Out of Africa (film)

Out of Africa
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Sydney Pollack
Screenplay by	Kurt Luedtke
Based on	Out of Africa by Isak Dinesen Isak Dinesen: The Life of a Story Teller by Judith Thurman Silence Will Speak by Errol Trzebinski
Produced by	Sydney Pollack Kim Jorgensen
Starring	Robert Redford Meryl Streep Klaus Maria Brandauer
Cinematography	David Watkin
Edited by	Fredric Steinkamp William Steinkamp Pembroke Herring Sheldon Kahn
Music by	John Barry
Production company	Mirage Enterprises
Distributed by	Universal Pictures
Release date	December 18, 1985 (1985-12-18)
Running time	161 minutes
Country	United States
Languages	English Swahili
Budget	$31 million[1]
Box office	$227.5 million[2]

Out of Africa is a 1985 American epic romantic drama film directed and produced by Sydney Pollack, and starring Meryl Streep and Robert Redford. The film is based loosely on the 1937 autobiographical book Out of Africa written by Isak Dinesen (the pseudonym of Danish author Karen Blixen), with additional material from Dinesen's 1960 book Shadows on the Grass and other sources.

The book was adapted into a screenplay by the writer Kurt Luedtke, and filmed in 1984. Streep played Karen Blixen, Redford played Denys Finch Hatton and Klaus Maria Brandauer played Baron Bror Blixen. Others in the film include Michael Kitchen as Berkeley Cole, Malick Bowens as Farah, Stephen Kinyanjui as the Chief, Michael Gough as Lord Delamere, Suzanna Hamilton as Felicity, and the model and actress Iman as Mariammo. The film received generally positive reviews from critics. It was also a commercial success and won seven Academy Awards including Best Picture and Best Director for Pollack.