New 4K Restoration
Miloš Forman's eight-time Oscar-winning tale of genius, music, jealousy, and perhaps the most legendary one-sided rivalry ever.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart is the toast of European society thanks to his remarkable talent (and in spite of his mess of a personal life), but he's unknowingly haunted by a darkness: the fierce jealously of fellow composer Antonio Salieri, who resents Mozart even more than he revers his talent. As Salieri is gradually consumed by his jealousy, he becomes obsessed with Mozart's downfall, leading to a devious scheme that has dire consequences for both men. Winner of eight Academy Awards including Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor, Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Art Direction, Best Costume Design, Best Makeup, and Best Sound, and chosen for preservation by the Library of Congress for its cultural, historical, and aesthetic significance. [160 min; drama; English]
This screening will be the original theatrical release version in a 4K restoration by The Academy Film Archive and The Saul Zaentz Co. with restoration funding provided by Teatro Della Pace Films.
"It still soars, but now it seems richer, more expansive. Amadeus reminds us that movies can be lyrical as well as vulgar, ambitious as well as playful, brilliant as well as down and dirty—just like Amadeus himself." — Michael Wilmington, Chicago Tribune
"In what was indisputably his finest moment as a filmmaker, Forman summoned the absolute best work of his craftsmen—costumes, makeup, camerawork, production design—and merged them with his own storytelling sense and his special way with actors to create what has to stand as cinema's most successful musical epic." — William Arnold, Seattle Post-Intelligencer
"Amadeus skewers the period finery—stunning costumes, production design, sublime music—with piercing intelligence and thematic gravitas." — Ian Nathan, Empire
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