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Related: About this forum'Mozart v. Salieri': 'Amadeus' Best Picture, 1984: Musical Genius Wolfgang A. Mozart
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(Wiki 'Amadeus' Film) Winner of 8 Academy Awards, Amadeus is a 1984 American epic period biographical drama film directed by Milo Forman and adapted by Peter Shaffer from his stage play Amadeus. The story is set in Vienna, Austria during the latter half of the 18th century, and is a fictionalized biography of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791) described by its writer as "fantasia on the theme of Mozart and Salieri".
Mozart's music is heard extensively in the soundtrack of the film. The film follows a fictional rivalry between Mozart and Italian composer Antonio Salieri at the court of Emperor Joseph II. Amadeus was released by Orion Pictures on September 19, 1984, thirteen days following its world premiere in Los Angeles on September 6, 1984. Upon release, the film received widespread acclaim and was a box office hit by grossing over $90 million.
Considered one of the best films of all time, Amadeus was nominated for 53 awards and received 40, including eight Academy Awards (as well as the Academy Award for Best Picture), four BAFTA Awards, four Golden Globe Awards, and a Directors Guild of America award. As of 2019, it is the most recent film to have more than one nomination in the Academy Award for Best Actor category. In 1998, the American Film Institute ranked it 53rd on its 100 Years... 100 Movies list. In 2019, the film was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant"...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amadeus (film)
https://www.britannica.com/biography/Wolfgang-Amadeus-Mozart
https://www.britannica.com/biography/Wolfgang-Amadeus-Mozart
- Exposing Myths of Mozart and Salieri, 'The Feud That Never Was,' The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/music/2003/dec/19/classicalmusicandopera.italy
- Salieri's Revenge, The New Yorker
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2019/06/03/antonio-salieris-revenge
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'Mozart v. Salieri': 'Amadeus' Best Picture, 1984: Musical Genius Wolfgang A. Mozart (Original Post)
appalachiablue
Jan 2020
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defacto7
(13,485 posts)1. It's great fun and a nice window into Mozart's world
though not historically very accurate.
appalachiablue
(41,184 posts)2. Peter Shaffer's fiction made the play, then the lavish, excellent film.
Included above are two later articles about the life and work of Salieri and Mozart, to help reinterpret the theatrical story- by the Guardian and the New Yorker.