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.
1 videodisc (180 minutes) : sound, colour ; 4 3/4 inches polychrome digital optical surround Dolby digital TrueHD,Dolby digital 5.1 wide screen HDTV video file Blu-ray video region A
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Canadian Home Video Rating: 14A
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Originally produced as a motion picture in 1984 by Saul Zaentz Co Director of photography, Miroslav Ondricek ; editors, Michael Chandler, Nena Danevic, Michael Magill ; music by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Antonio Salieri ; arranged and conducted by Neville Marriner F. Murray Abraham, Tom Hulce, Elizabeth Berridge, Simon Callow, Roy Dotrice, Christine Ebersole, Jeffrey Jones, Charles Kay Blu-ray disc (requires Blu-ray player for playback) ; anamorphic widescreen format (2.40:1 aspect ratio) ; Dolby digital TrueHD ; Dolby digital 5.1 For private home use in the USA and Canada only English, Spanish, German, Italian and French language tracks with English, French, Spanish, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, German, Italian, Korean, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese & Swedish subtitles Academy Awards, 1984: Best picture, best leading actor (Abraham), best director (Forman), best adapted screenplay (Shaffer), best art direction-set decoration, best costuming, best makeup, best sound Golden Globe Awards, 1984: Best motion picture-drama, best director (Forman), best screenplay, best performance by an actor (Abraham)
