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Out of Africa
1985
· Movie
· 161 min
B
MEANRANK
73/100
Where it ranks
- Mean Score #1826
- IMDb #1736
- Google retired #825
- Rotten Tomatoes #2267
- Metacritic #1624
- Letterboxd #2448
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- Rotten Tomatoes Critics #3231
- Rotten Tomatoes Audience #1464
- Metacritic Critics #1573
- Metacritic Audience #1836
- Criticker #1477
- Kinopoisk #1062
- AlloCiné #381
- Trakt #2175
Every rating
52–92
out of 100
Split
Lowest is Criticker on 52, highest is Google on 92.
See the films the platforms disagree about most →A strong-willed Danish woman arrives in Kenya to run a coffee plantation with her husband. She falls in love with the land and its people, and later begins a passionate but turbulent love affair with a big-game hunter, set against the breathtaking backdrop of colonial East Africa.
Details
- Director
- Sydney Pollack
- Writer
- Kurt Luedtke
- Based on
- Out of Africa by Karen Blixen
- Released
- 20 December 1985
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English, Swahili, Arabic
- Runtime
- 161 min
- Rated
- PG
- Budget
- $31.0M
- Box office
- $227.5M
- Awards
- 29 wins, 23 nominations
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Cast
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Awards & nominations
See all 52 →10 major awards won · 29 wins from 52 nominations across 22 ceremonies
| Academy Awards 1985 | Best Picture | Sydney Pollack | Winner |
| Academy Awards 1985 | Best Director | Sydney Pollack | Winner |
| Academy Awards 1985 | Best Adapted Screenplay | Kurt Luedtke | Winner |
| Academy Awards 1985 | Best Art Direction | Art Direction: Stephen B. Grimes ; Set Decoration: Josie MacAvin | Winner |
| Academy Awards 1985 | Best Cinematography | David Watkin | Winner |
| Academy Awards 1985 | Best Original Score | John Barry | Winner |
| Academy Awards 1985 | Best Sound | Chris Jenkins, Gary Alexander, Larry Stensvold, and Peter Handford | Winner |
| Golden Globe Awards 1985 | Best Motion Picture – Drama | Winner |
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Academy Awards
11 nominations, 7 won
| Best Adapted Screenplay | Kurt Luedtke | Winner |
| Best Art Direction | Art Direction: Stephen B. Grimes ; Set Decoration: Josie MacAvin | Winner |
| Best Cinematography | David Watkin | Winner |
| Best Director | Sydney Pollack | Winner |
| Best Original Score | John Barry | Winner |
| Best Picture | Sydney Pollack | Winner |
| Best Sound | Chris Jenkins, Gary Alexander, Larry Stensvold, and Peter Handford | Winner |
| Best Actress | Meryl Streep | Nominee |
| Best Costume Design | Milena Canonero | Nominee |
| Best Film Editing | Fredric Steinkamp, William Steinkamp, Pembroke J. Herring, and Sheldon Kahn | Nominee |
| Best Supporting Actor | Klaus Maria Brandauer | Nominee |
Golden Globe Awards
6 nominations, 3 won
| Best Motion Picture – Drama | Winner | |
| Best Original Score | John Barry | Winner |
| Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture | Klaus Maria Brandauer | Winner |
| Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama | Meryl Streep | Nominee |
| Best Director | Sydney Pollack | Nominee |
| Best Screenplay | Kurt Luedtke | Nominee |
César Awards
1 nomination
| Best Foreign Film | Sydney Pollack | Nominee |
Directors Guild of America Awards
1 nomination
| Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Motion Pictures | Sydney Pollack | Nominee |
Writers Guild of America Awards
1 nomination
| Best Screenplay – Based on Material from Another Medium | Kurt Luedtke | Nominee |
British Academy Film Awards
7 nominations, 3 won
| Best Adapted Screenplay | Kurt Luedtke | Winner |
| Best Cinematography | David Watkin | Winner |
| Best Sound | Tom McCarthy Jr., Peter Handford, and Chris Jenkins | Winner |
| Best Actor in a Supporting Role | Klaus Maria Brandauer | Nominee |
| Best Actress in a Leading Role | Meryl Streep | Nominee |
| Best Costume Design | Milena Canonero | Nominee |
| Best Original Music | John Barry | Nominee |
David di Donatello Awards
6 nominations, 2 won
| Best Foreign Actress | Meryl Streep | Winner |
| Best Foreign Film | Sydney Pollack | Winner |
| Best Foreign Actor | Robert Redford | Nominee |
| Best Foreign Director | Sydney Pollack | Nominee |
| Best Foreign Producer | Sydney Pollack | Nominee |
| Best Foreign Screenplay | Kurt Luedtke | Nominee |
Kansas City Film Critics Circle Awards
2 nominations, 2 won
| Best Actress | Meryl Streep | Winner |
| Best Supporting Actor | Klaus Maria Brandauer | Winner |
Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards
2 nominations, 2 won
| Best Actress | Meryl Streep | Winner |
| Best Cinematography | David Watkin | Winner |
New York Film Critics Circle Awards
2 nominations, 2 won
| Best Cinematographer | David Watkin | Winner |
| Best Supporting Actor | Klaus Maria Brandauer | Winner |
Nastro d'Argento
2 nominations, 1 won
| Best Foreign Director | Sydney Pollack | Winner |
| Best Foreign Actress | Meryl Streep | Nominee |
BMI Film & TV Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Film Music Award | John Barry | Winner |
British Society of Cinematographers Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Cinematography in a Theatrical Feature Film | David Watkin | Winner |
Golden Screen Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Golden Screen Awards | Winner |
Guild of German Art House Cinemas Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Foreign Film | Sydney Pollack | Winner |
Joseph Plateau Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Score | John Barry | Winner |
London Critics Circle Film Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Special Achievement Award | John Barry | Winner |
National Board of Review Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Supporting Actor | Klaus Maria Brandauer | Winner |
American Cinema Editors Awards
1 nomination
| Best Edited Feature Film | Fredric Steinkamp, William Steinkamp, Pembroke J. Herring, and Sheldon Kahn | Nominee |
DVD Exclusive Awards
1 nomination
| Best DVD Audio Commentary | Sydney Pollack (for the Collector's Edition ) | Nominee |
Japan Academy Film Prize
1 nomination
| Outstanding Foreign Language Film | Nominee |
Sant Jordi Awards
1 nomination
| Best Foreign Actress | Meryl Streep | Nominee |