Adapted from Shaffer's play, the film presents the life of Antonio Salieri, a mediocre 18th-century Viennese composer obsessed with and jealous of the musical genius of the age, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.
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Physical Description:1 videodisc (180 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Edition:Director's cut.
Publisher:[Burbank, Calif.] :Warner Home Video,[2009]
General Note:
Originally produced as a motion picture in 1984; director's cut originally released as a motion picture in 2001.
Special features: feature-length audio commentary by Milos Forman and Peter Shaffer; soundtrack remastered and presented in both Dolby digital 5.1 and Dolby surround 2.0; behind the scenes documentary "The making of Amadeus"; theatrical trailer
Creation/Production Credits Note:
Director of photography, Miroslav Ondricek ; edited by Nena Danevic, Michael Chandler ; music composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart ; music conducted and supervised by Sir Neville Marriner ; choreography and opera staging by Twyla Tharp.
Participant or Performer Note:
F. Murray Abraham, Tom Hulce, Elizabeth Berridge, Simon Callow, Roy Dotrice, Christine Ebersole, Jeffrey Jones, Charles Kay, Kenneth McMillan.
Target Audience Note:
MPAA rating: R; CHV rating: 14A.
Awards Note:
Winner of 8 Academy Awards including Best Picture, 1984.