Amadeus (movie)

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 ruin his career 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.

Cast
 F. Murray Abraham as Antonio Salieri
 Tom Hulce as Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
 Elizabeth Berridge as Constanze Mozart
 Roy Dotrice as Leopold Mozart
 Simon Callow as Emanuel Schikaneder
 Richard Frank as Father Vogler
 Christine Ebersole as Caterina Cavalieri
 Jeffrey Jones as Emperor Joseph II
 Charles Kay as Count Orsini-Rosenberg
 Cynthia Nixon as Lorl, Mozart's maid
 Vincent Schiavelli as Salieri's valet
 Roderick Cook as Count Von Strack
 Jonathan Moore as Baron van Swieten
 Patrick Hines as Kappelmeister Bonno

Awards and nominations
United States
 Academy Awards 1984
 Won (8)
 Best Actor in a Leading Role (F. Murray Abraham)
 Best Adapted Screenplay (Peter Shaffer)
 Best Art Direction (Karel Černý and Patrizia von Brandenstein)
 Best Costume Design (Theodor Pištěk)
 Best Picture
 Best Director (Miloš Forman)
 Best Makeup (Dick Smith and Paul LeBlanc)
 Best Sound Mixing (Mark Berger, Thomas Scott, Todd Boekelheide and Christopher Newman)
 Nominated
 Best Actor in a Leading Role (Tom Hulce)
 Best Cinematography (Miroslav Ondříček)
 Best Film Editing (Nena Danevic and Michael Chandler)

 Golden Globe Awards 1984
 Won (4)
 Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama (F. Murray Abraham)
 Best Director (Miloš Forman)
 Best Motion Picture – Drama
 Best Screenplay (Peter Shaffer)
 Nominated
 Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama (Tom Hulce)
 Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture (Jeffrey Jones)

 LAFCA Awards 1984
 Won (4)
 Best Actor (F. Murray Abraham tied with Albert Finney for Under the Volcano)
 Best Director (Miloš Forman)
 Best Picture
 Best Screenplay (Peter Shaffer)

 American Cinema Editors
 Won (1)
 Best Edited Feature Film (Nena Danevic and Michael Chandler)
 Casting Society of America
 Won (1)
 Best Casting for Feature Film (Mary Goldberg)
 Directors Guild of America
 Won (1)
 Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Motion Pictures (Miloš Forman)
 Kansas City Film Critics Circle Award
 Won (1)
 Best Actor (F. Murray Abraham)

 American Film Institute
 Won (1)
 AFI's 100 Years...100 Movies – #53
 Nominated
 AFI's 100 Years...100 Heroes and Villains:
 Villain – Antonio Salieri
 AFI's 100 Years...100 Movie Quotes:
 Emperor Joseph II: "There are simply too many notes."
 AFI's 100 Years...100 Movies (10th Anniversary Edition)

United Kingdom
 BAFTA
 Won (4)
 Best Cinematography (Miroslav Ondříček)
 Best Editing (Nena Danevic and Michael Chandler)
 Best Make Up Artist (Dick Smith and Paul LeBlanc)
 Best Sound (Mark Berger, Thomas Scott and Christopher Newman)
 Nominated
 Best Actor (F. Murray Abraham)
 Best Costume Design (Theodor Pištěk)
 Best Film (Miloš Forman and Saul Zaentz)
 Best Production Design (Patrizia von Brandstein)
 Best Screenplay — Adapted (Peter Shaffer)

Italy
 David di Donatello
 Won (3)
 Best Director – Foreign Film (Miloš Forman)
 Best Foreign Actor (Tom Hulce)
 Best Foreign Film
 Nastro d'Argento
 Won (2)
 Best Actor — Foreign Film (Tom Hulce)
 Best Director — Foreign Film (Miloš Forman)

France
 César Award
 Won (1)
 Best Foreign Film

Japan
 Japan Academy Prize
 Won (1)
 Best Foreign Language Film

Norway
 Amanda awards
 Won (1)
 Best Foreign Feature Film

References

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