Amadeus (Blu-ray Book) [Blu-ray]

Amadeus (Blu-ray Book) [Blu-ray]

Amadeus (Blu-ray Book) [Blu-ray]
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Actor: Barbara Byrne, Elizabeth Berridge, F. Murray Abraham, Lisbeth Bartlett, Tom Hulce
Brand: Warner Brothers
Cinematographer: Miroslav Ondr?cek
Composer: Neville Marriner
Audio: English (Original Language); French (Original Language); Spanish (Original Language); Italian (Original Language); German (Original Language)
Format: Classical, Color, Widescreen
Picture Format: 2.40:1
Running Time: 180 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2009-02-10
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Studio: Warner Home Video
Product features:
  • 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

DVD Reviews of Amadeus (Blu-ray Book) [Blu-ray]

DVD Review: Oh no, here we go again.
Summary: 3 Stars

Note to studios: Stop releasing classic, beautiful films tweaked, butchered and tampered with by "directors cuts". Stop okay. Stop. It makes no sense. Stop. Please, STOP! Why? Just stop.

DVD Review: Totally Satisfied
Summary: 5 Stars

A factory sealed product at a great price and shipped promptly can't be beat. This makes me totally satisfied.

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.

Description of Amadeus (Blu-ray Book) [Blu-ray]

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.
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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