180 mins |
Rated
PG
Directed by Milos Forman
Starring F. Murray Abraham, Tom Hulce, Jeffrey Jones, Simon Callow, Christine Ebersole, Elizabeth Berridge, Roy Dotrice, Charles Kay
Catch this film as part of our Boutique Retro Cinema's Monday encore screenings all through May!
Miloš Forman (ONE FLEW OVER THE CUCKOO'S NEST) collected another Oscar for best director, along with awards for best picture and six others, for this rousing adaptation of Peter Shaffer’s stage play about the rivalry between the composers Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (Tom Hulce) and Antonio Salieri (F. Murray Abraham).
In telling the story through Salieri’s perspective, AMADEUS becomes a drama about deranged jealousy and betrayal as Salieri fumes over his prodigious counterpart, who is seen as immature and unworthy of his superior talent. Yet through the heat of Salieri’s contempt, Mozart’s compositions come alive with fresh urgency: AMADEUS isn’t a stodgy costume piece for classical music fans only, it’s a gripping drama about a divine gift and its costs. – Scott Tobias, The New York Times
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Catch this film as part of our Boutique Retro Cinema's Monday encore screenings all through May!
Miloš Forman (ONE FLEW OVER THE CUCKOO'S NEST) collected another Oscar for best director, along with awards for best picture and six others, for this rousing adaptation of Peter Shaffer’s stage play about the rivalry between the composers Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (Tom Hulce) and Antonio Salieri (F. Murray Abraham).
In telling the story through Salieri’s perspective, AMADEUS becomes a drama about deranged jealousy and betrayal as Salieri fumes over his prodigious counterpart, who is seen as immature and unworthy of his superior talent. Yet through the heat of Salieri’s contempt, Mozart’s compositions come alive with fresh urgency: AMADEUS isn’t a stodgy costume piece for classical music fans only, it’s a gripping drama about a divine gift and its costs. – Scott Tobias, The New York Times