John Carrafa, Sara Clifford, Richard Colton, Shelley Freydont, Anne Glasner, Barbara Hoon, Mary Ann Kellogg, Raymond Kurshals, John Malashock, Tom Rawe, Sara Rudner, Jennifer Way, William Whitener
Written by: Peter Shaffer
Cinematography: Miroslav Ondříček
Edited by: Michael Chandler, Nena Danevic
Production Design: Patrizia Von Brandenstein
Art Direction: Karel Černý
Make-up and Wig Designer: Paul LeBlanc
Production Manager: James Fee
Academy Awards (1984)
Won:
Best Actor in a Leading Role: F. Murray Abraham
Best Adapted Screenplay: Peter Shaffer
Best Art Direction: Karel Černý and Patrizia von Brandenstein
Best Costume Design: Theodor Pištěk
Best Picture
Best Director: Miloš Forman
Best Makeup: Dick Smith and Paul LeBlanc
Best Sound Mixing: Mark Berger, Thomas Scott, Todd Boekelheide and Christopher Newman
Nominated:
Best Actor in a Leading Role: Tom Hulce
Best Cinematography: Miroslav Ondříček
Best Film Editing: Nena Danevic and Michael Chandler
Golden Globe Awards
Won:
Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama: F. Murray Abraham
Best Director: Miloš Forman
Best Motion Picture – Drama
Best Screenplay: Peter Shaffer
Nominated:
Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama: Tom Hulce
Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture: Jeffrey Jones
LAFCA Awards
Won:
Best Actor: F. Murray Abraham tied with Albert Finney for "Under the Volcano"
Best Director: Miloš Forman
Best Picture
Best Screenplay: Peter Shaffer
American Cinema Editors
Won:
Best Edited Feature Film: Nena Danevic and Michael Chandler
Casting Society of America
Won:
Best Casting for Feature Film: Mary Goldberg
Directors Guild of America
Won:
Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Motion Pictures: Miloš Forman
Kansas City Film Critics Circle Award
Won:
Best Actor: F. Murray Abraham
BAFTA Awards
Won:
Best Cinematography: Miroslav Ondříček
Best Editing: Nena Danevic and Michael Chandler
Best Make Up Artist: Dick Smith and Paul LeBlanc
Best Sound: Mark Berger, Thomas Scott and Christopher Newman
Nominated:
Best Actor: F. Murray Abraham
Best Costume Design: Theodor Pištěk
Best Film: Miloš Forman and Saul Zaentz
Best Production Design: Patrizia von Brandstein
Best Screenplay — Adapted: Peter Shaffer
David di Donatello Awards
Won:
Best Director – Foreign Film: Miloš Forman
Best Foreign Actor: Tom Hulce
Best Foreign Film
Nastro d'Argento Awards
Won:
Best Actor — Foreign Film: Tom Hulce
Best Director — Foreign Film: Miloš Forman
César Award
Won:
Best Foreign Film
Japan Academy Prize
Won:
Best Foreign Language Film
Amanda Awards
Won:
Best Foreign Feature Film
Tharp’s third collaboration with Miloš Forman was Amadeus. Working on location in Prague, Tharp choreographed and directed the opera sequences for the film. The sequences were created for a contemporary audience and are not exact reconstructions of eighteenth century dances. The operas included in the film are: The Marriage Of Figaro, Abduction From The Seraglio, The Magic Flute and Don Giovanni.
Amadeus received eight Academy Awards, including Best Picture and Best Director, as well as six international awards for Best Picture.
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Promotional poster
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Cover of the VHS released under the title "Baryshnikov Dances Sinatra and More..."
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Cast and crew on the set.
A selection of excerpts.
The Orchestra:
Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, conducted by Sir Neville Marriner
The Choruses:
Academy Chorus of St. Martin in the Fields, conducted by Laszlo Heltay; Ambrosian Opera Chorus, conducted by John McCarthy; The Choristers of Westminster Abbey, conducted by Simon Preston
Instrumental soloists:
Concerto for Piano in Eb, K482, performed by Ivan Moravec
Concerto for Piano in D minor, K466, performed by Imogen Cooper
Adagio in C minor for Glass Harmonica, K617, performed by Thomas Bloch with The Brussels Virtuosi, conducted by Marc Grauwels
Original Soundtrack Album:
Film Composer: John Strauss
(all composed by Mozart except as noted)
Symphony No. 25 in G minor, K 183, 1st movement
Stabat Mater: Quando Corpus Morietur and Amen (Pergolesi – performed by the Choristers of Westminster Abbey, directed by Simon Preston)
Early 18th Century Gypsy Music: Bubak and Hungaricus
Serenade for Winds, K. 361, 3rd movement
The Abduction from the Seraglio, Turkish Finale
Symphony No. 29 in A, K 201, 1st movement
Concerto for Two Pianos, K. 365, 3rd movement
Mass in C minor, K. 427, Kyrie (Mozart)
Symphonie Concertante, K. 364, 1st movement
Piano Concerto in E flat, K. 482, 3rd movement
The Marriage of Figaro, Act III, Ecco la Marcia
The Marriage of Figaro, Act IV, Ah Tutti Contenti
Don Giovanni, Act II, Commendatore scene
Zaide aria, Ruhe Sanft
Requiem, K. 626, Introitus (orchestra introduction)
Requiem: Dies Irae
Requiem: Rex Tremendae Majestatis
Requiem: Confutatis
Requiem: Lacrimosa
Piano Concerto in D minor, K. 466, 2nd movement