Amadeus (Blu-ray Book) | 
| Actors: F. Murray Abraham, Tom Hulce, Lisbeth Bartlett, Elizabeth Berridge, Barbara Byrne
Studio: Warner Home Video
Category: DVD
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Rating:  591 reviews
Sales Rank: 3368
Format: Classical, Color, Widescreen
Languages: English (Original Language), French (Original Language), Spanish (Original Language), Italian (Original Language), German (Original Language)
Rating: R (Restricted)
Media: Blu-ray
Aspect Ratio: 2.40:1
Number Of Discs: 2
Running Time: 160 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.6
Dimensions (in): 7 x 5.6 x 0.8
MPN: 1000042554
UPC: 883929036882
EAN: 0883929036882
ASIN: B001JNNE64
Theatrical Release Date: 1984
Release Date: February 10, 2009
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| • | 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. Format: BLU-RAY DISC Genre: DRAMA Ra |
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Product Description
Abrahams salieri declares war against the heavens for speaking through the genius of wolfgang amadeus mozart played by hulce. Flashbacks illuminate the mad energetic brilliance of mozart and salieris struggle with his own mediocrity. Studio: Warner Home Video Release Date: 02/10/2009 Starring: F Murray Abraham Jeffery Jones Run time: 180 minutes Rating: Pg Director: Milos Forman
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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. --Mark Walker
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 Darker Vision of the Great movie February 7, 2010
Patriot (Caleefornia)
New scenes show Amadeus as a more troubled person...more of a deadbeat.
New scene shows his wife, Stanzy, in an - um - compromising position.
New scenes show Salieri as a big dirtbag.
The scenes make the movie different, not better.
 Gift for my hubby February 1, 2010
Shannon Peck (PAWLEYS ISLAND, SC, US)
He's ALWAYS loved this movie, so when I saw it was in blu-ray I bought it for him :)))
Sometimes less is more January 16, 2010
calvinnme (Fredericksburg, Va)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Prior to owning this director's cut, I had only seen the theatrical version. At the tender age of 26, when I still thought no film was complete without a car chase and a big explosion, Amadeus had me hooked. I went to see it multiple times back in 1984, back when the theatre was empty whenever it played and before it was nominated by the Academy.
This film is an unusual biography, and I often like to compare it with Ed Wood, since both Ed Wood and Salieri were men who gave everything they had to their respective crafts and came up short. Salieri, a contemporary of Mozart, has only one dream - to be a great composer. Predating the prosperity gospel by about two hundred years, Salieri mistakes obsessing with God over his own earthly desires with actual godliness, even being happy when his father - who objects to Salieri's musical interests - chokes to death and leaves Salieri free to pursue his musical dreams. He chalks this up to God's will for his career. Problems begin when Salieri meets a twenty-something Mozart at the court of the Emperor in Vienna. Mozart is everything Salieri is not - profane, forward, and a great composer. Salieri starts down the road to insanity as he realizes the childish Mozart has all of the gifts he ever wanted and has been denied. However, Salieri is not an outright failure as was Ed Wood. In many ways he is something worse than a ridiculous failure - he is mediocre, and worse yet, he knows it.
The director's cut adds some additional scenes that flesh out the motivations for the characters, and you would think that this adds to the film, but actually it detracts from it. I rather liked imagining what went on between the characters and having some of the sexual situations and conflicts insinuated and largely left up to the imagination of the viewer. This is all stripped away with the director's cut. Also, as unsavory a character as Salieri was, the extra scenes make him even more unlikable, and in a way that I thought was even beneath of what he was capable. I would elaborate, but I would give away key plot points.
The commentary is the same as what was on the previous director's cut standard DVD, and to tell you the truth, the pair doing the commentary did not take the film seriously at all, which surprised me since one of the commenters is director Milos Forman. The comments were often completely distracting from the film's atmosphere, although they were well informed in their narrative. The other major extra, the "Making Of" documentary was quite enjoyable, and was also previously available on the standard DVD release of the director's cut.
The cinematography and art direction on this film are outstanding. The visuals start out light and festive, matching Mozart's mood and prospects. As poverty, illness, and the guilt of his father's death close in on Mozart during the second half of the film, the mood and visuals become very dark to match what is happening in Mozart's own life. I highly recommend the film, and if you never saw the theatrical cut I doubt you will be bothered by the added material of the director's cut.
 Confusing January 16, 2010
Benjamin J. Barrett
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
Amazon has mixed all the reviews together and doesn't give details on how the versions differ. Recommend people complain to Amazon about this.
BLU RAY VERSION January 15, 2010
AVID MOVIE WATCHER (USA)
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
BLU-RAY VERSION IS WORTH BUYING. I DON'T NEED TO TELL YOU ABOUT THE MOVIE, OTHERS ALREADY HAVE. BUT, NOT TOO MANY PEOPLE TELL YOU IF IT IS WORTH UPGRADING FROM YOUR REGULAR DVD TO BLU-RAY. THIS ONE IS WORTH IT. COLORS ARE STUNNING AND SOUNDS GREAT.
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