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Screenwriter. Kurt Luedtke (/ ˈluːtki /; [ 1 ] September 28, 1939 – August 9, 2020) was an American screenwriter and executive editor of the Detroit Free Press. He wrote Out of Africa (1985), for which he won the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay. He also wrote Absence of Malice (1981), for which he was nominated for the Academy ...
4 NOMINATIONS, 1 WIN. * Sound Effects Editing - Charles L. Campbell, Robert Rutledge. Music (Original Song) - The Power Of Love in "Back to the Future" Music by Chris Hayes and Johnny Colla; Lyric by Huey Lewis. Sound - Bill Varney, B. Tennyson Sebastian II, Robert Thirlwell, William B. Kaplan.
Aug 16, 2020 · Mr. Luedtke did not accept the view of German industrialist Oskar Schindler as a savior of the Jewish people in Nazi Germany; instead, he came to believe that Schindler was a war profiteer whose ...
0:00. 6:06. Kurt Luedtke, who won an Academy Award for the 1985 film "Out of Africa, was nominated for an Oscar for the newspaper drama "Absence of Malice" and a former Free Press editor, died ...
Aug 10, 2020 · August 10, 2020 · 2 min read. Kurt Luedtke, who left journalism for Hollywood and won an Academy Award for his “ Out of Africa ” screenplay, died Sunday in Michigan after a long illness. He ...
Aug 10, 2020 · Kurt Luedtke holds the Oscar he won for screenplay based on material from another medium for the film “Out of Africa” in 1986. ... cleaned up at the Academy Awards, winning seven Oscars ...
Golden Globe Award (1986) Out of Africa, American-British film, released in 1985, that was based on events in the life of Karen Blixen-Finecke, who wrote under the name Isak Dinesen. It starred Meryl Streep and Robert Redford and was known for its beautiful cinematography. The movie won seven Academy Awards, including that for best picture.
