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Don’t forget to check out our other podcast: The Way Too Early Oscar Podcast a year-long Oscar podcast hosted by Marisa Carpico (Film Editor at ThePopBreak.com) and Matt Taylor that covers all the latest Oscar contenders and film festivals plus Oscar-related news and trends.
Matt Taylor and our film editor Marisa Carpico are finally back for a 5th season of their Oscar retrospective podcast, And the Winner Still Is…
In the Season Finale, Matt and Marisa dive into a wildly uneven year. In the Best Picture category they discuss the bizarre tonal shifts in Prizzi’s Honor, how Steven Spielberg’s The Color Purple compares to the recent music adaptation and they go feral over Witness.
Best Picture Nominees for the 1985 Oscars
Out of Africa – Winner
The Color Purple
Kiss of the Spider Woman
Prizzi’s Honor
Witness
Best Director
Sydney Pollack – Out of Africa – Winner
Héctor Babenco – Kiss of the Spider Woman
John Huston – Prizzi’s Honor
Akira Kurosawa – Ran
Peter Weir – Witness
Best Actress in a Leading Role
Geraldine Page – The Trip to Bountiful – Winner
Anne Bancroft – Agnes of God
Whoopi Goldberg – The Color Purple
Jessica Lange – Sweet Dreams
Meryl Streep – Out of Africa
Best Actress in a Supporting Role
Anjelica Huston – Prizzi’s Honor – Winner
Margaret Avery – The Color Purple
Amy Madigan – Twice in a Lifetime
Meg Tilly – Agnes of God
Oprah Winfrey – The Color Purple
Best Actor in a Leading Role
William Hurt – Kiss of the Spider Woman – Winner
Harrison Ford – Witness
James Garner – Murphy’s Romance
Jack Nicholson – Prizzi’s Honor
Jon Voight – Runaway Train
Best Actor in a Supporting Role
Don Ameche – Cocoon – Winner
Klaus Maria Brandauer – Out of Africa
William Hickey – Prizzi’s Honor
Robert Loggia – Jagged Edge
Eric Roberts – Runaway Train
