Amadeus

Amadeus

  • Director: Milos Forman
  • Writer: Peter Shaffer,Zdenek Mahler
  • Countries of origin: United States, France, Czechoslovakia, Italy
  • Language: English, Italian, Latin, German
  • Release date: September 19, 1984
  • Runtime: 2h 40min
  • Aspect ratio: 2.39 : 1
  • Also known as: Amadeus: The Director's Cut
  • "Amadeus" is a biopic directed by Miloš Forman and starring Tom Eard Hulce and F. Murray Abraham . The film was released in the United States on September 19, 1984.
    The film tells the life of musician Wolfgang Abadis Mozart in flashback. In 1985, the film won the 57th Oscar for Best Picture, Best Director, and Best Actor in eight awards. 

    Details

    • Release date September 19, 1984
    • Filming locations Barrandov Studios, Prague, Czech Republic
    • Production companies AMLF, The Saul Zaentz Company

    Box office

    Budget

    $18,000,000 (estimated)

    Gross US & Canada

    $51,973,029

    Opening weekend US & Canada

    $505,276

    Gross worldwide

    $52,066,791

    Movie reviews

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    • By Holden 2022-04-23 07:01:08

      Confidence and pride of genius

      I have played the piano since I was a child, and my teacher has always said that I am very suitable for playing Mozart's works. But when I was young, I couldn't really understand Mozart's works. Having learned some of his life, I feel that he has experienced too many hardships in his short life, and life should be very difficult. But why are most of the works cheerful or peaceful, without the tragic feeling of Beethoven's works? I imagined that Mozart's greatness was probably...

    • By Amiya 2022-04-23 07:01:08

      constant stare

      The musical talent of character a>b=0 (assuming)
      then most of us’s musical appreciation = negative number
      We look at a in a foreign land safely and happily through the guardrail of b
      We push b to the brink of pain, and through corporal punishment b, Forcing myself to endlessly tend towards positive number
      a and go to heaven, and our eyes follow
      b together Is it not a person abandoned by our eyes?
      b In order to experience our own existence, we constantly stare at a...

    • By Neva 2022-04-23 07:01:08

      what is this - jealousy

      If a person wants to be mediocre, there are few obstacles; if a person wants to be outstanding, there are many obstacles. Many mediocre people have a harmonious relationship with the people around them, and many outstanding people have a tense relationship with the people around them. 
          People allow a stranger's fortune, but cannot tolerate the promotion of a person around him. Because there are contrasts and conflicts of interest between people at the same level, but there is no such...

    • By Lilla 2022-04-23 07:01:08

      darling

      The name that L and I had been looking for turned out to mean "God's darling".
      Watched it at midnight. When L read it again the next afternoon, he read the book next to him and listened to it half a time. Most people like the feeling of remembering everything, I used to think I couldn't do it, and now I'm slowly starting to understand that it's because I don't like to remember that I completely forget most things. Including good books, good movies. I rarely reread, rewatch, and never open...

    • By Van 2022-04-23 07:01:08

      level of soul

      Another translation of the film is "God's Beloved". In the film, Austrian royal musician Salieri repeatedly said that Mozart's music is the voice of God, so this boy must be God's darling. This plunged him into jealousy and despair, because he knew that with his own talents and accomplishments, he would never be able to match him in this life. So after he tortured Mozart to death, he himself went into a lunatic asylum.
      The question that always pops up in my mind again: what is the...

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    • By Jedidiah 2023-09-01 00:06:28

      Mozart! Mozart! Mozart! Mozart! Mozart! Mozart! Mozart! Mozart! Mozart! Mozart! Mozart!...

    • By Florine 2023-08-01 00:49:29

      There is no denying that there are geniuses in the world. And Mozart's enthusiasm, freedom, and truth moved the emperor and us. His work is still amazing to this day. But the frankness of these geniuses made him accelerate toward the end of his life under the corruption of his...

    • By Teagan 2023-07-29 15:57:53

      "He killed Mozart. And kept me alive to torture. Thirty-two years of torture. Thirty-two years of slowly watching myself become extinct. My music...growing fainter. All the time fainter...till no one plays it at all.And his...." Genius, often in the future, only communicates with...

    • By Madilyn 2023-07-10 06:11:17

      The 57th Academy Awards for Best Picture, Best Actor, Best Director, Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Art Direction, Best Costume Design, Best Sound, Best...

    • By Deshawn 2023-06-25 10:11:12

      A very good classic, the characters are very deep, showing the jealousy of the characters and the teasing of fate, because the protagonist is compared with Mozart, who is a court musician, Salieri, not...

    Movie plot

    The film begins with the Austrian court musician Salieri confessing to the priest. The young musician Mozart's death is related to his unforgivable jealousy and entrapment. In 1782, 42 years ago, Salieri moved from a remote town to Vienna and worked as a court musician in the palace of Joseph II. Unexpectedly, I was fascinated by Mozart’s music. Once in the bishop’s house, I finally met Mozart, who had been admired for a long time....
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    Evaluation action

    "The Biography of Mozart" is the pinnacle of biopics, a sensational world-leading audio-visual enjoyment music film, a classic work with a profound insight into human nature. (Netease Entertainment Review) 
    "Mozart" is a rare movie, its almost perfect script, beautiful music, elegant images, extraordinary performances, dazzling directors, and fascinating stories all prove this. (Comment on "Film Critics") 
    The film "Mozart" uses...
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    Movie quotes

    • Antonio Salieri: My plan was so simple. It terrified me. First I must get the death mass and then, I must achieve his death.

      Father Vogler: [stares in horror] What?

      Antonio Salieri: His funeral! Imagine it, the cathedral, all Vienna sitting there, his coffin, Mozart's little coffin in the middle, and then, in that silence, music! A divine music bursts out over them all. A great mass of death! Requiem mass for Wolfgang Mozart, composed by his devoted friend, Antonio Salieri! Oh what sublimity, what depth, what passion in the music! Salieri has been touched by God at last. And God is forced to listen! Powerless, powerless to stop it! I, for once in the end, laughing at him!

      [beat]

      Antonio Salieri: The only thing that worried me was the actual killing. How does one do that? Hmmm? How does one kill a man? It's one thing to dream about it; very different when, when you, when you have to do it with your own hands.

    • Emanuel Schikaneder: Look, I asked you if we could start rehearsals next week and you said yes.

      Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Well, we can.

      Emanuel Schikaneder: So let me see it. Where is it?

      Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Here. It's all right here in my noodle. The rest is just scribbling. Scribbling and bibbling, bibbling and scribbling.

    • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: I actually threw the score on the fire, he made me so angry.

      Antonio Salieri: You burned the score?

      Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: No, no. My wife took it out in time.