Best Pick with John Dorney, Jessica Regan and Tom Salinsky

Episode 62: Amadeus (1984)

Released 3 June 2020

For this episode, we watched Amadeus, written by Peter Shaffer (won), based on his play. It was directed by Milos Forman (won). It starred Tom Hulce (nominated), F Murray Abraham (won), Elizabeth Berridge, Roy Dotrice, Simon Callow and Jeffrey Jones. It also won for its Sound, Art Direction, Costume Design and Makeup.

• Norbert Smith – A Life. https://youtu.be/uD0yDWzX_BM?t=285
• Reeve on Brando. https://youtu.be/QDeJcN45F7E
• Grumpy Guardian article. https://www.theguardian.com/film/2009/oct/22/amadeus-reel-history

Next time we will be discussing Out of Africa. If you want to watch it before listening to the next episode you can buy the DVD or Blu-Ray on Amazon.co.uk, or Amazon.com, or you can download it via iTunes (UK) or iTunes (USA).

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