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Mood:
- WittyCaptivatingHumorousStylized
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Plot:
- Mentally UnstableMusician's LifeProdigyBlind AmbitionDesire for FameUninhibited RivalryAmbitionArtists and Showbiz more...
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Genres:
- DramaMusicPeriodIndependent
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Time/Period:
- 18th Century
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Place:
- AustriaEuropeRoyal Court
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Praise:
- Award WinnerCritically AcclaimedOscar WinnerModern ClassicPrestigious Awards
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Based on:
- Based on PlayBiographyBased on True Story
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Attitudes:
- Semi SeriousRealistic
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Score:
- Classical
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Amadeus, 1984
English, Italian, German
USA
Profile of Amadeus
Amadeus can be described as witty, captivating, and stylized. The plot revolves around blind ambition, a prodigy, and the desire for fame. The main genres are drama, independent, and period. In approach, Amadeus is realistic. It is set, at least in part, at a royal court. It is located in Austria. Amadeus takes place in the 18th century. The soundtrack is classical. It is adapted from a play, drawn from a biography, and originally a true story. Amadeus has received attention for being a modern classic, an Oscar winner, and critically acclaimed.
Summary of Amadeus
In a lavish 18th Century parlor in Austria, an elderly man is found, by his servant, with his throat slashed. The wound is self-inflicted, and the man is the little-known composer Salieri (F. Murray Abraham), contemporary and adversary of the now-famed, but once reviled, composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (Tom Hulce). Later, from his cell in an insane asylum, Salieri tells a priest (Herman Meckler) the story of his association with Mozart, confessing that he actually killed the brilliantly gifted but troubled young man. Based on the award-winning play by Peter Shaffer, Milos Forman's riveting, brilliant, Oscar-winning Amadeus is a fictionalized account of the real-life mysterious death of Mozart. Abraham, in the role that won him the Best Actor Oscar, is the celebrated court composer to Joseph II (Jeffrey Jones)--his confidence and religious dedication shaken when he meets the boorish 26-year-old Mozart as he chases his future wife (Elizabeth Berridge) around a party while making obscene remarks. Furious that this clownish boy can produce such beautiful music, Salieri determines to keep Mozart's talent from lasting recognition and sets himself on a course for Mozart's destruction that leads to his own as well. Mozart continues to mount beautiful, moving operas (incredibly staged in the film), but becomes obsessed with writing a Requiem as his friends, family, health, and resources waste away, Salieri's manipulating presence always there. It is hard to imagine anyone--whether they are knowledgeable about classical music or not--who would not be held captive by this superb feast for the eyes and ears, a film whose excellence can be felt in every detail.
Details
| Language: | English, Italian, German |
| Country: | USA |
| Release date: | 6 September 1984 |
| Runtime: | 160 min |
| Awards: | Academy Awards |
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as Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
as Antonio Salieri
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