Amadeus [videorecording] / Orion Pictures; a Milos Forman film ; music conducted and supervised by Neville Marriner ; executive producers, Michael Hausman, Bertil Ohlsson ; original stage play and screenplay by Peter Shaffer ; produced by Saul Zaentz ; directed by Milos Forman.
Other Titles: Amadeus.
Publisher: Burbank, CA : Warner Home Video, c1997.
ISBN: 0790733641
Description: 1 videodisc (160 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Subject(s): Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus, 1756-1791 Drama.
Salieri, Antonio, 1750-1825 Drama.
Composers Austria Vienna Drama.
Biographical films.
Historical films.
Musical films.
Feature films.
Performers: F. Murray Abraham, Tom Hulce, Elizabeth Berridge, Simon Callow, Roy Dotrice, Christine Ebersole, Jeffrey Jones.
Notes: English and French language tracks; white English and French subtitles.
Originally produced as a motion picture in 1984 by Saul Zaentz Co.
All music heard throughout the film written by W.A. Mozart.
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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.