Amadeus
Described by Shaffer as "a fantasia based on fact," Amadeus was inspired by persistent rumors in the early 19th Century that Mozart had been poisoned by his rival Salieri, a successful court composer driven mad by the revelation of his own mediocrity when compared to Mozart's God-given genius. Transcending both Salieri and Mozart are the universal themes they represent: the relationship between man and God; the difficulty of serving a God whose ways are often perceived as irrational, perverse and mockingly cruel; the confrontation of genius and mediocrity; and as in the tragic case of Mozart, the sad spectacle of a towering genius poorly rewarded and pushed to destruction by society.
GENRE: Comedydrama, Historical
MPAA RATING:
R
RUN TIME: 3h 0m
RELEASE DATE: September 19, 1984
STARRING: Tom Hulce, F. Murray Abraham, Elizabeth Berridge, Simon Callow, Roy Dotrice
DIRECTOR(S): Milos Forman
PRODUCER(S): Saul Zaentz
WRITER(S): Peter Shaffer
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