Out of Africa, 1985, Robert Redford Meryl Streep/ The Flight.

Out of Africa is a 1985 American epic romantic drama film directed and produced by Sydney Pollack (1934-2008), and starring Meryl Streep () and Robert Redford (). The film is based 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. Out of Africa won 7 Academy Awards including Best Picture and Best Director for Pollack.