Note: I watched the Director's Cut so I got 20 extra minutes that you may or may not get depending on whether you get the Director's Cut or not. Also, it was my first time watching this movie, so I never saw the original.
Amadeus is an American historical period/biographical drama made in 1984 and adapted from Peter Schaffer's stage play of the same name. This movie is about, you guessed it, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. It talks about his life through the eyes of Antonio Salieri, the man who was extremely jealous of him (even considered to have killed him, as depicted in the film).
You really can't summarize a movie about someone's life, but here goes. If you know a lot about Mozart, then you'll know of the stuff that happened in his life that was taken out of the movie. I thought every detail they did mention though was necessary and made the movie absolutely great.
Basically the movie starts off with Salieri killing himself, because of the guilt he has towards killing Mozart. He then tells us a little about how HE wanted to get into music and then meeting Mozart. From there we see more into Mozart's life, his personality, his wife, his father, his father's death, his debt, his opera's (which were totally insane for the time period), his relationship with Salieri, his drinking problems, his illness, and of course, his death. This is all in the time frame of about two hours and a half, nearly three hours if you watch the director's cut.
Absolute perfection. 10/10. I loved this film. I love Mozart, so you know I had high expectations. I wanted it to be perfect, and it was. I really enjoyed it. There was not one dull moment and the suspense at the end when we near Mozart's death, beautiful and frightening. No wonder it won 8 Academy Awards!!! This movie made me feel so many emotions, it was truly an art. I felt like I was there. Like I knew these people.
And the acting. Now that was exceptional!
F. Murray Abraham as Antonio Salieri (You really do sense he hates Mozart. I mean just great acting. The make-up for him as an older man, wow!)
Tom Hulce as Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (Great actor. He portrayed Mozart very well. His laugh in the movie. You will either love it or hate it. I loved it.)
Elizabeth Berridge as Constanze Mozart (I actually know very little about Mozart's wife. I did, however, know her description. She fit the description perfectly.)
There are many more actors. All very well, too, but these three are the main ones.
Also, might I mention. The costumes and soundtrack (Mozart, duh) were awesome. The costumes totally looked believable and the soundtrack, well they played each of those songs at the perfect time. Especially the ending. Every aspect of this movie put together made it a complete masterpiece.
Here's the trailer:
