Academy Awards, 1985: Best picture; best director (Pollock); best art direction-set decoration; best cinematography; best screenplay adapted from another medium; best music, original score; best sound.
(DVD)videorecording
Out of Africa [DVD] (1985). Directed by Sydney Pollack.
Based on a true story: Karen Blixen joins her Swedish husband Bror Blixen on the coffee plantation he purchased in Kenya. However, Bror's philandering and the plantation's declining fortunes take their toll on her, even as she falls for a handsome Brit, Denys Finch...
General Note
Based on the life of writer Isak Dinesen.
Based on the books: Out of Africa ; Shadows on the grass ; Letters from Africa / by Isak Dinesen. Isak Dinesen, the life of a storyteller / by Judith Thurman. Silence will speak / by Errol Trzebinski.
Originally produced as a motion picture in 1985.
Special features: Song of Africa : an original documentary; feature commentary with director Sydney Pollack; production notes; cast & filmmakers; theatrical trailer; Universal WEB links.