1986 Academy Awards – Writing (Adapted Screenplay) Winner
![Out of Africa Kurt Luedtke](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/out-of-africa-sydney-pollack-image.jpg)
Out of Africa
Kurt Luedtke
In 20th-century colonial Kenya, a Danish baroness/plantation owner has a passionate love affair with a free-spirited big-game hunter.
1986 Academy Awards – Writing (Adapted Screenplay) Nominees
![Kiss of the Spider Woman Leonard Schrader](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/kiss-of-the-spider-woman-hector-babenco-image.jpg)
Kiss of the Spider Woman
Leonard Schrader
![Prizzi's Honor Richard Condon](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/prizzis-honor-john-huston-image.jpg)
Prizzi’s Honor
Richard Condon
![The Color Purple Menno Meyjes](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/the-color-purple-steven-spielberg-image.jpg)
The Color Purple
Menno Meyjes
![The Trip to Bountiful Horton Foote](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/the-trip-to-bountiful-peter-masterson-image.jpg)