That`s Dancing 1985 Torrent
“Krush Groovin'” by Krush Groove All-Stars (Krush Groove, 1985). White kids in the suburbs were beat-boxing and laying cardboard boxes in their driveways for break dancing before Licensed to Ill came along. Breakin' and Beat Street took budding New York hip-hop culture to middle America in 1984. Rap music has always existed as an element of Hip Hop since the culture's birth in the early 1970s. The first rappers (called MCs) would rap over funk, reggae, dub, soul, and disco beats and would hold spontaneous rhyming battles that were meant to verbally attack an opponent called 'freestyles' (freestyling and flowing were words used to describe the impromptu vocal delivery).
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The following is an overview of events in 1985 in film, including the highest-grossing films, award ceremonies and festivals, a list of films released and notable deaths.
- 5Wide-release films
Highest-grossing films (U.S.)[edit]
The top ten 1985 released films by box office gross in North America are as follows:
Rank | Title | Distributor | Domestic gross |
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1. | Back to the Future | Universal | $210,609,762 |
2. | Rambo: First Blood Part II | TriStar | $150,415,432 |
3. | Rocky IV | MGM | $127,873,716 |
4. | The Color Purple | Warner Bros. | $94,175,854 |
5. | Out of Africa | Universal | $87,071,205 |
6. | Cocoon | 20th Century Fox | $76,113,124 |
7. | The Jewel of the Nile | $75,973,200 | |
8. | Witness | Paramount | $68,706,993 |
9. | The Goonies | Warner Bros. | $61,389,680 |
10. | Spies Like Us | $60,088,980 |
Events[edit]
- June 5 - The Chicago Cubs play the Atlanta Braves in a baseball game at Wrigley Field. Excerpts from the broadcast later pin this date as the day featured in Ferris Bueller's Day Off.
- December 3 - Roger Moore steps down from the role of James Bond after twelve years and seven films. He is replaced by Timothy Dalton.
Awards[edit]
Years in film |
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Academy Awards:
- Best Picture: Out of Africa - Universal
- Best Director: Sydney Pollack - Out of Africa
- Best Actor: William Hurt - Kiss of the Spider Woman
- Best Actress: Geraldine Page - The Trip to Bountiful
- Best Supporting Actor: Don Ameche - Cocoon
- Best Supporting Actress: Anjelica Huston - Prizzi's Honor
- Best Foreign Language Film: The Official Story (La historia oficial), directed by Luis Puenzo, Argentina
- Honorary Award for Lifetime Achievement: Paul Newman and Alex North
Golden Globe Awards:
- Drama:
- Best Picture: Out of Africa
- Best Actor: Jon Voight - Runaway Train
- Best Actress: Whoopi Goldberg - The Color Purple
- Comedy or Musical:
- Best Picture: Prizzi's Honor
- Best Actor: Jack Nicholson - Prizzi's Honor
- Best Actress: Kathleen Turner - Prizzi's Honor
- Other
- Best Supporting Actor: Klaus Maria Brandauer - Out of Africa
- Best Supporting Actress: Meg Tilly - Agnes of God
- Best Director: John Huston - Prizzi's Honor
- Best Foreign Language Film: The Official Story (La historia oficial), Argentina
Palme d'Or (Cannes Film Festival):
- When Father Was Away on Business (Otac na službenom putu), directed by Emir Kusturica, Yugoslavia
Golden Lion (Venice Film Festival):
- Vagabond (Sans toit ni loi), directed by Agnès Varda, France / U.K.
Golden Bear (Berlin Film Festival):
- Die Frau und der Fremde (The Woman and the Stranger), directed by Rainer Simon, East Germany
- Wetherby, directed by David Hare, United Kingdom
Golden Raspberry Awards:
- Worst Picture: Rambo: First Blood Part II
- Worst Director: Sylvester Stallone - Rocky IV
- Worst Actor: Sylvester Stallone - Rambo: First Blood Part II & Rocky IV
- Worst Actress: Linda Blair - Night Patrol, Savage Island & Savage Streets
- Worst Supporting Actor: Rob Lowe - St. Elmo's Fire
- Worst Supporting Actress: Brigitte Nielsen - Rocky IV
- Worst Screenplay: Sylvester Stallone & James Cameron - Rambo: First Blood Part II
- Worst New Star: Brigitte Nielsen - Red Sonja & Rocky IV
Australian Film Institute Awards
- Best Film: Bliss
Notable films released in 1985[edit]
U.S.A. unless stated
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- 28 Up, a documentary film - (U.K.)
A
- Adieu Bonaparte, directed by Youssef Chahine, starring Michel Piccoli - (France/Egypt)
- The Adventures of Mark Twain, starring James Whitmore
- After Hours, directed by Martin Scorsese, starring Griffin Dunne, Rosanna Arquette, Catherine O'Hara, Teri Garr, Linda Fiorentino, John Heard, Verna Bloom, Cheech Marin, Tommy Chong
- Agnes of God, directed by Norman Jewison; starring Jane Fonda, Anne Bancroft, Meg Tilly
- Alamo Bay, directed by Louis Malle, starring Ed Harris and Amy Madigan
- Alice in Wonderland, TV film, starring Natalie Gregory, Sid Caesar, Carol Channing, Sammy Davis, Jr., Telly Savalas, Ringo Starr
- The Alley Cat (Le Matou) - (Canada)
- American Flyers, starring Kevin Costner, David Marshall Grant, Rae Dawn Chong, Alexandra Paul
- American Ninja, starring Michael Dudikoff
- Angry Harvest (Bittere Ernte), starring Armin Mueller-Stahl - (West Germany)
- Anne of Green Gables, starring Megan Follows - (Canada)
- Arjun, starring Sunny Deol and Dimple Kapadia - (India)
- The Assam Garden, starring Deborah Kerr and Madhur Jaffrey - (U.K.)
- Asterix Versus Caesar (Astérix et la surprise de César) - (France)
- The Aviator, starring Christopher Reeve, Rosanna Arquette, Jack Warden
B
- Baby: Secret of the Lost Legend, starring Sean Young, William Katt and Patrick McGoohan
- Back to the Future, directed by Robert Zemeckis, starring Michael J. Fox, Christopher Lloyd, Lea Thompson, Crispin Glover, Thomas F. Wilson
- Bad Medicine, starring Steve Guttenberg, Julie Hagerty and Alan Arkin
- Better Off Dead, starring John Cusack
- Black Arrow, starring Oliver Reed and Fernando Rey
- Bliss - (Australia)
- The Boys Next Door, starring Maxwell Caulfield and Charlie Sheen
- Brazil, directed by Terry Gilliam, starring Jonathan Pryce and Robert De Niro - (U.K.)
- The Breakfast Club, directed by John Hughes, starring Emilio Estevez, Molly Ringwald, Judd Nelson, Ally Sheedy, Anthony Michael Hall, Paul Gleason
- Brewster's Millions, starring Richard Pryor and John Candy
- The Bride, starring Sting and Jennifer Beals - (U.K./U.S.A.)
- The Burmese Harp (Biruma no tategoto), directed by Kon Ichikawa, a remake of Ichikawa's 1956 film - (Japan)
- Butterfly and Flowers (Peesua lae dokmai) - (Thailand)
C
- Calamari Union, directed by Aki Kaurismäki - (Finland)
- Came a Hot Friday - (New Zealand)
- Cat's Eye, an anthology film starring Drew Barrymore, James Woods, Alan King, Kenneth McMillan, Robert Hays
- The Care Bears Movie, starring Mickey Rooney (voice) - (Canada)
- Cemetery of Terror
- Chicken with Vinegar (Poulet au Vinaigre), directed by Claude Chabrol - (France)
- A Chorus Line, directed by Richard Attenborough, starring Michael Douglas and Alyson Reed
- Clue, starring Tim Curry, Eileen Brennan, Michael McKean, Lesley Ann Warren, Christopher Lloyd, Madeline Kahn, Martin Mull, Colleen Camp
- The Coca-Cola Kid, starring Eric Roberts and Greta Scacchi
- Cocoon, directed by Ron Howard, starring Don Ameche, Wilford Brimley, Hume Cronyn, Brian Dennehy, Steve Guttenberg, Barret Oliver, Maureen Stapleton, Jessica Tandy, Gwen Verdon, Tahnee Welch
- Code of Silence, directed by Andrew Davis, starring Chuck Norris and Molly Hagan
- Colonel Redl, directed by István Szabó, starring Klaus Maria Brandauer - (West Germany/Hungary/Austria)
- The Color Purple, directed by Steven Spielberg, starring Whoopi Goldberg, Danny Glover, Margaret Avery, Adolph Caesar, Rae Dawn Chong, Oprah Winfrey
- Come and See (Idi i smotri) - (U.S.S.R.)
- Commando, starring Arnold Schwarzenegger, Rae Dawn Chong, Vernon Wells, Dan Hedaya, Bill Duke, David Patrick Kelly, Alyssa Milano
- Compromising Positions, directed by Frank Perry, starring Susan Sarandon, Raúl Juliá, Judith Ivey, Joe Mantegna
- Crime Wave - (Canada)
- Crimewave, directed by Sam Raimi, starring Bruce Campbell
D
- D.A.R.Y.L., starring Barret Oliver, Mary Beth Hurt, Michael McKean, Josef Sommer and Colleen Camp
- Dance with a Stranger, directed by Mike Newell, starring Rupert Everett and Miranda Richardson - (U.K.)
- Day of the Dead, directed by George A. Romero - the final part of Romero's zombie trilogy
- Death in a French Garden (Péril en la demeure) - (France)
- Death of a Salesman, directed by Volker Schlöndorff, starring Dustin Hoffman and John Malkovich - (made for TV)
- Death Wish 3, starring Charles Bronson
- Defence of the Realm, starring Gabriel Byrne and Greta Scacchi - (U.K.)
- Déjà Vu, directed by Anthony B. Richmond, starring Jaclyn Smith, Claire Bloom, Nigel Terry and Shelley Winters
- Desert Hearts, starring Patricia Charbonneau, Helen Shaver, Audra Lindley
- Desperately Seeking Susan, directed by Susan Seidelman, starring Rosanna Arquette, Madonna, Aidan Quinn, Laurie Metcalf
- Dim Sum: A Little Bit of Heart, directed by Wayne Wang
- Dissolved and Effused (Rozpuštěný a vypuštěný) - (Czechoslovakia)
- Dreamchild, starring Ian Holm, Coral Browne, Peter Gallagher - (U.K.)
E
- Eleni, directed by Peter Yates, starring John Malkovich, Kate Nelligan, Linda Hunt, Glenne Headly
- The Emerald Forest, directed by John Boorman, starring Powers Boothe, Meg Foster, Charley Boorman - (U.K.)
- Enemy Mine, directed by Wolfgang Petersen, starring Dennis Quaid and Louis Gossett, Jr. - (West Germany/U.S.A.)
- Eoudong (Courtesan) - (South Korea)
- Ewoks: The Battle for Endor, starring Wilford Brimley and Warwick Davis
- Explorers, directed by Joe Dante, starring Ethan Hawke, River Phoenix and Jason Presson
F
- The Falcon and the Snowman, directed by John Schlesinger, starring Timothy Hutton and Sean Penn
- Family Life (La Vie de Famille) - (France)
- Fandango, starring Kevin Costner and Judd Nelson
- Festa di laurea (Graduation Party) - (Italy)
- Fever Pitch, directed by Richard Brooks, starring Ryan O'Neal, Giancarlo Giannini, Chad Everett, Catherine Hicks
- Final Justice, starring Joe Don Baker
- Fire Festival (Himatsuri) - (Japan)
- Flesh and Blood, directed by Paul Verhoeven, starring Rutger Hauer and Jennifer Jason Leigh - (U.S.A./Netherlands/Spain)
- Fletch, starring Chevy Chase
- Fool for Love, directed by Robert Altman, starring Sam Shepard and Kim Basinger
- Fran - (Australia)
- Friday the 13th, Part V: A New Beginning, directed by Danny Steinmann, starring Melanie Kinnaman and John Shepherd
- Fright Night, starring William Ragsdale, Chris Sarandon, Roddy McDowall, Amanda Bearse
G
- Ghoulies, starring Peter Liapis, Lisa Pelikan, Michael Des Barres, Scott Thompson
- Ghulami, starring Dharmendra and Naseeruddin Shah - (India)
- Girls Just Want to Have Fun, starring Sarah Jessica Parker and Helen Hunt
- Give the Devil His Due (S čerty nejsou žerty) - (Czechoslovakia)
- Goodbye, New York, starring Julie Hagerty
- The Goonies, directed by Richard Donner, starring Sean Astin, Josh Brolin, Jeff Cohen, Corey Feldman, Kerri Green, Jonathan Ke Quan, Martha Plimpton
- Gotcha!, starring Anthony Edwards and Linda Fiorentino
- Grace Quigley, starring Katharine Hepburn and Nick Nolte
- La Gran Fiesta - (Puerto Rico)
- Guest from the Future (Gostya iz budushchego) - (U.S.S.R.)
H
- Hail Mary (Je vous salue, Marie), directed by Jean-Luc Godard - (France)
- Half Life: A Parable for the Nuclear Age - (Australia)
- Heaven Help Us, starring Andrew McCarthy and Mary Stuart Masterson
- Here Come the Littles - (U.S.A./Canada/Japan/Luxembourg)
- The Holcroft Covenant, starring Michael Caine, Anthony Andrews, Victoria Tennant, Lilli Palmer
- The Home and the World (Ghare Baire), directed by Satyajit Ray - (India)
- Hour of the Star (A Hora da Estrela) - (Brazil)
- How Poets are Losing Their Illusions (Jak básníci přicházejí o iluze) - (Czechoslovakia)
I
- De IJssalon (The Ice-Cream Parlor) - (Netherlands)
- Insignificance, directed by Nicolas Roeg, starring Theresa Russell, Tony Curtis, Gary Busey - (U.K.)
- Into the Night, starring Jeff Goldblum and Michelle Pfeiffer
- Invasion U.S.A., starring Chuck Norris
J
- Jagged Edge, directed by Richard Marquand, starring Glenn Close, Jeff Bridges, Robert Loggia, Peter Coyote
- The Jewel of the Nile, directed by Lewis Teague, starring Michael Douglas, Kathleen Turner, Danny DeVito
- Joshua Then and Now, starring James Woods and Alan Arkin - (Canada)
- The Journey of Natty Gann, starring Meredith Salenger and John Cusack
- Just One of the Guys, starring Joyce Hyser
K
- Kaakki Sattai, starring Kamal Haasan and Madhavi - (India)
- King David, starring Richard Gere - (U.K./U.S.A.)
- King Solomon's Mines, starring Richard Chamberlain and Sharon Stone
- Kiss of the Spider Woman (O Beijo da Mulher Aranha), directed by Héctor Babenco, starring William Hurt, Raúl Juliá, Sônia Braga - (Brazil/U.S.A.)
- Krush Groove, starring Blair Underwood, Run–D.M.C., Sheila E.
L
- Ladyhawke, starring Matthew Broderick, Michelle Pfeiffer and Rutger Hauer
- The Last Dragon, starring Taimak, Faith Prince
- The Last Polka, starring John Candy and Eugene Levy - (Canada)
- Latino, directed by Haskell Wexler
- Leave All Fair, starring John Gielgud and Jane Birkin (New Zealand/France)
- Legend, directed by Ridley Scott, starring Tom Cruise, Mia Sara, Tim Curry - (U.K./U.S.A.)
- The Legend of Billie Jean, starring Helen Slater, Keith Gordon, Peter Coyote, Christian Slater, Yeardley Smith
- The Legend of Suram Fortress, directed by Sergei Parajanov (Soviet Union)
- Letter to Brezhnev, starring Peter Firth and Alexandra Pigg - (U.K.)
- Lonely Heart (Sabishinbou) - (Japan)
- Lost in America, directed by and starring Albert Brooks, with Julie Hagerty
- Lust in the Dust, directed by Paul Bartel, starring Divine, Tab Hunter, Lainie Kazan
M
- Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome, starring Mel Gibson and Tina Turner - (Australia)
- The Man with One Red Shoe, starring Tom Hanks, Carrie Fisher, Lori Singer, Dabney Coleman
- Manevri na petiya etazh (Maneuvers on the Fifth Floor) - (Bulgaria)
- Marie, starring Sissy Spacek, Jeff Daniels, Fred Dalton Thompson
- Mask, directed by Peter Bogdanovich, starring Eric Stoltz, Cher and Sam Elliott
- Mask of Murder, starring Rod Taylor and Valerie Perrine - (U.S.A./Sweden)
- The Mass Is Ended (La messa è finita), directed by and starring Nanni Moretti - (Italy)
- Maxie, starring Glenn Close, Mandy Patinkin, Ruth Gordon, Valerie Curtin
- The Mean Season, starring Kurt Russell, Mariel Hemingway and Richard Jordan
- Meri Jung, starring Anil Kapoor - (India)
- Mirch Masala (Spices), starring Naseeruddin Shah, Smita Patil, Om Puri - (U.K./India)
- Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters, directed by Paul Schrader, starring Ken Ogata - (U.S.A./Japan)
- Movers & Shakers, directed by William Asher, starring Walter Matthau, Charles Grodin, Gilda Radner
- Mr. Vampire (Goeng-si Sin-sang) - (Hong Kong)
- Murphy's Romance, directed by Martin Ritt, starring Sally Field, James Garner, Brian Kerwin, Corey Haim
- My Beautiful Laundrette, directed by Stephen Frears, starring Daniel Day-Lewis and Gordon Warnecke - (U.K.)
- My Life as a Dog (Mitt liv som hund), directed by Lasse Hallström - (Sweden) - Golden Globe Award for Best Foreign Language Film
- My Sweet Little Village (Vesničko má středisková), directed by Jiří Menzel - (Czechoslovakia)
N
- National Lampoon's European Vacation, starring Chevy Chase and Beverly D'Angelo
- No End (Bez końca), directed by Krzysztof Kieślowski - (Poland)
- No Surrender, starring Michael Angelis and Bernard Hill - (U.K.)
- Nothing Left to Do But Cry (Non ci resta che piangere), directed by and starring Roberto Benigni and Massimo Troisi - (Italy)
O
- The Official Story (La historia oficial) - (Argentina) - Academy and Golden Globe Awards for Best Foreign Language Film
- Once Bitten, starring Lauren Hutton and Jim Carrey (in his first major role)
- One Magic Christmas, starring Mary Steenburgen and Harry Dean Stanton - (U.S.A./Canada)
- Ordeal by Innocence, starring Donald Sutherland, Faye Dunaway, Christopher Plummer - (U.K.)
- Out of Africa, directed by Sydney Pollack, starring Meryl Streep, Robert Redford, Klaus Maria Brandauer - Academy and Golden Globe (drama) Awards
P
- Padre nuestro (Our Father), starring Victoria Abril - (Spain)
- Pale Rider, directed by and starring Clint Eastwood, with Michael Moriarty and Carrie Snodgress
- Pas în doi (Passo Doble) - (Romania)
- The Peanut Butter Solution - (Canada)
- Pee-wee's Big Adventure, directed by Tim Burton, starring Paul Reubens
- Perfect, directed by James Bridges, starring John Travolta and Jamie Lee Curtis
- Phenomena, directed by Dario Argento - (Italy)
- Pizza Connection, directed by Damiano Damiani - (Italy)
- Plenty, directed by Fred Schepisi, starring Meryl Streep, Sam Neill, Charles Dance, Tracey Ullman, Ian McKellen, Sting - (U.K.)
- Police, starring Gérard Depardieu and Sophie Marceau - (France)
- Police Academy 2: Their First Assignment, starring Steve Guttenberg, George Gaynes, Colleen Camp, Bubba Smith
- Police Story (Ging chat goo si), directed by and starring Jackie Chan - (Hong Kong)
- Private Resort, starring Johnny Depp, Rob Morrow, Andrew Dice Clay
- Prizzi's Honor, directed by John Huston, starring Jack Nicholson, Kathleen Turner, Anjelica Huston, Robert Loggia, William Hickey - Golden Globe for Best Picture (Musical or Comedy)
- The Protector, starring Jackie Chan and Danny Aiello - (Hong Kong/U.S.A.)
- The Purple Rose of Cairo, directed by Woody Allen, starring Mia Farrow, Jeff Daniels, Danny Aiello
Q
- The Quiet Earth - (New Zealand)
R
- Radioactive Dreams, starring Michael Dudikoff and Lisa Blount - (U.S.A./Mexico)
- Rainbow Brite and the Star Stealer - (U.S.A./Japan)
- Rambo: First Blood Part II, starring Sylvester Stallone, Richard Crenna, Charles Napier, Julia Nickson
- Ran, directed by Akira Kurosawa, starring Tatsuya Nakadai and Mieko Harada - (Japan)
- Re-Animator, starring Jeffrey Combs
- Real Genius, starring Val Kilmer, Gabe Jarret, William Atherton and Michelle Meyrink
- Red Kiss (Rouge Baiser) - (France)
- Red Sonja, starring Brigitte Nielsen, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Sandahl Bergman
- Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins, starring Fred Ward, Kate Mulgrew, Joel Grey
- Rendez-vous, starring Juliette Binoche and Jean-Louis Trintignant - (France)
- Restless Natives, directed by Michael Hoffman - (U.K.)
- The Return of the Living Dead, directed by Dan O'Bannon
- Return to Oz, starring Fairuza Balk, Piper Laurie, Jean Marsh
- Revolution, directed by Hugh Hudson, starring Al Pacino, Donald Sutherland, Nastassja Kinski - (U.K.)
- Rocky IV, directed by and starring Sylvester Stallone, with Talia Shire, Dolph Lundgren, Carl Weathers, Brigitte Nielsen, Burt Young
- A Room with a View, directed by James Ivory, starring Maggie Smith and Helena Bonham Carter - (U.K.)
- Runaway Train, directed by Andrei Konchalovsky, starring Jon Voight, Eric Roberts, Rebecca De Mornay
- The Runner (Davandeh) - (Iran)
- Rustlers' Rhapsody, directed by Hugh Wilson, starring Tom Berenger, Marilu Henner, Sela Ward, Andy Griffith, Patrick Wayne
S
- Santa Claus: The Movie, starring Dudley Moore - (U.K./U.S.A.)
- Scorpio Nights - (Philippines)
- Secret Admirer, starring C. Thomas Howell, Lori Loughlin, Kelly Preston, Fred Ward
- Shaker Run, starring Cliff Robertson, Leif Garrett, Lisa Harrow
- Shoah - (France)
- The Shooting Party, starring James Mason and John Gielgud - (U.K.)
- Silver Bullet, starring Gary Busey, Corey Haim, Megan Follows, Everett McGill
- Silverado, directed by Lawrence Kasdan, starring Kevin Kline, Scott Glenn, Danny Glover, Kevin Costner, Jeff Goldblum, Brian Dennehy, John Cleese, Rosanna Arquette, Linda Hunt
- A Simple Death (Prostaya smert) - (U.S.S.R.)
- The Slugger's Wife, directed by Hal Ashby, starring Michael O'Keefe and Rebecca De Mornay
- Smooth Talk, starring Laura Dern and Treat Williams
- Spies Like Us, starring Dan Aykroyd and Chevy Chase
- St. Elmo's Fire, directed by Joel Schumacher, starring Emilio Estevez, Rob Lowe, Andrew McCarthy, Demi Moore, Judd Nelson, Ally Sheedy, Mare Winningham, Andie MacDowell, Martin Balsam, Jenny Wright, Joyce Van Patten
- Stick, directed by and starring Burt Reynolds, with Candice Bergen, Charles Durning, George Segal
- Subway, directed by Luc Besson, starring Isabelle Adjani and Christopher Lambert - (France)
- Summer Rental, directed by Carl Reiner, starring John Candy, Rip Torn, Richard Crenna
- The Supergrass, starring Adrian Edmondson, Jennifer Saunders, Robbie Coltrane - (U.K.)
- The Sure Thing, directed by Rob Reiner, starring John Cusack, Daphne Zuniga, Nicollette Sheridan, Viveca Lindfors, Anthony Edwards
- Sweet Dreams, a biopic of Patsy Cline, starring Jessica Lange and Ed Harris
T
- Taipei Story (Qing mei zhu ma) - (Taiwan)
- Tampopo (Dandelion) - (Japan)
- Target, starring Gene Hackman and Matt Dillon
- Tea in the Harem (Le Thé au harem d'Archimède) - (France)
- Teen Wolf, starring Michael J. Fox
- That Was Then... This Is Now, starring Emilio Estevez, Craig Sheffer
- That's Dancing!, featuring Gene Kelly, Liza Minnelli, Mikhail Baryshnikov, Sammy Davis, Jr. and others
- Thirteen at Dinner, starring Peter Ustinov, Faye Dunaway, Lee Horsley, Bill Nighy
- Three Men and a Cradle (Trois hommes et un couffin) - (France)
- The Time of the Hero (a.k.a. La ciudad y los perros) - (Peru)
- The Time to Live and the Time to Die (Tong nian wang shi) - (Taiwan)
- To Live and Die in L.A., directed by William Friedkin, starring William Petersen and Willem Dafoe
- Transylvania 6-5000, starring Jeff Goldblum, Ed Begley, Jr., Joseph Bologna, Teresa Ganzel, Geena Davis
- Treasure Island (L'île au trésor) - (France/Chile)
- The Trip to Bountiful, starring Geraldine Page, John Heard, Rebecca De Mornay
- Trouble in Mind, directed by Alan Rudolph, starring Kris Kristofferson, Lori Singer, Geneviève Bujold, Keith Carradine
- Tuff Turf, starring James Spader
- Turk 182!, starring Timothy Hutton, Robert Urich, Kim Cattrall
- Turtle Diary, starring Glenda Jackson and Ben Kingsley - (U.K.)
- Twice in a Lifetime, starring Gene Hackman, Ellen Burstyn, Ann-Margret, Amy Madigan, Ally Sheedy, Brian Dennehy
- The Two Lives of Mattia Pascal (Le due vite di Mattia Pascal), starring Marcello Mastroianni and Senta Berger - (Italy)
U-V
- UFOria, starring Fred Ward, Harry Dean Stanton, Cindy Williams
- The Unknown Soldier (Tuntematon sotilas) - (Finland)
- Vagabond (Sans toit ni loi), directed by Agnès Varda - (France) - Golden Lion award
- Vampire Hunter D (Kyûketsuki hantâ D) - (Japan)
- Vampires in Havana (¡Vampiros en La Habana!) - (Cuba)
- La vaquilla (The Heifer), directed by Luis García Berlanga - (Spain)
- A View to a Kill, starring Roger Moore (as James Bond) with Christopher Walken, Tanya Roberts, Grace Jones - (U.K.)
- Vision Quest, starring Matthew Modine and Linda Fiorentino
- Volunteers, starring Tom Hanks, John Candy, Rita Wilson, Tim Thomerson, George Plimpton
W
- Water, starring Michael Caine, Billy Connolly, Valerie Perrine - (U.K.)
- Wetherby, directed by David Hare, starring Vanessa Redgrave and Ian Holm - (U.K.) - Golden Bear award
- Weird Science, directed by John Hughes, starring Kelly Le Brock, Anthony Michael Hall, Ilan Mitchell-Smith, Bill Paxton
- Wild Geese II, starring Scott Glenn, Barbara Carrera, Edward Fox, Laurence Olivier - (U.K.)
- When Father Was Away on Business (Otac na službenom putu) - (Yugoslavia) - Palme d'Or award
- White Nights, directed by Taylor Hackford, starring Mikhail Baryshnikov, Gregory Hines, Helen Mirren
- Witness, directed by Peter Weir, starring Harrison Ford, Kelly McGillis, Lukas Haas
- The Woman and the Stranger (Die Frau und der Fremde) - (East Germany) - Golden Bear award
XYZ
- Year of the Dragon, directed by Michael Cimino, starring Mickey Rourke and John Lone
- Yes, Madam (Huang jia shi jie), starring Michelle Yeoh and Cynthia Rothrock - (Hong Kong)
- Young Sherlock Holmes, directed by Barry Levinson, starring Nicholas Rowe, Alan Cox, Anthony Higgins
- A Zed & Two Noughts, directed by Peter Greenaway - (U.K.)
Wide-release films[edit]
January–March[edit]
- January 1985
- January 8
- January 11
- January 17
- January 18
- January 27
- February 1985
- February 8
- Fantasia (re-release)
- February 15
- February 20
- Brazil (France; UK Feb. 22 1985; US Dec. 18 1985)
- February 8
- March 1985
- March 1
- March 2
- March 8
- March 15
- March 22
- March 24
- March 29
- Return of the Jedi (re-release)
April–June[edit]
- April 1985
- April 3
- April 10
- April 12
- April 25
- Crimewave (US)
- April 26
- May 1985
- May 3
- May 8
- May 10
- May 17
- May 22
- A View to a Kill (San Francisco premiere; London premiere June 12, 1985)
- May 31
- June 1985
- June 7
- The Goonies (US; UK Nov. 29 1985; Aus Dec. 12 1985; Japan Dec. 21 1985)
- June 13
- June 14
- June 21
- Return to Oz (US; UK July 10, 1985)
- June 26
- June 28
- June 7
July–September[edit]
- July 1985
- July 3
- July 5
- July 10
- July 12
- July 19
- E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (re-release)
- July 24
- July 26
- August 1985
- August 2
- August 7
- August 9
- August 16
- August 21
- August 23
- Ghostbusters (re-release)
- August 30
- Gremlins (re-release)
- September 1985
- September 10
- September 13
- September 27
October–December[edit]
- October 1985
- October 4
- October 11
- October 18
- October 23
- November 1985
- November 1
- November 8
- November 15
- November 22
- November 27
- December 1985
- December 4
- December 6
- Runaway Train (limited; wide Jan. 17 1986)
- December 11
- December 13
- Legend (UK; US April 18, 1986)
- December 18
- December 20
- 101 Dalmatians (re-release)
- December 25
- Murphy's Romance (limited; wide Jan. 31 1986)
- December 27
Births[edit]
- January 3 - Nicole Beharie, American actress
- January 19 - Damien Chazelle, American film director
- February 7 - Tina Majorino, American actress
- March 13 - Emile Hirsch, American actor
- March 15
- Eva Amurri, American actress
- Kellan Lutz, American actor
- March 26
- Jonathan Groff, American actor and singer
- Keira Knightley, English actress
- April 16 - Rhiana Griffith, Australian actress
- April 17 - Rooney Mara, American actress
- April 23 - Rachel Skarsten, Canadian actress
- April 27 - Sheila Vand, American actress
- May 10 - Odette Annable, American actress
- May 28 - Tao Okamoto, Japanese actress
- May 28 - Carey Mulligan, English actress
- May 29 - Blake Foster, American actor
- May 30 - Sam Gifaldi, American actor
- June 12 - Dave Franco, American actor
- June 15 - Maxey Whitehead, American voice actress
- June 21 - Lana Del Rey, American singer and songwriter
- July 1 - Léa Seydoux, French actress
- July 2 - Ashley Tisdale, American actress and singer
- July 18 - Chace Crawford, American actor
- July 21 - Vanessa Lengies, Canadian actress and singer
- August 9 - Anna Kendrick, American actress and singer
- August 23 - Juss Haasma, Estonian actor
- September 4 - Morgan Garrett, American voice actress
- September 10 - Elyse Levesque, Canadian actress
- September 16 - Madeline Zima, American actress
- September 22 - Tatiana Maslany, Canadian actress
- September 24 - Jessica Lucas, Canadian actress and singer
- October 11 - Michelle Trachtenberg, American actress
- October 28 - Troian Bellisario, American actress
- October 31 - Kether Donohue, American actress and singer
- November 2 - Josh Grelle, American voice actor
- November 10 - Giovonnie Samuels, American actress
- November 20 - Dan Byrd, American actor
- November 30 - Kaley Cuoco, American actress
- December 3 - Amanda Seyfried, American actress and singer
- December 5 - Frankie Muniz, American actor
- December 10 - Raven-Symoné, American actress and singer
Notable deaths[edit]
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Month | Date | Name | Age | Country | Profession | Notable films |
January | 5 | Robert Surtees | 78 | USA | Cinematographer | |
5 | John Paxton | 73 | USA | Screenwriter | ||
11 | Edward Buzzell | 89 | USA | Director | ||
12 | Paul Luty | 52 | UK | Actor | ||
13 | Carol Wayne | 42 | USA | Actress | ||
14 | Jetta Goudal | 93 | Netherlands | Actress | ||
18 | Wilfrid Brambell | 72 | UK | Actor | ||
25 | Paul J. Smith | 78 | USA | Composer, Orchestrator | ||
February | ||||||
4 | Fred Ryan | 67 | UK | Boom Operator | ||
6 | Neil McCarthy | 52 | UK | Actor | ||
6 | James Hadley Chase | 78 | UK | Writer, Miscellaneous | ||
10 | Wanda Tuchock | 86 | USA | Screenwriter | ||
11 | Henry Hathaway | 86 | USA | Director, Producer | ||
12 | Nicholas Colasanto | 61 | USA | Actor | ||
16 | Larry Ward | 60 | USA | Actor, Writer | ||
19 | Dorothy Black | 85 | South Africa | Actress | ||
20 | Clarence Nash | 80 | USA | Actor | ||
21 | Ina Claire | 91 | UK | Actress | ||
21 | Louis Hayward | 75 | UK | Actor, Director, Producer | ||
27 | J. Pat O'Malley | 80 | UK | Actor, Voice Actor | ||
27 | David Huffman | 39 | USA | Actor, Producer | ||
March | ||||||
1 | Alfred Zeisler | 92 | USA | Producer, Director | ||
3 | Noel Purcell | 84 | Ireland | Actor | ||
5 | Thomas Little | 98 | USA | Set Decorator | ||
8 | Edward Andrews | 70 | USA | Actor | ||
19 | Anthony Nelson Keys | 73 | UK | Producer | ||
21 | Michael Redgrave | 77 | UK | Actor, Writer | ||
21 | Michael Trubshawe | 79 | UK | Actor | ||
April | ||||||
16 | Scott Brady | 60 | USA | Actor | ||
21 | John Welsh | 70 | UK | Actor, Production Manager | ||
23 | Kent Smith | 78 | USA | Actor | ||
25 | Richard Haydn | 80 | UK | Actor | ||
26 | Albert Maltz | 76 | USA | Screenwriter | ||
May | 1 | George Pravda | 68 | UK | Actor | |
4 | Harry Earles | 83 | USA | Actor | ||
5 | Mildred Dixon | 74 | USA | Actress | ||
7 | Dawn Addams | 54 | UK | Actress | ||
8 | Susan Morrow | 53 | USA | Actress | ||
8 | Dolph Sweet | 64 | USA | Actor | ||
9 | Edmond O'Brien | 69 | USA | Actor | ||
11 | Chester Gould | 84 | USA | Writer, Cartoonist | ||
13 | Selma Diamond | 64 | USA | Actress, Writer | ||
13 | Leatrice Joy | 91 | USA | Actress | ||
14 | Frank Westmore | 62 | ?? | Makeup Artist | ||
16 | Margaret Hamilton | 82 | USA | Actress | ||
17 | Hugh Burden | 72 | UK | Actor, Writer | ||
22 | Wolfgang Reitherman | 75 | USA | Animator, Director, Producer | ||
22 | Gerald Case | 80 | UK | Actor | ||
25 | Robert Nathan | 91 | USA | Writer, Actor | ||
26 | Harold Hecht | 77 | USA | Producer | ||
30 | Talbot Jennings | 90 | USA | Screenwriter | ||
June | 1 | Richard Greene | 66 | UK | Actor, Producer | |
7 | Gordon Rollings | 59 | UK | Actor | ||
9 | Clifford Evans | 73 | UK | Actor, Writer | ||
10 | George Chandler | 86 | USA | Actor | ||
17 | John Boulting | 71 | UK | Producer, Director | ||
24 | Valentine Dyall | 77 | UK | Actor | ||
28 | James Craig | 73 | USA | Actor, Writer | ||
July | 1 | Elsie Wagstaff | 86 | UK | Actress | |
3 | Nelson Leigh | 80 | USA | Actor | ||
7 | Ewen Solon | 67 | NZ | Actor | ||
8 | Phil Foster | 71 | USA | Actor | ||
8 | Victor Rendina | 68 | USA | Actor | ||
17 | Margo | 68 | Mexico | Actress | ||
18 | Louisa Ghijs | 83 | Belgium | Actress | ||
20 | Estelle Evans | 78 | USA | Actress | ||
23 | Kay Kyser | 80 | USA | Musician, Actor | ||
23 | Mickey Shaughnessy | 64 | USA | Actor | ||
28 | Grant Williams | 53 | USA | Actor | ||
August | ||||||
2 | Bob Holt | 56 | USA | Actor | ||
2 | Frank Faylen | 79 | USA | Actor | ||
7 | Grayson Hall | 62 | USA | Actress | ||
8 | Louise Brooks | 78 | USA | Actress | ||
8 | Milton H. Greene | 63 | USA | Producer | ||
10 | Kenny Baker | 72 | USA | Singer, Actor | ||
12 | Patrick Hines | 55 | USA | Actor | ||
13 | Marion Martin | 77 | USA | Actress | ||
14 | Gale Sondergaard | 86 | USA | Actress | ||
15 | Lester Cole | 81 | USA | Screenwriter | ||
24 | Morrie Ryskind | 89 | USA | Screenwriter | ||
28 | Ruth Gordon | 88 | USA | Actress, Writer | ||
29 | Evelyn Ankers | 67 | USA | Actress | ||
29 | Patrick Barr | 77 | UK | Actor | ||
30 | Tom Howard | 75 | UK | Special Effects | ||
September | 4 | George O'Brien | 86 | USA | Actor, Producer | |
6 | Johnny Desmond | 65 | USA | Actor, Singer | ||
6 | Jane Frazee | 67 | USA | Actress, Singer | ||
10 | Alexa Kenin | 23 | USA | Actress | ||
14 | Julian Beck | 60 | USA | Actor | ||
16 | Art Scholl | 53 | USA | Stuntman, Actor | ||
24 | Paul Mann | 71 | USA | Actor | ||
27 | Lloyd Nolan | 83 | USA | Actor | ||
28 | L. B. Abbott | 77 | USA | Special Effects | ||
29 | Arthur Krams | 73 | USA | Set Decorator | ||
30 | Simone Signoret | 64 | France | Actress | ||
30 | Floyd Crosby | 85 | USA | Cinematographer | ||
October | 2 | George Savalas | 60 | USA | Actor | |
2 | Rock Hudson | 59 | USA | Actor | ||
6 | Nelson Riddle | 64 | USA | Composer, Orchestrator | ||
10 | Yul Brynner | 65 | USA | Actor | ||
10 | Orson Welles | 70 | USA | Actor, Writer, Director | ||
13 | Francesca Bertini | 93 | Italy | Actress | ||
16 | Franklin Milton | 78 | USA | Recording Supervisor | ||
22 | Stefano Satta Flores | 48 | Italy | Actor | ||
25 | Gary Holton | 33 | UK | Actor | ||
30 | Kirby Grant | 73 | USA | Actor | ||
30 | David Oxley | 64 | Spain | Actor | ||
November | 1 | Phil Silvers | 74 | USA | Actor | |
12 | Dimitar Panov | 83 | Bulgaria | Actor | ||
19 | Jimmy Ritz | 81 | USA | Actor, Writer | ||
19 | Stepin Fetchit | 83 | USA | Actor | ||
December | 11 | Kathleen Ryan | 63 | Ireland | Actress | |
12 | Anne Baxter | 62 | USA | Actress | ||
12 | Phil Karlson | 77 | USA | Director | ||
14 | Bruce Weintraub | 33 | USA | Set Decorator | ||
17 | Harry M. Leonard | 85 | USA | Sound Recordist | ||
23 | Gina Kaus | 92 | Austria | Screenwriter | ||
26 | Margarete Schön | 90 | Germany | Actress, Director | ||
28 | Renato Castellani | 72 | Italy | Director, Writer | ||
31 | Ricky Nelson | 45 | USA | Actor, Singer | ||
31 | Sam Spiegel | 84 | UK | Producer |
Film debuts[edit]
- Joan Allen - Compromising Positions
- Sean Astin - The Goonies
- Fairuza Balk - Return to Oz
- Josh Brolin - The Goonies
- Tim Burton (director) - Pee Wee's Big Adventure
- Helena Bonham Carter - A Room with a View
- Don Cheadle - Moving Violations
- Patrick Dempsey - Heaven Help Us
- Linda Fiorentino - Vision Quest
- Whoopi Goldberg - The Color Purple
- Ethan Hawke - Explorers
- John Hawkes - Future-Kill
- Richard Jenkins - Silverado
- Elias Koteas - One Magic Christmas
- LL Cool J - Krush Groove
- Stephen Lang - Twice in a Lifetime
- Hugh Laurie - Plenty
- Joey Lawrence - Summer Rental
- John Leguizamo - Mixed Blood
- Melissa Leo - Always
- Tom Lister, Jr. - Runaway Train
- Dolph Lundgren - A View to a Kill
- Madonna - Vision Quest
- Lesley Manville - Dance with a Stranger
- Alyssa Milano - Commando
- Rob Morrow - Private Resort
- Viggo Mortensen - Witness
- Brigitte Nielsen - Red Sonja
- River Phoenix - Explorers
- Keanu Reeves - One Step Away
- Miranda Richardson - Dance with a Stranger
- Mia Sara - Legend
- Kyra Sedgwick - War and Love
- Christian Slater - The Legend of Billie Jean
- Yeardley Smith - Heaven Help Us
- Danny Trejo - Runaway Train
- Stanley Tucci - Prizzi's Honor
- Blair Underwood - Krush Groove
- Thomas F. Wilson - Back to the Future
- Oprah Winfrey - The Color Purple
- Noah Wyle - Lust in the Dust
- Billy Zane - Back to the Future
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^'1985 Domestic Grosses'. Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 7 April 2014.
A terrifying torrent of water swept through Puerto Rico after a dam failed at Lake Guajataca in the northwest region.
Water was seen sweeping through the municipalities of Isabela and Quebradillas after the dam sustained structural damage from Hurricane Maria.
Nearly 16 inches of rain fell in the area, significantly raising water levels on the 90-year-old dam.
Earlier, Puerto Rican authorities had scrambled to evacuate as many as 70,000 people after the National Weather Service warned that failure of the dam was 'imminent' and could lead to 'life-threatening' flash flooding.
A terrifying torrent of water swept through Puerto Rico after a dam failed at Lake Guajataca in the northwest region (pictured)
Water was seen sweeping through the municipalities of Isabela and Quebradillas after the dam sustained structural damage from Hurricane Maria. Nearly 16 inches of rain fell in the area, significantly raising water levels on the 90-year-old dam
Earlier, Puerto Rican authorities had scrambled to evacuate as many as 70,000 people after the National Weather Service warned that failure of the dam was 'imminent' and could lead to 'life-threatening' flash flooding
Local residents look at the flooded houses close Lake Guajataca's dam after it burst, bringing a torrent of water through the northwester region of Puerto Rico on Saturday
Local residents use a boat to pass next to a flooded house close to the dam of Lake Guajataca on Saturday
Residents watch as water flows over the road at the dam of the Guajataca lake after it suffered structural damage on Saturday
A house submerged by flood waters is seen close to the dam of Lake Guajataca on Saturday
The National Weather Service first learned of a 'contained breach' during a Friday afternoon inspection and said a full breach would result in large peak flows that could reach the coast in under 12 hours.
The center is urging people living in the area of the flash flood warning in the northwest to seek higher ground immediately.
The 345-yard dam, which was built in 1929, is used for public water and irrigation water supply, and the reservoir has a water storage capacity of 11 billion gallons.
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Hurricane Maria, the strongest storm to hit Puerto Rico since 1928, had maximum sustained winds of 155mph when it made landfall as a Category 4 storm on Thursday.
Governor Ricardo Rossello has said seven people have died as the result of the storm in Puerto Rico. Hurricane Maria also claimed lives on the neighboring islands of Guadeloupe and Dominica, which suffered major destruction.
The monster storm ripped roofs off buildings and flooded homes, leading to power outages that could last for months.
Officials said 1,360 of the island's 1,600 cellphone towers had been downed, and 85 per cent of above-ground and underground phone and internet cables were knocked out.
The hurricane was expected to tally $45billion in damage and lost economic activity across the Caribbean, with at least $30billion of that in Puerto Rico, said Chuck Watson, a disaster modeler at Enki Research in Savannah, Georgia.
Debris lays around a house submerged in flood waters near the dam of Lake Guajataca on Saturday
The US Coast Guard personnel surveys the damage to an oil dock after Hurricane Maria passed through the area in San Juan on Saturday
Vehicles drive along a flooded road in San Juan after Hurricane Maria passed through the area on Saturday
A restaurant submerged by flood waters is seen close to the dam of Lake Guajataca on Saturday
The 345-yard dam, which was built in 1929, is used for public water and irrigation water supply (Pictured, a man surveys damage to his house close to Lake Guajataca's dam on Saturday)
Maria, the strongest storm to hit Puerto Rico since 1928, had maximum sustained winds of 155mph when it made landfall as a Category 4 storm on Thursday (Pictured, Maria Luz Navarro looks out on her neighborhood of Zapateria Pizarro surrounded by floodwater on Friday)
The storm has so far claimed the lives of seven in Puerto Rico (Pictured, men walk up near colorful damaged buildings in San Juan's 'La Perla' neighborhood on Friday)
Across Puerto Rico, more than 15,000 people are in shelters, including some 2,000 rescued from the north coastal town of Toa Baja.
Some of the island's 3.4million people planned to head to the US to temporarily escape the devastation. However, the storm is still expected to wreak further havoc with rain of up to six inches expected through Saturday.
Around 5am on Saturday, Maria was moving away from the Bahamas and into the open waters of the western Atlantic as a Category 3 storm.
As it moves north, it’s expected to cause surf swells that will increase along portions of the southeastern coast of the US and Bermuda.
The hurricane was expected to tally $30billion in damage and lost economic activity in Puerto Rico (Pictured, people rest outside a damaged house in Yabucoa, Puerto Rico, on Friday)
Pictured, Elias Cepeda Boria, left, and his brother, Vincente Cepeda Boria, clean up their home in the Zapateria Pizarro area on Friday
Around 5am on Saturday, Maria was moving away from the Bahamas and into the open waters of the western Atlantic as a Category 3 storm (above)
As it moves north, it’s expected to cause surf swells that will increase along portions of the southeastern coast of the US and Bermuda (above)
Across Puerto Rico, more than 15,000 people are in shelters, including some 2,000 rescued from the north coastal town of Toa Baja (Pictured, Liz Maries Bultron looks at the damage at a home in the Zapateria Pizarro area on Friday)
Jose Diaz Pisano salvages parts of his roof so he can rebuild in the Zapateria Pizarro area on Friday
People sit on the roof of a damaged house after the area was hit by Hurricane Maria in Yabucoa, Puerto Rico, on Friday
People stop on a highway near a mobile phone antenna tower to check for mobile phone signal in Dorado, Puerto Rico, on Friday
Maria hit about two weeks after Hurricane Irma pounded the US Virgin Islands, hitting St Thomas and St John, particularly hard
The islands' governor, Kenneth Mapp, said it was possible that two islands - St Thomas and St Croix - might reopen to some cruise liner traffic in a month.
Irma, one of the most powerful Atlantic storms on record, killed more than 80 people in the Caribbean and the US.
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It followed Harvey, which also killed more than 80 people when it struck Texas in late August and caused severe flooding in Houston.