Out of Africa

It follows the journey of Karen Blixen in Africa, as she navigates a tumultuous marriage, falls in love with the continent, helps the local community, forms a complicated relationship with a hunter, experiences heartbreak, and ultimately finds success as an author. Out of Africa is a 1985 American English-language Biography Drama film featuring Robert Redford, Meryl Streep, Klaus Maria Brandauer, Michael Kitchen, Malick Bowens, Joseph Thiaka and Maryam D abo. The movie is inspired from Out of Africa by Isak Dinesen Isak Dinesen: The Life of a Story Teller by Judith Thurman Silence Will Speak by Errol Trzebinski. Mirage Enterprises was the production house involved in the project along with executive producer(s) Sydney Pollack and Kim Jorgensen. Out of Africa is written by Karen Blixen, Judith Thurman, Errol Trzebinski and Kurt Luedtke and it is directed by Sydney Pollack. Universal Pictures acquired the distribution rights for the film. Out of Africa was released on 10th December 1985 and takes a screen time of 161 minutes. The Film was successful at box office. Out of Africa was made on a budget of $28 million and it was a super hit at box office gross of $227 million. The screenplay for the movie was written by Kurt Luedtke. Cinematography was done by David Watkin and editing by Fredric Steinkamp, William Steinkamp, Pembroke Herring and Sheldon Kahn. The music was composed by John Barry. At the 1986 Oscar Awards It won 7 awards including: Best Picture, Best Director, Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium, Best Cinematography, Best Art Direction-Set Decoration, Best Sound and Best Music, Original Score.