Amadeus - Director's Cut (Two-Disc Special Edition)
by Milos Forman
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Actor: Elizabeth Berridge, F. Murray Abraham, Roy Dotrice, Simon Callow, Tom HulceDirector: Milos Forman
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language); French (Original Language); English (Subtitled); French (Subtitled); Spanish (Subtitled)
Format: Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD-Video, NTSC, Special Edition, Subtitled, Widescreen
Picture Format: 2.35:1
Running Time: 180 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2002-09-24
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Studio: Warner Home Video
Movie Reviews of Amadeus - Director's Cut (Two-Disc Special Edition)
Movie Review: Amadeus Is Perfectly Named
Summary: 5 Stars
I recently watched AMADEUS for the second time and was amazed by what a perfect film it is. Totally historically accurate to the life of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart? No, but the script faithfully follows the basic facts of his life and death with a heavy dose of speculation. Tom Hulce is simply wonderful as Mozart and he believably creates a vulgar, annoying (who can forget that awful laugh?)often socially clueless little man who still fulfills the meaning of his second name "Amadeus" in being beloved by God at least in terms of musical talent. F. Murray Abraham is perfect as Austrian Emperor Joseph's, court composer, Salieri. Salieri possessed social skills, musical talent and training, burning ambition and at least in the beginning piousness. It seems plausible that Salieri's realization of himself as a mediocre composer compared to the musically great though often bizarre Mozart could have driven him to obsession and madness. The costumes and interior furnishings in the film are beautiful and the Prague filming location which stands in for Vienna fully creates the atmosphere of an 18th century European city. Though Hulce and Abraham are the obvious acting standouts the rest of the film is very well cast. I'm no music scholar but Mozart's music which comprises the score seems to be perfectly presented. And the scenes from his operas are so well recreated in the original 18th century manner that they alone are reason enough to watch the film. Yet the rich universal themes are the biggest strengths of AMADEUS. It is a movie that can be enjoyed by those who think they hate classical music or films with historical settings.
Summary of Amadeus - Director's Cut (Two-Disc Special Edition)
A note-perfect cinematic event whose immortality was assured from its opening night, Amadeus is an unlikely candidate for the director's-cut treatment. Like one of Mozart's operas, the multiple Oscar-winning theatrical version seemed perfectly formed from the outset--ideal casting, costumes, sets, cinematography, lighting, screenplay, music, music, music--so the reinstatement of an extra 20 minutes simply risks adding "too many notes." Yet though this extended cut can hardly be said to improve a picture that needed no improvement, it does at least flesh out a couple of small subplots and shed new light on certain key scenes. Here we learn why Constanze Mozart bears such ill will towards Salieri when she discovers him at her husband's deathbed, and we see deeper into the reasons why Mozart has no students. The structure of the picture is otherwise unaltered.The director's cut of Amadeus finally accords this masterful work the DVD treatment it deserves. The handsome anamorphic widescreen picture is accompanied by a choice of Dolby 5.1 or Dolby stereo sound options, and it's all contained on one side of the disc. Director Milos Forman and writer Peter Shaffer provide a chatty though sporadic commentary, but they're obviously still too mesmerized by the movie to do much more than offer the odd anecdote. The second disc contains an excellent new hour-long "making of" documentary, with contributions from Forman, Shaffer, Sir Neville Marriner, and all the main actors, taking in the scriptwriting, choice of music, casting, and problems involved in filming in Communist Czechoslovakia with half the crew and extras working for the Secret Police. --Mark Walker
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.
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