1985 Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards

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Date December 14, 1985		Best Picture Brazil

The 11th Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards were announced on 14 December 1985 and given on 23 January 1986.

Winners

Best Picture:

Brazil

Runner-up: Out of Africa

Best Director:

Terry Gilliam – Brazil

Runner-up: Akira Kurosawa – Ran

Best Actor:

William Hurt – Kiss of the Spider Woman

Runner-up: Jack Nicholson – Prizzi's Honor

Best Actress:

Meryl Streep – Out of Africa

Runner-up: Whoopi Goldberg – The Color Purple

Best Supporting Actor:

John Gielgud – Plenty and The Shooting Party

Runner-up: William Hickey – Prizzi's Honor

Best Supporting Actress (tie):

Anjelica Huston – Prizzi's Honor

Runner-up: Oprah Winfrey – The Color Purple

Best Screenplay:

Terry Gilliam, Charles McKeown and Tom Stoppard - Brazil

Runner-up: Richard Condon and Janet Roach – Prizzi's Honor

Best Cinematography:

David Watkin – Out of Africa

Best Music Score:

Toru Takemitsu – Ran

Runner-up: Mark Isham - Trouble in Mind

Best Foreign Film (tie):

The Official Story (La historia oficial) • Argentina

Ran • Japan/France

Experimental/Independent Film/Video Award:

Rosa von Praunheim – Horror Vacui

New Generation Award:

Laura Dern

Runner-up: Whoopi Goldberg

Career Achievement Award:

Akira Kurosawa

Special Citation:

Claude Lanzmann - Shoah

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