57th Academy Awards

57th Academy Awards
57th Academy Awards
	Official poster
Date	March 25, 1985
Site	Dorothy Chandler Pavilion; Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Hosted by	Jack Lemmon
Produced by	Gregory Peck; Robert Wise; Larry Gelbart; Gene Allen
Directed by	Marty Pasetta
Highlights
Best Picture	Amadeus
Most awards	Amadeus (8)
Most nominations	Amadeus and A Passage to India (11)
TV in the United States
Network	ABC
Duration	3 hours, 10 minutes
Ratings	38.9 million; 27.7% (Nielsen ratings)
	← 56th; Academy Awards; 58th →;

The 57th Academy Awards ceremony, organized by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS), honored films released in 1984 and took place on March 25, 1985, at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion in Los Angeles. During the ceremony, AMPAS presented Academy Awards (commonly referred to as Oscars) in 23 categories. The ceremony, televised in the United States by ABC, was produced by Gregory Peck, Robert Wise, Larry Gelbart, and Gene Allen, and was directed by Marty Pasetta.^[2] Actor Jack Lemmon hosted the show for the fourth time. He first co-hosted the 30th ceremony held in 1958, and had last co-hosted the 44th ceremony in 1972.^[3]^[4]

Amadeus won eight awards, including Best Picture.^[5] Other winners included The Killing Fields with three awards, A Passage to India and Places in the Heart with two, and Charade, Dangerous Moves, Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom, Purple Rain, The Stone Carvers, The Times of Harvey Milk, Up, and The Woman in Red with one. The telecast was watched by an audience of 38.9 million viewers.

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