Amadeus (movie)

Amadeus is a 1984 American biographical period drama movie directed by Milos 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, Kromeriz 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
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 Cerny and Patrizia von Brandenstein)
Best Costume Design (Theodor Pistek)
Best Picture
Best Director (Milos 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 Ondricek)
Best Film Editing (Nena Danevic and Michael Chandler)
Golden Globe Awards 1984
Won (4)
Best Actor - Motion Picture Drama (F. Murray Abraham)
Best Director (Milos 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 (Milos 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 (Milos 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 Ondricek)
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 Pistek)
Best Film (Milos 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 (Milos Forman)
Best Foreign Actor (Tom Hulce)
Best Foreign Film
Nastro d'Argento
Won (2)
Best Actor -- Foreign Film (Tom Hulce)
Best Director -- Foreign Film (Milos Forman)
France
Cesar 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
Other websites
1984 drama movies
1980s biographical movies
1980s historical movies
American biographical movies
1980s American drama movies
BAFTA Award winning movies
Best Picture Oscar
1980s English-language movies
Fiction set in the past
Golden Globe Award winning movies
Movies set in Austria
Movies set in the 18th century
Movies set in the 1780s
Movies set in the 1790s
Movies set in the 1820s
French drama movies
Czech movies
Italian drama movies
Movies set in Vienna
Movies directed by Milos Forman
Movies about composers
Movies about classical music and musicians