Product Description: Abrahams salieri declares war against the heavens for speaking through the genius of wolfgang amadeus mozart played by hulce. Flashbacks illuminate the mad energetic brilliance of mozart and salieris struggle with his own mediocrity. Studio: Warner Home Video Release Date: 02/10/2009 Starring: F Murray Abraham Jeffery Jones Run time: 180 minutes Rating: Pg Director: Milos Forman
Amazon.com essential video: A note-perfect cinematic event whose immortality was assured from its opening night, Amadeus is an unlikely candidate for the director's-cut treatment. Like one of Mozart's operas, the multiple Oscar-winning theatrical version seemed perfectly formed from the outset--ideal casting, costumes, sets, cinematography, lighting, screenplay, music, music, music--so the reinstatement of an extra 20 minutes simply risks adding "too many notes." Yet though this extended cut can hardly be said to improve a picture that needed no improvement, it does at least flesh out a couple of small subplots and shed new light on certain key scenes. Here we learn why Constanze Mozart bears such ill will towards Salieri when she discovers him at her husband's deathbed, and we see deeper into the reasons why Mozart has no students. The structure of the picture is otherwise unaltered. --Mark Walker
Gripping human drama. Sumptuous period epic. Glorious celebration of the music of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. This marvelous winner of eight Academy Awards(R) portrays the rivalry between the genius Mozart (Tom Hulce) and the jealous court composer (Best Actor Oscar(R) Winner F.Murray Abraham) who may have ruined Mozart's career and shortened his life. Format: BLU-RAY DISC Genre: DRAMA Ra
Aspect Ratio: 2.40:1 Audience Rating: R (Restricted) Binding: Blu-ray Brand: Warner Brothers EAN: 0883929036882 Feature: Gripping human drama. Sumptuous period epic. Glorious celebration of the music of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. This marvelous winner of eight Academy Awards(R) portrays the rivalry between the genius Mozart (Tom Hulce) and the jealous court composer (Best Actor Oscar(R) Winner F.Murray Abraham) who may have ruined Mozart's career and shortened his life. Format: BLU-RAY DISC Genre: DRAMA Ra Format: Classical, Color, Widescreen Label: Warner Home Video Languages:EnglishOriginal LanguageFrenchOriginal LanguageSpanishOriginal LanguageItalianOriginal LanguageGermanOriginal Language Manufacturer: Warner Home Video MPN: 1000042554 Number Of Items: 2 Publisher: Warner Home Video Release Date: February 10, 2009 Running Time: 180 minutes Studio: Warner Home Video Theatrical Release Date: 1984
Customer Reviews
Amadeus who?
This movie is superbly produced and acted. One is transported back to those days of Patrons of the Arts and fashionable Salons ruled over by the matriarchs of local society. Mozart doesn't come out of history with too much credit and for his sake, it might have been better had this film - and history generally - had skipped over his private life and character. His music, on the other hand, lives on and delights all music lovers to this day. Mozart was certainly a paradox of supreme proportions. ... Read More