Amadeus : 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.

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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.

Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:Rovi Media Collection. Movies.
Classic collection.
Rovi K-12 education materials.
Corporate Authors: Saul Zaentz Company
Warner Home Video (Firm)
Creative Design Art (Firm)
Other Authors: Forman, Miloš
Zaentz, Saul
Abraham, F. Murray
Hulce, Tom, 1953-
Berridge, Elizabeth, 1962-
Callow, Simon, 1949-
Dotrice, Roy, 1923-2017
Ebersole, Christine
Jones, Jeffrey, 1947-
Kay, Charles, 1930-
McMillan, Kenneth, 1932-1989
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus, 1756-1791
Marriner, Neville
Tharp, Twyla
Shaffer, Peter, 1926-2016
Language:English
French
Spanish
Language and/or Writing System:
Closed-captioned. In English (5.1 Dolby digital and 2.0 Dolby digital) and French (5.1 Dolby digital) with optional subtitles in English, French, and Spanish.
Published: [Burbank, Calif.] : Warner Home Video : Creative Design Art [distributor], [2003]
Edition:Limited edition collector's set.
Series:Rovi Media Collection. Movies.
Classic collection.
Rovi K-12 education materials.
Subjects:
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus, > 1756-1791 > Drama.
Salieri, Antonio, > 1750-1825 > Drama.
Composers > Austria > Vienna > Drama.
Mozart, Constanze, > 1763-1842 > Drama.
Shaffer, Peter, > 1926-2016 > Film adaptations.
Feature films.
Film adaptations.
Biographical films.
Historical films.
Musical films.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Genre:
Drama.
Film adaptations.
Feature films.
Biographical films.
Historical films.
Musical films.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Physical Description:2 videodiscs (180 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 audio disc (58 min. : digital ; 4 3/4 in).
Variant Title:
Peter Shaffer's Amadeus : director's cut.
Format: Video DVD
Description
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.
Note:Originally released as a motion picture in 1984; director's cut originally released as a motion picture in 2001.
Special features: new digital transfer of the motion picture from restored elements with 20 minutes of never-before-seen footage; feature-length audio commentary by Milos Forman and Peter Shaffer; soundtrack remastered and presented in both Dolby digital 5.1 and Dolby surround 2.0; behind the scenes documentary "The making of Amadeus"; theatrical trailer.
Videorecording.
Call Number:AN3 D0027885 VideoDVD & Music CD
Audience:
MPAA rating: R.
Awards:Winner of 8 Academy Awards including Best Picture, 1984.
Credits:Director of photography, Miroslav Ondricek ; edited by Nena Danevic, Michael Chandler ; music composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart ; music conducted and supervised by Sir Neville Marriner ; choreography and opera staging by Twyla Tharp.
System Details:DVD; widescreen (aspect ratio 2.35:1).
Cast:
F. Murray Abraham, Tom Hulce, Elizabeth Berridge, Simon Callow, Roy Dotrice, Christine Ebersole, Jeffrey Jones, Charles Kay, Kenneth McMillan.