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Amadeus

  • 19841984
  • PGPG
  • 2h 40m
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Amadeus (1984)
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The life, success and troubles of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, as told by Antonio Salieri, the contemporaneous composer who was deeply jealous of Mozart's talent and claimed to have murdered him... Read allThe life, success and troubles of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, as told by Antonio Salieri, the contemporaneous composer who was deeply jealous of Mozart's talent and claimed to have murdered him.The life, success and troubles of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, as told by Antonio Salieri, the contemporaneous composer who was deeply jealous of Mozart's talent and claimed to have murdered him.
IMDb RATING
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404K
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520
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    • Milos Forman
    • Peter Shaffer(original stage play)
    • Zdenek Mahler(uncredited)
  • Stars
    • F. Murray Abraham
    • Tom Hulce
    • Elizabeth Berridge
    • Milos Forman
    • Peter Shaffer(original stage play)
    • Zdenek Mahler(uncredited)
  • Stars
    • F. Murray Abraham
    • Tom Hulce
    • Elizabeth Berridge
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    • 721User reviews
    • 128Critic reviews
    • 88Metascore
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  • Top rated movie #72
    • Won 8 Oscars

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    Jeffrey Jones and Tom Hulce in Amadeus (1984)
    F. Murray Abraham and Tom Hulce in Amadeus (1984)
    Constanze (ELIZABETH BERRIDGE) shows Mozart's music to Salieri (F. MURRAY ABRAHAM)
    (L-r:) Mozart (TOM HULCE), Emperor Joseph II (JEFFREY JONES), Count Von Strack (RODERICK COOK) and Count Orsini-Rosenberg
    Salieri (F. MURRAY ABRAHAM) with Baron Van Swieten (JONATHAN MOORE, in background)
    (L-r:) Frau Weber (BARBARA BRYNE), Constanze (ELIZABETH BERRIDGE), Mozart (TOM HULCE), Katerina Cavalieri (CHRISTINE EBERSOLE) and Emperor Joseph II (JEFFREY JONES)
    Mozart (TOM HULCE) composes music over a billiard table
    Tom Hulce in Amadeus (1984)
    Jeffrey Jones and Tom Hulce in Amadeus (1984)
    An ailing Mozart (TOM HULCE) dictates notes of music to Salieri (F. MURRAY ABRAHAM) who writes them down for him
    Milos Forman directing "Amadeus"
    Elizabeth Berridge at an event for Amadeus (1984)

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    F. Murray Abraham
    F. Murray Abraham
    • Antonio Salieri
    Tom Hulce
    Tom Hulce
    • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    Elizabeth Berridge
    Elizabeth Berridge
    • Constanze Mozart
    Roy Dotrice
    Roy Dotrice
    • Leopold Mozart
    Simon Callow
    Simon Callow
    • Emanuel Schikaneder
    Christine Ebersole
    Christine Ebersole
    • Katerina Cavalieri
    Jeffrey Jones
    Jeffrey Jones
    • Emperor Joseph II
    Charles Kay
    Charles Kay
    • Count Orsini-Rosenberg
    Kenneth McMillan
    Kenneth McMillan
    • Michael Schlumberg (2002 Director's Cut)
    Kenny Baker
    Kenny Baker
    • Parody Commendatore
    Lisbeth Bartlett
    • Papagena
    • (as Lisabeth Bartlett)
    Barbara Bryne
    • Frau Weber
    Martin Cavina
    • Young Salieri
    • (as Martin Cavani)
    Roderick Cook
    • Count Von Strack
    Milan Demjanenko
    • Karl Mozart
    Peter DiGesu
    • Francesco Salieri
    Richard Frank
    • Father Vogler
    Patrick Hines
    • Kappelmeister Bonno
      • Milos Forman
      • Peter Shaffer(original stage play) (original screenplay)
      • Zdenek Mahler(uncredited)
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    • Trivia
      The film ironically helped spark a revival of Salieri's music, which had previously languished in obscurity.
    • Goofs
      Both Mozart and Salieri are shown conducting an orchestra in modern style, by standing in front and waving the arms. In the 18th century, the conductor played first violin or harpsichord, the other musicians watching his head and hand movements. It was the rise of large orchestras in the 19th century that forced the conductor to abandon his instrument and take a more visible position.
    • Quotes

      [last lines]

      Antonio Salieri: [wheelchaired through the insane asylum] Mediocrities everywhere... I absolve you... I absolve you... I absolve you... I absolve you... I absolve you all.

      [screen fades to black, Mozart's high-pitched laughter rings out in the blackness]

    • Crazy credits
      The producer, screenplay writer and director thank the following for their boundless assistance in our effort to present the physical authenticity and aura you have seen and felt in "Amadeus": -The National Theatre of Czechoslovakia and Prague's Tyl Theatre management for allowing us to film in the Tyl sequences from the operas: "Abduction from the Seraglio," "The Marriage of Figaro," and "Don Giovanni." It was actually in this magnificently preserved theatre that Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart conducted the premiere performance of "Don Giovanni" on October 29, 1787. -His Eminence Cardinal Frantisek Tomasek for his kindness in permitting us to use his beautiful residence headquarters in Prague as the Emperor's palace. -The Barrandov Studios and CS Filmexport for their help in filming "Amadeus" in Prague and in castles and palaces throughout Czechoslovakia.
    • Alternate versions
      The Orion Pictures logo, which was seen at the beginning of the film when it was first released theatrically, was not shown when the film played on both cable and commercial television, and is not seen on the VHS or DVD releases.
    • Connections
      Edited into The Making of 'Amadeus' (2002)
    • Soundtracks
      Le Nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), K. 492, Act IV, Ah Tutti Contenti
      (1786) (uncredited)

      Music by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

      Libretto by Lorenzo da Ponte

      Performed by The Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields (as Academy of St Martin In The Fields)

      Conducted by Neville Marriner

      Excerpts Sung by Samuel Ramey (Figaro), Felicity Lott (Countess), Richard Stilwell (Count Almaviva), Isobel Buchanan (as Isabel Buchanan) (Susanna), Anne Howells (Cherubino), Deborah Rees (Barbarina), Alexander Oliver (Basilio), Robin Leggate (Don Curzio), John Tomlinson (Dr. Bartolo), and Willard White (Antonio)

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    Ravishing in sound and vision
    The unseen star of this film is the Academy of St Martin's in the Field, London. Buy the soundtrack and you will be rewarded with some of the most stunning music you can hear. Mozart's music excells with brilliant treatment and dies with a bad performance. And that, after all, is what the film is about. Without his music, Mozart would be lost in time, a fate that the narrator of the story, the composer Salieri, saw as his own. Ironically, while Salieri has indeed been completely overshadowed by Mozart, his music still survives and has its followers.

    But beyond the music this is an outstanding film. Set in the prettiest and most flamboyant century of the last millennium, it is visually stunning and the writer's portrayal of jealousy is perceptive. The casting of the Austrian King and courtiers, (indeed all the actors in this film) that Mozart needed to impress capture the gentility and courtesy of the time, and also subtly shows their growing indignation and impatience at Mozart's personality and behaviour; the presentation of Mozart as punk musician is probably the only failing in the film. As a theatrical device to show that genius can come in disastrous packages it succeeds well, but anyone with any historic sense of social ettiquette or manners will know that Mozart's sill y behaviour would be well wide of the truth, as might, perhaps, be the concept of Salieri as murderer-in-chief. Only in the final scenes is Mozart's brilliance as a composer truly explored in what amounts to a deconstruction of his final composition - his moving, uncompleted and poignant Requiem mass.

    Another unintended star in this film are the candle lit sets and theatres of the 18th Century; their operas and drama ooze a magic that is lacking in the present world and which modern producers might well try to reintroduce; so lovely are these buildings with their flickering lights and theatrical techniques that one is left desperate to to seek out these rare theatres to experience them.

    This film leaves one breathless from its visual beauty, its magnificent score and the choreography, indeed, of the two together. Mozart's life had the air of tragedy, and his undoubted genius speaks to us now and forever. This film is a monument to the skills of the writer, maker, performers and, of course, Mozart's music. If you have not yet done so, see it.
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    FAQ9

    • Is "Amadeus" based on a book?
    • Why is this film titled with Mozart's supposed middle name?
    • Was Salieri a real person or just made up for the movie?

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      • September 19, 1984 (United States)
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      • Barrandov Studios, Prague, Czech Republic
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      • AMLF
      • The Saul Zaentz Company
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    • 2 hours 40 minutes
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