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57th Academy Awards

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Hosted by
  
Jack Lemmon

Best Picture
  
Amadeus

Date
  
25 March 1985

Host
  
Jack Lemmon

Directed by
  
Marty Pasetta

Most awards
  
Amadeus (8)

Other ceremonies
  
1984, 1986

Site
  
Dorothy Chandler Pavilion

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Produced by
  
Gregory Peck, Robert Wise, Larry Gelbart, Gene Allen

Most nominations
  
Amadeus and A Passage to India (11)

Location
  
Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Los Angeles, California, United States

Producers
  
Gregory Peck, Robert Wise, Larry Gelbart, Gene Allen

The 57th Academy Awards were presented March 25, 1985 at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Los Angeles. The ceremonies were presided over by Jack Lemmon.

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Upon winning the Academy Award for Best Actress for her performance in Places in the Heart, Sally Field exclaimed, "The first time I didn't feel it, but this time I feel it, and I can't deny the fact that you like me, right now, you like me!" (often misquoted as "you really like me!")

The big winner at the ceremony was Milos Forman's Amadeus, which had received 11 nominations and won 8 awards including Best Picture and Best actor for F.Murray Abraham. As of the 87th Academy Awards, Amadeus is the most recent film to receive two lead actor nominations.

The winner of Best Supporting Actor was also significant. Haing S. Ngor, a Cambodian surgeon who survived the horrors of the Khmer Rouge, won the award for his performance as Dith Pran in Roland Joffé's The Killing Fields, despite having no previous acting experience. Ngor and Harold Russell are the only two non-professional actors to win Academy Awards for acting.

Seventy-seven-year-old Peggy Ashcroft won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her performance in A Passage to India, making her the oldest winner in that category.

This ceremony marks the first time that multiple black nominees would win an Oscar, when Prince and Stevie Wonder won for their respective work on Purple Rain and The Woman in Red. Additionally, it was the first and only time that all five nominated songs topped the Billboard Hot 100 chart.

Awards

Winners are listed first, highlighted in boldface and indicated with a double dagger ().

Honorary Academy Awards

  • James Stewart "for his fifty years of memorable performances. For his high ideals both on and off the screen. With the respect and affection of his colleagues."
  • National Endowment for the Arts "in recognition of its 20th anniversary and its dedicated commitment to fostering artistic and creative activity and excellence in every area of the arts."
  • Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award

  • David L. Wolper
  • Special Achievement Academy Award

  • The River – Kay Rose
  • Presenters and performers

    The following persons, listed in order of appearance, presented awards or performed musical numbers.

    References

    57th Academy Awards Wikipedia