BAFTA Fellowship

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Main article: BAFTA Fellowship

* Steven Spielberg

### Outstanding British Contribution to Cinema

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Main article: BAFTA Outstanding British Contribution to Cinema Award

* Sydney Samuelson

### Awards

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Winners are listed first and highlighted in boldface.

Best Film

* The Purple Rose of Cairo – Robert Greenhut and Woody Allen
* Amadeus – Saul Zaentz and Miloš Forman
* Back to the Future – Bob Gale, Neil Canton and Robert Zemeckis
* A Passage to India – John Knatchbull, Richard Goodwin and David Lean
* Witness – Edward S. Feldman and Peter Weir

Best Actor in a Leading Role

* William Hurt – Kiss of the Spider Woman as Luis Molina
* F. Murray Abraham – Amadeus as Antonio Salieri
* Harrison Ford – Witness as Detective John Book
* Victor Banerjee – A Passage to India as Doctor Aziz Ahmed

Best Actress in a Leading Role

* Peggy Ashcroft – A Passage to India as Mrs. Moore
* Alexandra Pigg – Letter to Brezhnev as Elaine
* Kelly McGillis – Witness as Rachel Lapp
* Mia Farrow – The Purple Rose of Cairo as Cecilia

Best Actor in a Supporting Role

* Denholm Elliott – Defence of the Realm as Vernon Bayliss
* James Fox – A Passage to India as Richard Fielding
* John Gielgud – Plenty as Sir Leonard Darwin
* Saeed Jaffrey – My Beautiful Laundrette as Nasser Ali

Best Actress in a Supporting Role

* Rosanna Arquette – Desperately Seeking Susan as Roberta Glass
* Anjelica Huston – Prizzi's Honor as Maerose Prizzi
* Judi Dench – Wetherby as Marcia Pilborough
* Tracey Ullman – Plenty as Alice Park

Best Original Screenplay

* The Purple Rose of Cairo – Woody Allen
* Back to the Future – Robert Zemeckis and Bob Gale
* My Beautiful Laundrette – Hanif Kureishi
* Witness – Earl W. Wallace and William Kelley

Best Adapted Screenplay

* Prizzi's Honor – Richard Condon and Janet Roach
* Amadeus – Peter Shaffer
* A Passage to India – David Lean
* The Shooting Party – Julian Bond

Best Cinematography

* Amadeus – Miroslav Ondříček
* The Emerald Forest – Philippe Rousselot
* A Passage to India – Ernest Day
* Witness – John Seale

Best Costume Design

* The Cotton Club – Milena Canonero
* Amadeus – Theodor Pištěk
* Legend – Charles Knode
* A Passage to India – Judy Moorcroft

Best Editing

* Amadeus – Nena Danevic and Michael Chandler
* Back to the Future – Arthur Schmidt and Harry Keramidas
* A Chorus Line – John Bloom
* Witness – Thom Noble

Best Makeup and Hair

* Amadeus – Paul LeBlanc and Dick Smith
* The Emerald Forest – Peter Frampton, Paul Engelen, Anna Dryhurst, Luis Michelotti and Beth Presares
* Legend – Peter Robb-King and Rob Bottin
* Mask – Michael Westmore

Best Original Music

* Witness – Maurice Jarre
* Beverly Hills Cop – Harold Faltermeyer
* The Emerald Forest – Junior Homrich and Brian Gascoigne
* A Passage to India – Maurice Jarre

Best Production Design

* Brazil – Norman Garwood
* Amadeus – Patrizia von Brandenstein
* Back to the Future – Lawrence G. Paull
* A Passage to India – John Box

Best Sound

* Amadeus – John Nutt, Chris Newman and Mark Berger
* Carmen – Hugues Darmois, Harald Maury, Dominique Hennequin and Bernard Le Roux
* A Chorus Line – Jonathan Bates, Chris Newman and Gerry Humphreys
* The Cotton Club – Edward Beyer, Jack Jacobsen and David Carroll

Best Special Visual Effects

* Brazil – George Gibbs and Richard Conway
* Back to the Future – Kevin Pike and Ken Ralston
* Legend – Nick Allder and Peter Voysey
* The Purple Rose of Cairo – Greenberg Associates

Best Documentary

* Omnibus: Leonard Berstein's West Side Story – Christopher Swann
* Marilyn Monroe: Say Goodbye to the President – Christopher Olgiati
* David Lean: A Life in Film – Nigel Wattis
* The Frozen Ocean: Part 1 – Kingdom of the Ice Bear – Mike Salisbury and Hugh Miles

Best Film Not in the English Language

* Colonel Redl – Manfred Durniok and István Szabó
* Carmen – Patrice Ledoux and Francesco Rosi
* Dim Sum: A Little Bit of Heart – Tom Sternberg, Wayne Wang and Danny Yung
* Subway – Luc Besson and Francois Ruggieri

Best Short Animation

* Alias the Jester – Brian Cosgrove and Mark Hall
* Danger Mouse – Brian Cosgrove and Mark Hall
* SuperTed – David Edward and Mike Young
* The Wind in the Willows – Mark Hall and Brian Cosgrove

Best Short Film

* Careless Talk – Noella Smith
* One for My Baby – Chris Fallon
* The Woman Who Married Clark Gable – Thaddeus O'Sullivan

## Statistics

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Films that received multiple nominations  | Nominations  | Film

|

9  | Amadeus
A Passage to India
7  | Witness
5  | Back to the Future
4  | The Purple Rose of Cairo
3  | The Emerald Forest
Legend
2  | Brazil
Carmen
A Chorus Line
The Cotton Club
My Beautiful Laundrette
Plenty
Prizzi's Honor
Films that received multiple awards  | Awards  | Film

|

4  | Amadeus
2  | Brazil
The Purple Rose of Cairo

## See also

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* 58th Academy Awards
* 11th César Awards
* 38th Directors Guild of America Awards
* 43rd Golden Globe Awards
* 6th Golden Raspberry Awards
* 1st Independent Spirit Awards
* 12th Saturn Awards
* 38th Writers Guild of America Awards

## References

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1. ^ "Film in 1986". BAFTA. Retrieved July 3, 2022.
2. ^ "Awards Database: Search our record of winners & nominees, Year of Presentation: 1986, Award: Film". British Academy of Film and Television Arts. Retrieved 2020-01-19.
3. ^ Morgan, David (19 January 2023). "BAFTA Best Film Award Winners Since 1990 – A Photo Gallery". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved 11 February 2024.

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