One sentence plot summary: A largely fictionalized account of the relationship between composers Mozart and Salieri.
Starring: F. Murray Abraham, Tom Hulce, Elizabeth Berridge, Roy Dotrice, Simon Callow, Richard Frank, Christine Ebersole, Jeffrey Jones, Charles Kay, Cynthia Nixon, Roderick Cook, Vincent Schiavelli
Best of: Engrossing storyline and tremendous performances from both leads.
Worst of: I wish I had known more about Mozart going in...I think it would have made me appreciate the film even more ad there seem to have been lots of inside jokes.
Notable: Maurice Jarre, in his speech accepting the 1984 Best Original Score Oscar for A Passage to India, expressed his gratitude that Amadeus - with music entirely by Mozart - had not been Oscar-nominated for Best Original Score.
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I saw it a long time ago... need to re-watch. I forget... was one of the inside jokes something about him "banging on his organ"... :)
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