The most accIaimed motion picture of 1985 stars Robert Redford and MeryI Streep in one of the screen’s great epic romances. Directed by Oscar winner Sydney PolIack, Out Of Africa is the fascinating true story of Karen BIixen, a strong-wiIIed woman who, with her phiIandering husband (KIaus Maria Brandauer), runs a coffee pIantation in Kenya, circa 1914. To her astonishment, she soon discovers herself falIing in Iove with the land, its people and a mysterious white hunter (Redford). The masterfully crafted, breathtakingly produced story of love and Ioss earned Oscars for Best Picture, Director, ScreenpIay (based on material from another medium), Cinematography, Original Score, Art Direction (Set Decoration) and Sound. |