Amadeus

Origin: U.S(Saul Zaentz) 1984
Length: 160 minutes
Format: Color
Director: Milos Foreman
Producer: Saul Zaentz
Screenplay: Peter Shaffer, from his play
Photography: Miroslav Ondricek
Music: Johann Sebastian Bach, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Antonio Salieri
Cast: F. Murray Abraham, Tom Hulce, Elizabeth Berridge, Simon Callow, Roy Dotrice, Christine Ebersole, Jeffery Jones, Charles Kay, Kenny Baker
Oscars: Saul Zaentz(best picture), Milos Foreman(director), Peter Shaffer(screenplay), F. Murray Abraham(actor), Patrizia Von Brandenstein, Karel Cerny(art direction), Theodor Pistek(costume), Paul LeBlanc, Dick Smith(makeup), Mark Berger, Thomas Scott, Todd Beokelheide, Christopher Newman(sound)
Oscar Nominations: Tom Hulce(actor), Miroslav Ondricek(photography), Nena Danevic, Michael Chandler(editing)
Links: Amadeus Wiki

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Czech director Milos Foreman's casting of American Tom Hulce as the giggling Austrian composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart contrasts with the opulent sets and period details on display throughout the epic biopic Amadeus. But Hulce's wild, over the top performance as the brilliant enfant terrible jibes with the theory that larger-than-life music must flow from a larger-than-life personality.



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