{"id":1629,"date":"2025-04-06T01:46:05","date_gmt":"2025-04-06T01:46:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/andthebestpicturegoesto.com\/staging\/5348\/?p=1629"},"modified":"2025-04-17T00:20:42","modified_gmt":"2025-04-17T00:20:42","slug":"out-of-africa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/andthebestpicturegoesto.com\/staging\/5348\/out-of-africa\/","title":{"rendered":"OUT OF AFRICA"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"1629\" class=\"elementor elementor-1629\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3a2afb1a e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"3a2afb1a\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-19411d3b e-grid e-con-full e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"19411d3b\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-24627d06 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"24627d06\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">And the Best Picture goes to....<br><\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b70bc6a elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"b70bc6a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"103\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/andthebestpicturegoesto.com\/staging\/5348\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/out-of-africa.webp?fit=500%2C103&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-2984\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/andthebestpicturegoesto.com\/staging\/5348\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/out-of-africa.webp?w=500&amp;ssl=1 500w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/andthebestpicturegoesto.com\/staging\/5348\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/out-of-africa.webp?resize=300%2C62&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-536a8cdc e-con-full e-grid e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"536a8cdc\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5ff87d8d e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"5ff87d8d\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-54d5093c elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"54d5093c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h5><span style=\"font-family: helvetica;\"><br \/><br \/>1985<br \/><\/span><span style=\"font-family: helvetica; color: inherit; font-size: 1.25rem; text-align: var(--text-align);\">Sydney Pollack, Producer<br \/><\/span><span style=\"font-family: helvetica; color: inherit; font-size: 1.25rem; text-align: var(--text-align);\">2 hours 41 minutes<br \/><\/span><span style=\"font-family: helvetica; color: inherit; font-size: 1.25rem; text-align: var(--text-align);\">Estimated Budget $31,000,000<br \/><\/span><span style=\"font-family: helvetica; color: inherit; font-size: 1.25rem; text-align: var(--text-align);\">Rated PG<\/span><\/h5>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ebb2ab9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-video\" data-id=\"ebb2ab9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;youtube_url&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/youtu.be\\\/XsyiQlYcA6E?t=3&quot;,&quot;video_type&quot;:&quot;youtube&quot;,&quot;controls&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"video.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-wrapper elementor-open-inline\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-video\"><\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-198975f2 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"198975f2\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5205bc8a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5205bc8a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h5><span style=\"font-family: helvetica;\"><strong>The Other Nominated Films<\/strong><\/span><\/h5>\n<h5>&nbsp;<\/h5>\n<h5><span style=\"font-family: helvetica;\">The Color Purple<br><\/span><span style=\"font-family: helvetica; color: inherit; font-size: 1.25rem; background-color: var( --e-global-color-secondary ); text-align: var(--text-align);\">Kiss of the Spiderwoman<br><\/span><span style=\"font-family: helvetica; color: inherit; font-size: 1.25rem; background-color: var( --e-global-color-secondary ); text-align: var(--text-align);\">Prizzi\u2019s Honor<br><\/span><span style=\"font-family: helvetica; color: inherit; font-size: 1.25rem; background-color: var( --e-global-color-secondary ); text-align: var(--text-align);\">Witness<p><\/p>\n<p><\/p><\/span><\/h5>\n<h5><span style=\"font-family: helvetica; color: inherit; font-size: 1.25rem; background-color: var( --e-global-color-secondary ); text-align: var(--text-align);\">Directed by Sydney Pollack&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;<\/span><strong style=\"font-family: helvetica; color: inherit; font-size: 1.25rem; background-color: var( --e-global-color-secondary ); text-align: var(--text-align);\">Winner, Best Director<\/strong><\/h5>\n<h5>&nbsp;<\/h5>\n<h5><span style=\"font-family: helvetica;\"><strong>CAST<\/strong><\/span><span style=\"color: inherit; font-family: inherit; font-size: 1.25rem; background-color: var( --e-global-color-secondary ); text-align: var(--text-align);\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/h5>\n<h5><span style=\"font-family: helvetica;\">Meryl Streep&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;Nominated, Best Actress<br><\/span><span style=\"font-family: helvetica; color: inherit; font-size: 1.25rem; background-color: var( --e-global-color-secondary ); text-align: var(--text-align);\">Robert Redford<br><\/span><span style=\"font-family: helvetica; color: inherit; font-size: 1.25rem; background-color: var( --e-global-color-secondary ); text-align: var(--text-align);\">Klaus Maria Brandauer&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Nominated, Best Supporting Actor<br>M<\/span><span style=\"color: inherit; font-size: 1.25rem; background-color: var( --e-global-color-secondary ); text-align: var(--text-align);\"><span style=\"font-family: helvetica;\">ichael Kitchen<br><\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: inherit; font-family: inherit; font-size: 1.25rem; background-color: var( --e-global-color-secondary ); text-align: var(--text-align);\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/h5>\n<h5><span style=\"font-family: helvetica;\"><strong>Also Nominated for:<\/strong><\/span><span style=\"color: inherit; font-family: inherit; font-size: 1.25rem; background-color: var( --e-global-color-secondary ); text-align: var(--text-align);\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/h5>\n<h5><span style=\"font-family: helvetica;\">John Barry&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;<b>Winner, Best Original Score<p><\/p>\n<\/b><p><b><\/b><span style=\"font-family: helvetica; color: inherit; font-size: 1.25rem; background-color: var( --e-global-color-secondary ); text-align: var(--text-align);\">Kurt Luedtke&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <\/span><span style=\"font-family: helvetica; color: inherit; font-size: 1.25rem; background-color: var( --e-global-color-secondary ); text-align: var(--text-align);\"><b>Winner, Best Adapted Screenplay<\/b><\/span><\/p><b>\n<\/b><p><b><\/b><span style=\"font-family: helvetica; color: inherit; font-size: 1.25rem; background-color: var( --e-global-color-secondary ); text-align: var(--text-align);\">David Watkin&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"font-family: helvetica; color: inherit; font-size: 1.25rem; background-color: var( --e-global-color-secondary ); text-align: var(--text-align);\"><b>Winner, Best Cinematography<\/b><\/span><\/p><b>\n<\/b><p><b><\/b><span style=\"font-family: helvetica; color: inherit; font-size: 1.25rem; background-color: var( --e-global-color-secondary ); text-align: var(--text-align);\">Peter Handford&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <\/span><span style=\"font-family: helvetica; color: inherit; font-size: 1.25rem; background-color: var( --e-global-color-secondary ); text-align: var(--text-align);\"><b>Winner, Best Sound Mixing<br><\/b><\/span><span style=\"font-family: helvetica; color: inherit; font-size: 1.25rem; background-color: var( --e-global-color-secondary ); text-align: var(--text-align);\">Chris Jenkins<br><\/span><span style=\"font-family: helvetica; color: inherit; font-size: 1.25rem; background-color: var( --e-global-color-secondary ); text-align: var(--text-align);\">Larry Stensvold<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: helvetica; color: inherit; font-size: 1.25rem; background-color: var( --e-global-color-secondary ); text-align: var(--text-align);\">Stephen B. Grimes&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <\/span><span style=\"font-family: helvetica; color: inherit; font-size: 1.25rem; background-color: var( --e-global-color-secondary ); text-align: var(--text-align);\"><b>Winner, Best Production Design<br><\/b><\/span><span style=\"font-family: helvetica; color: inherit; font-size: 1.25rem; background-color: var( --e-global-color-secondary ); text-align: var(--text-align);\">Josie MacAvin<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: helvetica; color: inherit; font-size: 1.25rem; background-color: var( --e-global-color-secondary ); text-align: var(--text-align);\">Milena Canonero&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Nominated, Best Costume Design<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: helvetica; color: inherit; font-size: 1.25rem; background-color: var( --e-global-color-secondary ); text-align: var(--text-align);\">Sheldon Kahn&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Nominated, Best Film Editing<br><\/span><span style=\"font-family: helvetica; color: inherit; font-size: 1.25rem; background-color: var( --e-global-color-secondary ); text-align: var(--text-align);\">Fredric Steinkamp<br><\/span><span style=\"font-family: helvetica; color: inherit; font-size: 1.25rem; background-color: var( --e-global-color-secondary ); text-align: var(--text-align);\">William Steinkamp<\/span><\/p><\/span><\/h5>\n<h5>&nbsp;<\/h5>\n<h5><span style=\"font-family: helvetica;\"><strong>LOGLINE:<\/strong><\/span><\/h5>\n<h5><span style=\"font-family: helvetica; color: inherit; font-size: 1.25rem; background-color: var( --e-global-color-secondary ); text-align: var(--text-align);\">In early 20<\/span><sup style=\"font-family: helvetica; color: inherit; background-color: var( --e-global-color-secondary ); text-align: var(--text-align);\">th<\/sup><span style=\"font-family: helvetica; color: inherit; font-size: 1.25rem; background-color: var( --e-global-color-secondary ); text-align: var(--text-align);\"> century Kenya, a married Baroness engages in a love affair with a big game hunter.<\/span><\/h5>\n<h5>&nbsp;<\/h5>\n<h5><span style=\"font-family: helvetica;\"><strong>REVIEW:<\/strong><\/span><\/h5>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ef7f312 e-grid e-con-full e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"ef7f312\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f104a62 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"f104a62\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>&#8220;Out of Africa,&#8221; directed by Sydney Pollack, is a romantic story set against the lush backdrop of Kenya. The film features a powerful lead performance by Meryl Streep as the determined and resilient Baroness Karen Blixen. However, it clocks in at over two and a half hours long, causing the film to struggle with its pacing and looking for a more cohesive way to tell its story.<\/p><p>The plot follows Baroness Karen Blixen, a Danish aristocrat who moves to Kenya to establish a coffee plantation. She faces numerous challenges of colonial life, including an unhappy marriage to her husband, who is more interested in pursuing other ventures than in supporting her efforts. As she struggles to make her plantation successful, Karen encounters the charismatic big game hunter Denys Finch Hatton, played by Robert Redford, and a romantic relationship develops between them. The chemistry between Meryl Streep and Robert Redford is evident, portraying romantic scenes such as when he washes her hair by the river or when flying through the clouds in an open airplane.\u00a0 It does allow you to get swept up into their love story, which eventually crashes and burns\u2014literally, as well as figuratively.<\/p><p>Streep\u2019s representation of Karen Bixen is solid, right down to an accent that doesn\u2019t appear to slip at any point of the film.\u00a0 Robert Redford is ideally cast as the charming and handsome figure that sweeps Streep\u2019s character off of her feet.<\/p><p>There\u2019s no denying that the cinematography is a standout feature of the film. 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