Amadeus [DVD recording] / Orion Pictures; a Milos Forman film ; music conducted and supervised by Neville Marriner ; executive producers, Michael Hausman, Bertil Ohlsson ; original stage play and screenplay by Peter Shaffer ; produced by Saul Zaentz ; directed by Milos Forman.
F. Murray Abraham, Tom Hulce, Elizabeth Berridge, Simon Callow, Roy Dotrice, Christine Ebersole, Jeffrey Jones. Originally produced as a motion picture in 1984 by Saul Zaentz Co. All music heard throughout the film written by W.A. Mozart. See menu for specific interactive features.
Contents:
Side A. Movie (part 1) -- Side B. Movie (part 2) ; Special features.
Summary:
Adapted from Shaffer's play, the film presents the life of Antonio Salieri, a mediocre 18th century Viennese composer obsessed with and jealous of the musical genius of the age: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.
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