Amadeus (film)

Amadeus
Amadeus
	Theatrical release poster by Peter Sís
Directed by	Miloš Forman
Screenplay by	Peter Shaffer
Based on	Amadeus; by Peter Shaffer; Mozart and Salieri; by Alexander Pushkin;
Produced by	Saul Zaentz
Starring	F. Murray Abraham; Tom Hulce; Elizabeth Berridge; Simon Callow; Roy Dotrice; Christine Ebersole; Jeffrey Jones; Charles Kay;
Cinematography	Miroslav Ondříček
Edited by	Nena Danevic; Michael Chandler;
Production; company	The Saul Zaentz Company
Distributed by	Orion Pictures (United States); Thorn EMI Screen Entertainment (International);
Release dates	September 6, 1984 (Los Angeles); September 19, 1984 (United States);
Running time	161 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$18 million
Box office	$90 million

Amadeus is a 1984 American period biographical drama film directed by Miloš Forman, and adapted by Peter Shaffer from his 1979 stage play of the same name, in turn inspired by the 1830 play Mozart and Salieri by Alexander Pushkin. Set in Vienna, Austria, during the latter half of the 18th century, the film is a fictionalized story of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart from the time he left Salzburg, described by its writer as a "fantasia on the theme of Mozart and Salieri". Mozart's music is heard extensively in the soundtrack. The film follows a fictional rivalry between Mozart and Italian composer Antonio Salieri at the court of Joseph II, Holy Roman Emperor. The film stars F. Murray Abraham as Salieri and Tom Hulce as Mozart. Abraham and Hulce were both nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor, with Abraham winning the award.

Amadeus was released by Orion Pictures on September 19, 1984, thirteen days after its world premiere in Los Angeles on September 6, 1984. Upon release, it received widespread acclaim and was a box office hit, grossing over $90 million. Amadeus was nominated for 53 awards and received 40, including eight Academy Awards (including Best Picture and Best Director), four BAFTA Awards, four Golden Globe Awards (including Best Motion Picture – Drama and Best Director), and a Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directing – Feature Film. As of 2024^[update], it was 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".^[4]^[5]^[6]

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