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Out of Africa

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Tells the life story of Danish author Karen Blixen, who at the beginning of the 20th century moved to Africa to build a new life for herself. The film is based on her 1937 autobiographical novel. From TMDB

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  • Marta McCall @martamccall.bsky.socialBluesky · Jan 14, 2025

    Today's period piece movie recommendation is Out of Africa. I worked for director, Sydney Pollack at that time. He was kind, interesting, and dedicated. I had dinner with Sydney and Bob Redford one night. We talked movie making, and finding scripts & projects (which is what I did.) #outofafrica

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  • Peter Baker @peterbakernyt.bsky.socialBluesky · Sep 16, 2025

    For those of us who grew up in the 1970s and '80s, Redford defined the idea of movie star in classics like "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid," "The Sting" and "Out of Africa." And no surprise, "All the President's Men" remains to this day my favorite movie of all time.

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  • Neckties of Noir @neckties-of-noir.bsky.socialBluesky · Aug 18, 2026

    #moviesky #filmsky #OutOfAfrica #BOTD That’s right, baby. TIME FOR A DRINK

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  • jaykeeley @doomedparade.bsky.socialBluesky · Sep 16, 2025

    RIP Robert Redford. I remember seeing Out of Africa in the movie theater and there were loud gasps and audible swoons — my mother being one — when Robert Redford washed Meryl Streep’s hair at the river…

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  • Steven Van Impe @svanimpe.bsky.socialBluesky · Dec 6, 2025

    The public library around the corner still rents out DVDs. Decided to fill a few gaps in my movie culture; currently watching Out of Africa, and I have La reine Margot ready.

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  • The 70s Guy @stevenw888.bsky.socialBluesky · Nov 3, 2025

    Born 3 Nov 1939, composer John Barry. He composed the scores for 11 of the Bond films between 1963 and 1987 as well as arranging & performing the James Bond Theme for the 1st film in the series, Dr. No. He also wrote the scores to the films Dances with Wolves & Out of Africa. #JohnBarry

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  • Jan Dehn @jandehn.bsky.socialBluesky · Sep 16, 2025

    BLOG: I have only been in one Hollywood movie. That movie - “Out of Africa” - starred Robert Redford and Meryl Streep. When we were done filming, I thought, “I’ll never beat that!”, and put my Hollywood career to rest forever. www.jandehn.com/post/robert-...

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  • Cassie @cassandrapaige.bsky.socialBluesky · Jan 27, 2025

    It FINALLY got to the IMAX here in Portugal and my sons got to see it on the big screen (it’s my 18-year-old’s favorite movie) and it’s fantastic! I cried multiple times. An absolutely amazing film. Out of Africa will always be my #1 but dang it’s a close 2nd!

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  • soonergrunt @soonergrunt.bsky.socialBluesky · May 24, 2026

    Mike's The Mandalorian And Grogu Review: Not the best Star Wars movie. Damn sure not the worst. Could have been 4 or 5 episodes of a season 4. A pleasant diversion, worth the $14 I paid to see it in IMAX. Not all movies have to be Out of Africa or Remains of the Day. Nobody watches Star Wars for

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  • tru @thetrudz.photoBluesky · Feb 20, 2026

    Sinners. Doesn’t matter who wins what. It never does, long term. Not for footprint. e.g. which film do ppl teach or reference/quote more, make costumes of, make fancams/edits of, include in GOAT lists more, mention as actors’ best roles: Malcolm X or Unforgiven? The Color Purple or Out of Africa?

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  • Neckties of Noir @neckties-of-noir.bsky.socialBluesky · Sep 6, 2026

    #train #transportation #filmsky #booksky 100 years of train evolution in East Africa Top speeds: OUT OF AFRICA train, 1920s ~ 24 km/hr • 15 miles/hr — steam New Tanzania train, 2026 ~ 160 km/hr • 100 miles/hr — electric

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  • Frankie Huang 黄碧赤 @ourobororoboruo.bsky.socialBluesky · Sep 11, 2026

    The old movie I put on tonight is “Out of Africa” and the chemistry between Meryl Streep and Robert Redford is just unbelievable

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  • Put the oligarchs in cages @klausiedaimler.bsky.socialBluesky · Sep 16, 2025

    Out of Africa was a life changing movie for me. as a young man Redford’s character was a fictional role model as a strong ethical man that doesn’t need to impress people.

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  • Rebekah is Pro-Choice @rebekahwriter.bsky.socialBluesky · Jun 7, 2025

    Hypothesis: replace any actor in any movie with Pete Davidson and it improves the movie. Gone with the Wind: Pete Davidson instead of Clark Gable. Out of Africa: Pete Davidson instead of Meryl Streep. Star Wars: Pete Davidson instead of Harrison Ford. Moonstruck: Pete Davidson instead of Nic Cage.

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  • Peter Avellino @peterapeel.bsky.socialBluesky · Dec 14, 2025

    OUT OF AFRICA is close to being the dullest film ever made (Sydney Pollack’s follow up HAVANA is even duller, which is a neat trick—I like most of his other films, for the record).

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  • FuzzyWuzzy in Toronto🇨🇦 @fuzzywuzzyto.bsky.socialBluesky · Sep 20, 2025

    The theme from "Out of Africa" has got to be in the top 5 most beautiful movie themes of all time. It makes my heart soar. So so beautiful. It makes me want to watch that wonderful movie again.

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  • Dan Sheehan @dansheehan.memyon.orgBluesky · Nov 3, 2025

    John Barry (1933-2011) had a distinctive compositional style that ran through much of his film music, including his Oscar-winning score for OUT OF AFRICA (1985). In this scene, the sweeping, romantic strings that were his signature were never more compelling: 7/ #filmsky #moviesky #musicsky

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  • Pedro @canhenha.bsky.socialBluesky · Nov 1, 2025

    My favorite film performances from the 1980s. Meryl Streep, Karen Blixen, "Out of Africa" (directed by Sydney Pollack). #movies #films #favoriteperformances #merylstreep #outofafrica #sydneypollack

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  • Natscute @bluesky2020.bsky.socialBluesky · Sep 16, 2025

    Robert Redford : 18 août 1936 - 16 septembre 2025 🌿 Out Of Africa, film américain réalisé par Sydney Pollack, sorti en 1985. #SydneyPollack #RobertRedford

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  • optiMSTie @optimstie.bsky.socialBluesky · Mar 18, 2024

    Godspeed, Mr. Weir. What an incredible, astonishing, and *eclectic* filmography. His 1985 film Witness will always be a personal favorite. I still maintain that THAT should have won Best Picture instead of Out of Africa. Top-shelf filmmaker. Here's to retired life treating him well.

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  • Joel Williams @joelrwilliams1.bsky.socialBluesky · Aug 19, 2026

    Out of Africa is great because it initially looks like a grand romantic epic, but underneath it's a much sadder film about the impossibility of possessing the things we love. #TCMParty #OutOfAfrica

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  • Dr Eva Johanna Holmberg @evajohannaholmberg.bsky.socialBluesky · Sep 22, 2025

    I have come up with a new working method. One piece of work done equals one classic Robert Redford film that I am allowed to watch. So far have watched The Way We Were, Three Days of the Condor, The Natural, and Out of Africa (tbh that one I had seen several times, esp. the hair washing scene).

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  • Steve B. @estevebolita.bsky.socialBluesky · Feb 6, 2026

    Continuing #CDFriday with these 1980s releases. A buck each! This John Barry Out of Africa soundtrack is fantastic. I was aware of the movie as a kid but have never seen it. Reminds me of the Sirens soundtrack, taking the listener to the movie locale and time.

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  • Jonz Alligator Loki @jonz8o8.bsky.socialBluesky · Sep 8, 2025

    My personal pick for favorite Meryl Streep movie as this was the first one I saw of her. Shortly after, I saw the intense Sophie's Choice, Out of Africa, Kramer vs. Kramer, Postcards from the Edge, and the Deer Hunter.

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  • Jayne4Freedom @jayne4freedom.bsky.socialBluesky · Sep 17, 2025

    Robert Redford was in the majority of my favorite movies or Directed my favorite movies. The way we were. Watched it probably 100 times. Out of Africa the most beautiful Cinematic movie ever. The Sting, what a smart movie. Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid. Redford and Newman were perfection.

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  • Katherine ✨ @kmr318.bsky.socialBluesky · Sep 16, 2025

    My favorite Robert Redford movie will forever be Out of Africa. Absolutely fabulous. And heartbreaking. youtu.be/2EW2kNCmZZ0?...

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  • Kathryn Lucht @kathrynlucht.bsky.socialBluesky · Apr 17, 2025

    I read her book Out of Africa after being enchanted by the movie, but her writing was even more enchanting. Such a good observer.

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  • JJ 🏳️‍🌈👻 @jjr222.bsky.socialBluesky · Jun 25, 2026

    A fun fact about me (really more about my grandpa) is that my grandpa went to high school with film director Sydney Pollack (Tootsie, Out of Africa, The Way We Were). They weren't close, but they were friendly with each other.

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  • Owl Who Stopped Living And Became Mixed-Up Zombie Berg @owlberg.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 3, 2025

    Spell your name with movie titles Out of Africa War of The Worlds Lawrence of Arabia Being There Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind Rashomon Get Out

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  • SugarCookie @cookie1962.bsky.socialBluesky · Apr 28, 2025

    #AprilFilmChallenge #Moviesky April 28 - the most visually beautiful film you've ever seen So many possibilities: Busby Berkley musicals, black and white films noir, period films, sci-fi epics ... I'll go with my first thought: Out Of Africa, which won the 1985 Oscar for cinematography.

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  • AIK @andrewinkenosha.bsky.socialBluesky · Nov 24, 2024

    This movie should have won the Oscar. Out of Africa can kiss my ass

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  • AAron Leckinger @aaronl1968.bsky.socialBluesky · Nov 8, 2023

    Just watched “Out of Africa” (1985) for an upcoming “Rotisserie Cinema” episode of the YeahUhHuh podcast, in which we rank the films of 1985. Meryl Streep, Robert Redford. Directed by Sydney Pollack. @yeahuhhuhpod.bsky.social letterboxd.com/film/out-of-...

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  • Kristen Lopez @kristenklopez.bsky.socialBluesky · Feb 19, 2025

    Working my way through OUT OF AFRICA and after this week I don’t want to watch another movie about men taking women up in planes for nearly 3 hours ever again.

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  • Julie K. Brown @jkbjournalist.bsky.socialBluesky · Nov 9, 2024

    Been trying to find movies to watch, and it just seems like no one makes sweeping, epic movies anymore (i.e. Dances with Wolves, Titantic, Out of Africa, Ghandi, Selma, etc.) The movie business seems almost as bad as the news business right now.

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  • SaltyDogFella ⚓️🏀🗽NYC @saltydogfella.bsky.socialBluesky · Sep 8, 2024

    Out of Africa. Not the movie, that was pretty good, I mean russia, get out of Africa.

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  • Alex aka Muscato @cafemuscato.bsky.socialBluesky · Apr 9, 2026

    I saw this photo and thought two things: - She’s going to have play Diana Vreeland at some point. - These two would be perfect casting for a sort of “Out of Africa II: Way Out of Africa,” in which the elderly Baroness Blixen comes to the US in the company of her secretary/minder Clara Svendsen.

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  • Maria Dahvana Headley @mariadahvana.bsky.socialBluesky · Mar 22, 2026

    I saw Out of Africa in theaters. I was 8 when it came out, so I had a lot of questions. By the time Clan of the Cave Bear came out, it was 1986, and i was 9. I saw that one in a movie theater too, with my mom.

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  • Jan Dehn @jandehn.bsky.socialBluesky · Sep 16, 2025

    I have only been in one Hollywood movie. That movie - “Out of Africa” - starred Robert Redford and Meryl Streep. When we were done filming, I thought, “I’ll never beat that!”, and put my Hollywood career to rest forever.

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  • 💙💛Geekythinker💛💙 @geekythinker.comBluesky · Nov 15, 2024

    I have so many - Pride & Prejudice (2005) The Secret Life of Walter Mitty (2013) <- Like chicken soup for my soul Out of Africa Casablanca Pretty in Pink The Breakfast Club - I could go on forever because a good movie is the perfect zen move to give your id a break. 💙

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  • Hubbub🕊️ 🇪🇺 @hubbubbub.bsky.socialBluesky · Nov 3, 2023

    The breathtaking cinematography, the sweeping music, supported by an outstanding cast with superb direction. A masterpiece. 💖 'Out of Africa' (1985) The film is based on the (1937) autobiography Out of Africa by Isak Dinesen, (the pseudonym of Danish author Karen Blixen) youtu.be/KDogVwHqixQ?...

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  • Siskel and Ebert Bot @siskel-ebert-bot.bsky.socialBluesky · Aug 6, 2026

    Out of Africa (1985) Director: Sydney Pollack Cast: Robert Redford, Meryl Streep, Klaus Maria Brandauer, Iman, Maryam d'Abo Watch Review, (Starts at: 10:40) wp / wd

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  • Jan Dehn @jandehn.bsky.socialBluesky · Sep 16, 2025

    BLOG: I have only been in one Hollywood movie. That movie - “Out of Africa” - starred Robert Redford and Meryl Streep. When we were done filming, I thought, “I’ll never beat this”, and promptly put my Hollywood career to rest forever. www.jandehn.com/post/robert-...

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  • Steffani Cameron 🇨🇦 @snarkysteff.bsky.socialBluesky · Sep 16, 2025

    Ohhhh… Out of Africa. If there was a movie my mother could’ve transported herself to live inside of, it was Out of Africa.

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  • Edward Elderman @elderman.bsky.socialBluesky · Jun 27, 2025

    A movie you will remember. “I once had a farm in Africa”. Robert Redford (Denys Finch Hatton) and Meryl Streep (Baroness Karen von Blixen) in the 1985 film, Out of Africa.

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  • Jamie 1947 @jamie1947.bsky.socialBluesky · Feb 18, 2025

    Found out there’s a scene in Out of Africa where Robert Redford *washes Meryl Streep’s hair* while reciting poetry. Look, this movie hasn’t aged perfectly- and I was on a plane when I watched it - but holy fuck I was into it

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  • omacolt.bsky.social @omacolt.bsky.socialBluesky · Jan 28, 2025

    #NowWatching from (1985) Geraldine Page wins Best Actress over Meryl Streep in Out Of Africa. It's one of those movies you appreciate the older you get. My twenty year old self would have never got this movie.

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  • 🎃 Can't Think of Spooky Name 🎃 @noclevername.bsky.socialBluesky · Aug 11, 2024

    Out of Africa is a long movie and it feels much, much longer if you're on a first date with someone you already know isn't getting a second date

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  • Alex Blackwell @alexblackwell.bsky.socialBluesky · Aug 6, 2026

    I’m reminded of the line from the movie “The Player,” where the two screenwriters are pitching a movie idea to the Tim Robbins character: “It’s ‘Out of Africa’ meets ‘Pretty Woman!’” collider.com/joel-kinnama...

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  • Mark Tate @markstate.bsky.socialBluesky · Jul 13, 2026

    wonderful — has the feel of closing scene of the movie version Out of Africa — haunting of lions

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  • Question Everything They Do @pattistoll.bsky.socialBluesky · Apr 20, 2026

    Out of Africa. Because I would love to become that mesmerized by a film, again, and to fall deeply in love with it just one more time..

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  • Nathan Francis @nathanfrancis79.bsky.socialBluesky · Mar 23, 2026

    "Well, it's the one thing you can do on a movie set that doesn't make you more tired!" [On sleeping on set] 🎥 #DavidWatkin, English cinematographer who shot "The Devils," "Chariots of Fire," and "Out of Africa" (won the Oscar), was #BOTD 23 March 1925 . #Film

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  • barking @mdicey.bsky.socialBluesky · Feb 19, 2026

    #FebruaryMovieChallenge #Moviesky #Filmsky 2/19 Record player or jukebox in a movie Out of Africa (1985)

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  • Mark 🏳️‍🌈 @mark55.bsky.socialBluesky · Feb 5, 2026

    Out of Africa: a boring movie about boring colonizers in Africa (shot beautifully) but how the fuck did this win best picture? Was there just nothing else happening in film in 1985?

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  • timelady12345678 @leelazoe1974.bsky.socialBluesky · Sep 17, 2025

    youtube.com/watch?v=2EW2... Love this trailer for Out of Africa!

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  • Brain Glitches @cinemajules.bsky.socialBluesky · Sep 16, 2025

    Out of Africa 1985 ‧ Romance/Drama ‧ 2h 41m I think this would be my first Robert Redford movie as far as i remember.

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  • WilonaB 🇺🇸... NO DM'S, NO "GOFUNDME'S", happily married💕... @wilonab.bsky.socialBluesky · Sep 16, 2025

    A scene from one of my all time favorite movies & book, "Out Of Africa"... Out of Africa (5/10) Movie CLIP - Shampoo By the River (1985) HD Visit

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  • Michael Swanwick @michaelswanwick.bsky.socialBluesky · May 20, 2025

    Watching OUT OF AFRICA. Now I need to read the book. And I'd love to hear what Black viewers thought of the movie. Clearly the Europeans had no business being there.

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  • omacolt.bsky.social @omacolt.bsky.socialBluesky · Aug 10, 2026

    #Edwards2026MovieThingChallenge Day 10 Lion in a movie not Lion King Out Of Africa (1985)

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  • Edward Elderman @elderman.bsky.socialBluesky · Jun 27, 2026

    A movie you will remember “I once had a farm in Africa”. Robert Redford (Denys Finch Hatton) and Meryl Streep (Baroness Karen von Blixen) in the 1985 film, Out of Africa

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  • Darrell Clem @darrellclem.bsky.socialBluesky · Mar 15, 2026

    #OscarsMonth #FilmSky Day 15: O (A-Z) OUT OF AFRICA (1985) is a strikingly beautiful film to look at and unfolds leisurely—like an old-fashioned film—to tell its story. A great Sunday afternoon watch. Won 7 Oscars including Best Picture, Director (Sydney Pollack), Cinematography (!!), Score.. 1/2

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