Amadeus
by Milos Forman
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Actor: Elizabeth Berridge, F. Murray Abraham, Roy Dotrice, Simon Callow, Tom HulceDirector: Milos Forman
Brand: Warner Brothers
Cinematographer: Miroslav Ondr?cek
Editor: Michael Chandler
Editor: Nena Danevic
Producer: Bertil Ohlsson
Producer: Michael Hausman
Producer: Saul Zaentz
Writer: Peter Shaffer
DVD: 2 Sides, Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 5.1; English (Subtitled); French (Subtitled)
Format: Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD, NTSC, Widescreen
Picture Format: Anamorphic Widescreen, 2.35:1
Running Time: 160 minutes
DVD Release Date: 1997-12-17
Audience Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Studio: Warner Home Video
DVD Reviews of Amadeus
DVD Review: Wait for a Theatrical Release
Summary: 1 Stars
I'm in agreement with many others who have reviewed the Director's Cut - the added footage ruins the flow of the movie and coherence of the characters.
I love the theatrical release of this movie, and I'm very disappointed that they chose not to include the theatrical release in this blu-ray set. Amadeus is a gorgeous film, and I would very much like to enjoy the original in hi-def splendor.
As of now it's a choice between watching a pretty movie and a good movie. I'll be watching my old DVD theatrical version until they release it on Blu-Ray. Watching the blu-ray directors cut equates to wasting 3 hours getting mad about what they did to an excellent movie.
DVD Review: Amadeus Movie Purchase
Summary: 4 Stars
Fast purchase, quick delivery.
Bought movie for a class..but turns out to be a very intriguing movie none the less!
DVD Review: Not Awashed In Sound
Summary: 4 Stars
While I'm happy this work is now on Blu-ray, I do wish the sound could have been reworked to be a better friend to surround sound. I don't understand the technology of mixing sound, but it was the way Mozart washed over me in the theater that gave gave me the feeling of being in the period theater during the performance scenes.
That being said, I found the Director's cut to be interesting. I did enjoy the extended opera scenes, but didn't care too much for the addition to the scene with Salieri and Constanze - however, it was very interesting to see the scene in an informational kind of way.
If you are a lover of the original movie, this is still a wonderful piece for your collection.
DVD Review: Good Thing Directors Don't Get Their Cut
Summary: 4 Stars
Amadeus featured amazing performances by the actors, great costumes and wonderful writing, not to mention beautifully integrated music supporting and enlarging the action of the film... but the director was clearly in love with the complexities he went through in recreating Mozart's operatic performances. This "director's cut" version included a disproportionate amount of opera performance, which in my view did little to enlarge or enhance the viewer's understanding of Mozart's musical genius.
You're better off with the movie cut as it originally appeared in theatres. Much tighter, more concentrated, and a proper balance of music and story line.
DVD Review: Great movie but...
Summary: 4 Stars
Awesome movie, awesome director's cut. But I give it 4 stars because the "digital copy" is only for Windows Media player, and was not very clear on the cover that it was for Windows operating system only. So now I bought this copy + a copy off of iTunes......
Description of Amadeus
THE INCREDIBLE STORY OF WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART, TOLD INFLASHBACK MODE BY ANTONIO SALIERI - NOW CONFINED TO AN INSANE ASYLUM.The satirical sensibilities of writer Peter Shaffer and director Milos Forman (One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest) were ideally matched in this Oscar-winning movie adaptation of Shaffer's hit play about the rivalry between two composers in the court of Austrian Emperor Joseph II--official royal composer Antonio Salieri (F. Murray Abraham), and the younger but superior prodigy Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (Tom Hulce). The conceit is absolutely delicious: Salieri secretly loathes Mozart's crude and bratty personality, but is astounded by the beauty of his music. That's the heart of Salieri's torment--although he's in a unique position to recognize and cultivate both Mozart's talent and career, he's also consumed with envy and insecurity in the face of such genius. That such magnificent music should come from such a vulgar little creature strikes Salieri as one of God's cruelest jokes, and it drives him insane. Amadeus creates peculiar and delightful contrasts between the impeccably re-created details of its lavish period setting and the jarring (but humorously refreshing and unstuffy) modern tone of its dialogue and performances--all of which serve to remind us that these were people before they became enshrined in historical and artistic legend. Jeffrey Jones, best-known as Ferris Bueller's principal, is particularly wonderful as the bumbling emperor (with the voice of a modern midlevel businessman). The film's eight Oscars include statuettes for Best Director Forman, Best Actor Abraham (Hulce was also nominated), Best Screenplay, and Best Picture. --Jim Emerson
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