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38th British Academy Film Awards

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Date
  
5 March 1985

Hosted by
  
Terry Wogan

Site
  
Grosvenor House Hotel

Best Film
  
The Killing Fields

Best Actor
  
Haing S. NgorThe Killing Fields

Best Actress
  
Maggie SmithA Private Function

The 38th British Film Awards, which honoured the best films of 1984, were presented by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts at the Grosvenor House Hotel in London on 5 March 1985.

Contents

The evening's big winner was The Killing Fields, which had 13 nominations and won eight of them.

Best Film

The Killing Fields

  • Paris, Texas
  • A Private Function
  • The Dresser

    • Best Actor

    Haing S. Ngor in The Killing Fields

  • Sam Waterston in The Killing Fields
  • Albert Finney in The Dresser
  • Tom Courtenay in The Dresser

    • Best Actress

    Maggie Smith in A Private Function

  • Helen Mirren in Cal
  • Meryl Streep in Silkwood
  • Shirley MacLaine in Terms of Endearment

    • Best Supporting Actor

    Denholm Elliott in A Private Function

  • Michael Elphick in Gorky Park
  • Ian Holm in Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes
  • Ralph Richardson in Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes

    • Best Supporting Actress

    Liz Smith in A Private Function

  • Eileen Atkins in The Dresser
  • Tuesday Weld in Once Upon a Time in America
  • Cher in Silkwood

    • Best Direction

    Wim Wenders for Paris, Texas

  • Peter Yates for The Dresser
  • Roland Joffé for The Killing Fields
  • Sergio Leone for Once Upon a Time in America

    • Best Original Screenplay

    Broadway Danny Rose - Woody Allen

  • The Big Chill - Lawrence Kasdan & Barbara Benedek
  • Comfort and Joy - Bill Forsyth
  • A Private Function - Alan Bennett

    • Best Adapted Screenplay

    The Killing Fields - Bruce Robinson

  • Another Country - Julian Mitchell
  • The Dresser - Ronald Harwood
  • Paris, Texas - Sam Shepard

    • Best Cinematography

    The Killing Fields - Chris Menges

  • Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom - Douglas Slocombe
  • Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes - John Alcott
  • Once Upon a Time in America - Tonino Delli Colli

    • Best Editing

    The Killing Fields - Jim Clark

  • Under Fire - John Bloom & Mark Conte
  • Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom - Michael Kahn
  • Another Country - Gerry Hambling

    • Best Production Design

    The Killing Fields - Roy Walker

  • Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes - Stuart Craig
  • Nineteen Eighty-Four - Allan Cameron
  • The Company of Wolves - Anton Furst

    • Best Costume Design

    Once Upon a Time in America - Gabriella Pescucci

  • The Company of Wolves - Elizabeth Weller
  • The Bostonians - Jenny Beavan & John Bright
  • Un amour de Swann - Yvonne Sassinot De Nesles

    • Best Makeup Artist

    Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes - Paul Engelen, Peter Frampton, Rick Baker, Joan Hills

  • The Killing Fields - Tommie Manderson
  • The Dresser - Alan Boyle
  • The Company of Wolves - Jane Royle & Christopher Tucker

    • Best Sound

    The Killing Fields - Bill Rowe, Ian Fuller, Clive Winter

  • Carmen - Carlos Faruolo, Alfonso Marcos, Antonio Illan
  • Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes - Ivan Sharrock, Gordon K McCallum, Les Wiggins, Roy Baker
  • Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom - Ben Burtt, Simon Kaye, Laurel Ladevich

    • Best Special Visual Effects

    Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom - Dennis Muren, George Gibbs, Mike McAlister, Lorne Peterson

  • Ghostbusters - Richard Edlund
  • The Company of Wolves - Christopher Tucker, Alan Whibley
  • The Killing Fields - Fred Cramer

    • Best Score

    Once Upon a Time in America - Ennio Morricone

  • The Killing Fields - Mike Oldfield
  • Carmen - Paco de Lucía
  • Paris, Texas - Ry Cooder

    • Best Original Song

    "Ghostbusters" in Ghostbusters - Ray Parker Jr.

  • "No More Lonely Nights" in Give My Regards to Broad Street - Paul McCartney
  • "Together in Electric Dreams" in Electric Dreams - Giorgio Moroder & Philip Oakey
  • "I Just Called To Say I Love You" in The Woman in Red - Stevie Wonder

    • Best Foreign Language Film

    Carmen

  • A Sunday in the Country
  • Un amour de Swann
  • The Return of Martin Guerre

    • Best Short Film

    The Dress

  • Killing Time
  • Samson and Delilah

    • Most Promising Newcomer to Film

    Haing S. Ngor in The Killing Fields

  • Rupert Everett in Another Country
  • John Lynch in Cal
  • Tim Roth in The Hit

    • Outstanding British Contribution To Cinema

    Alan Parker & Alan Marshall

    References

    38th British Academy Film Awards Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA


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