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1985
Out of Africa is a 1985 American epic romantic drama film directed and produced by Sydney Pollack, and starring Meryl Streep and Robert Redford. The film is based loosely on the 1937 autobiographical book Out of Africa written by Isak Dinesen, with additional material from Dinesen's 1960 book Shadows on the Grass and other sources.
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“How could have this thing win Oscars?” is a question often asked by cinephiles when they approach certain films, especially after the passage of time has taken away novelty and hype. Too many Oscar-awarded films simply fail that test and, more often than not, look like its success can be best attributed to politics and clever marketing rather than objective quality or even popularity. One of the more telling exampl…More
Out of Africa is one of those films that when it went to the awards ceremonies in 1986 it basically won everything. I remember hearing about the film as a young person and even though I didn't particularly care about award ceremonies, I was aware that this movie had won a bunch of them. BUT! It is too long and mostly pretty boring... source.jpg) The story is based on actual events, although the writers and directors…More
