![]() ![]() ![]() Three Golden Globes and three BAFTAs can be added to this list of accolades. Nominated for 11 Oscars, the movie won 7 prizes including Best Picture, Best Director, Best Original Score, and Best Adapted Screenplay, as well as Best Cinematography, Production Design, and Sound Mixing. Released in 1985, Out of Africa is an era-defining film. The title Out of Africa references Roman philosopher Pliny the Elder, evoking the peculiarity of the African continent which makes it ever more lively. He had already worked with the director on Absence of Malice in 1981, and on the works of Judith Thurman: The Life of a Storyteller and Silence Will Speak by Errol Trzebinski. To write the script, Sydney Pollack turned to screenwriter Kurt Luedtke. After returning to Europe, the author published her novel under the pseudonym Isak Dinesen. Karen Blixen's work Out of Africa was released in 1937, and recounts her love story with the British pilot Denys Finch Hatton. Like many films, Out of Africa is inspired by a book, or more specifically, an autobiography. Here's everything you need to know about Out of Africa. The film that united Meryl Streep and Robert Redford on-screen in 1985 has become a classic. In the heart of Africa, Karen tries to find her place between her coffee plantation, her fickle husband, and her love story with a freedom-loving man. Abandoned by her husband, Karen Blixen ends up in the arms of Denys Finch Hatton, a British adventurer and pilot with an indisputable charm, whom she meets in her new home, Kenya. ![]()
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