Soon after, his father dies, which Salieri takes as a sign that God has accepted his vow. He prays to God that if He makes Salieri a famous composer, he will, in return, promise his faithfulness. Salieri recounts how, even in his youth in the 1760s, he desired to be a composer, much to his father's chagrin. The young priest Father Vogler approaches Salieri for elaboration on Salieri's confession. In the winter of 1823, Antonio Salieri is committed to a psychiatric hospital after surviving a suicide attempt, during which his servants overhear him confess to murdering Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. 7.4 More Music from the Original Soundtrack.In 2019, the film was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being 'culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant'. In 1998, the American Film Institute ranked it 53rd on its 100 Years. As of 2021, it is the most recent film to have more than one nomination in the Academy Award for Best Actor category. Upon release, the film received widespread acclaim and was a box office hit, grossing over $90 million.Ĭonsidered one of the greatest films of all time, Amadeus was nominated for 53 awards and received 40, including eight Academy Awards (including the Academy Award for Best Picture), four BAFTA Awards, four Golden Globe Awards, and a Directors Guild of America award. Abraham and Hulce were both nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor, with Abraham winning.Īmadeus was released by Orion Pictures on September 19, 1984, thirteen days following its world premiere in Los Angeles on September 6, 1984. Murray Abraham as Salieri and Tom Hulce as Mozart. The film follows a fictional rivalry between Mozart and Italian composer Antonio Salieri at the court of Emperor Joseph II. Mozart's music is heard extensively in the soundtrack of the film. The story is set in Vienna, Austria, during the latter half of the 18th century, and is a fictionalized story of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart from the time he left Salzburg, described by its writer as 'fantasia on the theme of Mozart and Salieri'. Amadeus is a 1984 American period biographical drama film directed by Miloš Forman and adapted by Peter Shaffer from his 1979 stage play Amadeus.

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