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This is the most blatant example of false advertising I've ever seen. This video calls itself "Amadeus" and guess what?? The song "Amadeus" isn't in the movie. Not even over the end credits. Instead it's about this guy from Victorian Egypt who makes classical music and some other classical music guy who hates him. They all run around in these limp-wristed puffy shirts. DUMB! DUMB! DUMB! AND BORING TOO!! I can see why they called it "Amadeus". No one would see it unless they made people think the Falco song was in it. WHICH IT"S NOT!!! I'm going to sue Warner Home Video (or Ripoff Home Video) over this.
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This is a Warner Bros type phenomenon in a sense that they always seem to have these digipack releases, in this case Amadeus. Doesn't come in the usual blu ray plastic case, Another version will be released soon without these included items, this version includes a hardcover book with the first cover having the blu ray as soon as you open it , in the middle you have 36 pages of words and pictures about the movie and the end cover of the book has a 'special cd compilation' with 8 tracks on it done by Sir Neville Marriner, Academy of St. Martin-in-the-fields. The price isn't too bad either. Get it now before it gets deleted!
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I don't get the point of making a fictionalised version of a real person's story. Either tell the real story or present the work as pure fiction. Why overwrite Mozart's life story with your own?
Mozart was a genius. In this movie, he was portrayed as a buffoon. It was irritating, served no purpose and detracted from the story. The story itself is only very loosely based on history. If you like fiction, this would be fine for you, but if you want to learn about Mozart, I would recommend reading the book Loving Mozart: A Past Life Memory of the Composer's Final Years.
I give this movie a 1, at least for the nice music and opera.
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The dvd played a picture with NO sound! I never received a refund. I never received a call back or email or anything. DO NOT BUY!!!
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Great sets and costumes don't redeem almost three hours of enduring a muddled screenplay and poor, often over-the-top, acting by the protagonist and others. A promising beginning deteriorated steadily to a point where I was ready to bail out but somehow stuck with it.
I decided to try this after getting into Mozart the last couple of years. I thought at the least the score would be good. But instead of his concertos, symphonies, and serenades, we get his unfamiliar (to me) operas.
A perfect example of Hollywood rewarding the lushness of the production despite a tiresome (and historically inaccurate) story line.
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