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Release Date: 1984

Cast: Christine Ebersole, Simon Callow, Richard Frank, Cynthia Nixon, Barbara Bryne, Jeffrey Jones, Tom Hulce, Elizabeth Berridge, Nicholas Kepros, Roderick Cook, F. Murray Abraham, Charles Kay ...MORE

Cast: Christine Ebersole, Simon Callow, Richard Frank, Cynthia Nixon, Barbara Bryne, Jeffrey Jones, Tom Hulce, Elizabeth Berridge, Nicholas Kepros, Roderick Cook, F. Murray Abraham, Charles Kay, Roy Dotrice ...LESS

Categories: Movies, Biographical Film, Drama Film, Period Piece, Biopic [Feature], Comedy-Drama, Music, Biography, Costume Drama, Musical Drama

Amadeus is a 1984 period drama film directed by Miloš Forman and written by Peter Shaffer. Adapted from Shaffer's stage play Amadeus (1979), the story is based loosely on the lives of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and Antonio Salieri, two composers who lived in Vienna, Austria, during the latter half of the 18th century. The film was nominated for 53 awards and received 40, including eight Academy Awards (including Best Picture), four BAFTA Awards, four Golden Globes, and a DGA Award. In 1998, the American Film Institute ranked Amadeus 53rd on its 100 Years... 100 Movies list. The story begins... MORE

Amadeus is a 1984 period drama film directed by Miloš Forman and written by Peter Shaffer. Adapted from Shaffer's stage play Amadeus (1979), the story is based loosely on the lives of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and Antonio Salieri, two composers who lived in Vienna, Austria, during the latter half of the 18th century. The film was nominated for 53 awards and received 40, including eight Academy Awards (including Best Picture), four BAFTA Awards, four Golden Globes, and a DGA Award. In 1998, the American Film Institute ranked Amadeus 53rd on its 100 Years... 100 Movies list. The story begins in 1823 as the elderly Salieri attempts suicide by slitting his throat while loudly begging forgiveness for having killed Mozart in 1791. Placed in a lunatic asylum for the act, Salieri is visited by a young priest who seeks to take his confession. Salieri is sullen and uninterested but eventually warms to the priest and launches into a long "confession" about his relationship with Mozart. Salieri's tale goes on through the night and into the next day. He reminisces about his youth, particularly about his devotion to God and his love for music and how he pledges to God to remain celibate as a LESS