For movie Kiss of the Spider Woman William Hurt won the Oscar award for best actor in 1985. This movie is a 1985 Brazilian-American drama film directed by Argentine-born Brazilian director Hector Babenco, and adapted by Leonard Schrader from the Manuel Puig novel 'Kiss of the Spider Woman'. William Hurt, Raul Julia, Sonia Braga, Jose Lewgoy, and Milton Gonçalves star in the leading roles.