Amadeus | |
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Directed by | Miloš Forman |
Written by | Peter Shaffer Zdeněk Mahler (Assistant) |
Produced by | Saul Zaentz |
Starring | F. Murray Abraham Tom Hulce Elizabeth Berridge |
Cinematography | Miroslav Ondříček |
Edited by | Michael Chandler |
Music by | Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart |
Distributed by | Orion Pictures |
Release date | September 19, 1984 |
Running time | Theatrical release 161 minutes Director's cut 180 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Budget | $18 million |
Box office | $51,973,029 |
Amadeus is a 1984 American biographical period drama movie directed by Miloš Forman. It won eight Oscars. This is a biography of two great music composers - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and Antonio Salieri. Salieri knows Mozart is a great composer but tries to stop him out of jealousy.
The movie was shot on location in Prague, Kroměříž and Vienna. Notably, Forman was able to shoot scenes in the Count Nostitz Theatre in Prague, where Don Giovanni and La Clemenza di Tito were first shown two centuries before. Several other scenes were shot at the Barrandov Studios.