Amadeus [videorecording, DVD] : director's cut / The Saul Zaentz Company presents a Milos Forman film ; original stage play and screenplay by Peter Shaffer ; produced by Saul Zaentz ; directed by Milos Forman.

Contributor(s): Material type: FilmFilmPublisher number: 37464 | Warner Home VideoPublication details: Burbank, CA : Warner Home Video, c2002.Edition: Director's cutDescription: 2 videodiscs (180 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 inOther title:
  • Peter Schaffer's Amadeus
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • PN1997 .A369 2002
Production credits:
  • Director of photography, Miroslav Ondricek ; editors, Nena Danevic, Michael Chandler ; music, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart; music conductor and supervision, Neville Marriner ; choreographer, Twyla Tharp.
Cast: F. Murray Abraham, Tom Hulce, Elizabeth Berridge, Simon Callow, Roy Dotrice, Christine Ebersole, Jeffrey Jones.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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Originally released as a motion picture in 1984; director's cut originally released as a motion picture in 2001.

Special features: new 2001 digital transfer from restored elements; soundtrack remastered and presented in both Dolby digital 5.1 and Dolby surround 2.0; behind the scenes documentary "The making of Amadeus"; feature-length audio commentary by Milos Forman and Peter Shaffer.

Director of photography, Miroslav Ondricek ; editors, Nena Danevic, Michael Chandler ; music, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart; music conductor and supervision, Neville Marriner ; choreographer, Twyla Tharp.

F. Murray Abraham, Tom Hulce, Elizabeth Berridge, Simon Callow, Roy Dotrice, Christine Ebersole, Jeffrey Jones.

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.

DVD.

Closed-captioned for the hearing impaired.

Winner of 8 Academy Awards including Best Picture, 1984.

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