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Interesting Questions, Facts and Information
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 Interesting Questions, Facts, and Information
 Amadeus
| While Mozart did in fact die of natural causes, Salieri states that God took the life of Mozart in order to spite whom? | Amadeus
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Salieri. Salieri planned on paying Mozart to compose a Requiem, then murder him and pass of the Requiem as his own work. But Mozart died without finishing the composition, causing Salieri's hatred and madness to grow, feeling that God would rather destroy his great creation, rather than allow a medeocre(Salieri) to recieve any glory. Ouch.
| According to Salieri, what kind of man was Mozart? | Amadeus
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Antonio Salieri. The film opens with an aged Antonio Salieri, now confined to an insane asylum, confessing to the murder of Mozart.
| Which 'team' behind Amadeus also swept the 1975 Academy Awards with their "One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest"? | Amadeus
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Milos Foreman and Saul Zaentz. Foreman and Zaentz Director and Producer, Foreman won an Oscar for Best Director for both of these films. Rose and McEveety Director and Producer of "Immortal Beloved"; Polanski and Evans Director and Producer of "Chinatown" Mann and Lowry Director and Producer of "The Last of the Mohicans".
| Why does Salieri hate Mozart so much? | Amadeus
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He wishes he had the talent God bestowed upon Mozart..
| Who played Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart? | Amadeus
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Tom Hulce. The role landed him an Oscar for Best Actor in a Leading Role.
| How many Oscars did "Amadeus" take home in 1985? | Amadeus
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8. "Amadeus" won for Best Picture, Best Actor, Best Director, Screenplay, Art Direction and Scene Production, Costume Design, Sound, and Makeup.
| Who played the leading role in the film, which awarded him an Academy Award? | Amadeus
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F. Murray Abraham. Anton Felix Schindler is a character in "Immortal Beloved", a story of {Beethoven;} Peter Schaffer is the acredited author of the Broadway original of which the film is {based;} Roy Dotrice plays Leopold Mozart in the film.
| Who from the cast was nominated for a Best Actor Oscar? | Amadeus
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Both of these were. Abraham won, but graciously remembered Hulce in his speech.
| Where does Constanza go to get her health back? | Amadeus
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The spa. She was sent away by her mother, after Wolfgang's drinking and erratic behavior took their toll on her.
| How many Italians serve as the Emperor's musical advisors? | Amadeus
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three. All musical idiots, according to Mozart.
| How old was Mozart when he composed his first symphony? | Amadeus
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seven. 'This man had written his first Concerto at the age of four, his first symphony at seven, a full-scale opera at twelve!'
| What is the name of the Mozarts' maid? | Amadeus
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Laurel. She's hired by Salieri, who uses her as a spy.
| What is Constanza's 'penalty' for losing a round of musical chairs? | Amadeus
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show her legs. A very risque act for the day!
| How many years pass between Mozart's death and Salieri's attempted suicide? | Amadeus
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32. '...and he kept me alive to torture! Thirty-two years of torture, thirty-two years!'
| What is Salieri's favorite breakfast food? | Amadeus
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sugar rolls. There are numerous indications of Salieri's sweet tooth throughout the film.
| What is the first of Mozart's operas we hear parodied in the common theater? | Amadeus
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Don Giovanni. The ghost of Don Giovanni's father is played by a midget.
| The first time we see Mozart as an adult, for whom is he performing? | Amadeus
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the Archbishop. He makes an embarrassing late appearance, because he's fooling around with Constanza.
| The first time we see Mozart as a child, for whom is he performing? | Amadeus
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the Pope. He plays the harpsicord blindfolded, then repeats the same tune on the violin.
| How many times is Don Giovanni played in Vienna? | Amadeus
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five. 'Through my influence, I saw to it Don Giovanni was played only five times in Vienna - but in secret I went to every one of those five, worshipping the sound that I alone seemed to hear.'
| How do the Mozarts earn extra money? | Amadeus
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They pawn household objects. Snuffboxes to be exact.
| What does Salieri NOT include in his promise to God? | Amadeus
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charity. 'In return I give you my chastity, my industry, my deepest humility- every hour of my life.'
| How does Mozart propose to Constanza? | Amadeus
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he says it backwards. 'Em yrram.' Mozart finds speaking backwards very amusing, especially when obscenities are involved.
| Whom does the movie portray as the commissioner of Mozart's "Requiem"? | Amadeus
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Antonio Salieri. The rumormill of the day was filled with stories of Salieri's poisoning of the great Mozart. These rumors are actually mentioned in Beethoven's conversation books. The entire movie is based on the assumption that Salieri's old age confession and alleged letter is truth. In fact, no proof exists to support the idea that Salieri murdered Mozart. Proof does exist that he resented him, was very jealous of him, and sabotaged his work, but no proof of murder. Facts: Salieri was frequently at Mozart's deathbed and attended his funeral. The "Requiem", however, was eventually completed by Mozart's composition student, Franz Xaver Sussmayer (recognize the youngest child's name?) who often accompanied Constanze to the spa at Baden Baden.
| According to the movie, from whom does Mozart get his inspiration for the Queen of the Night's famous aria? | Amadeus
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Frau Weber (his mother-in-law). I don't know if this scene has any historical basis, but it is a rich moment in the film! Originally, Frau Weber was Mozart's landlady. He fell in love with her older daughter who did not return his affections. Then he turned his attention to Constanze, the younger. Maria Magdalena Hoffdeml is the focus of great rumor and speculation concerning Mozart. Although she is never seen or mentioned in the movie, Maria was Mozart's piano student and alleged mistress. One of the Mozart death theories has Maria's angry husband attempting to murder her, poisoning Mozart, and committing suicide. Maria was pregnant during all this, supposedly with Mozart's child.
| "The Magic Flute" is classified as "singspiel". What does Schickaneder call it in the movie? | Amadeus
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a vaudeville. "Singspiel" is very much like musical comedy. Vaudeville describes it well. In the hands of a genius such as Mozart, however, the resulting "Magic Flute" transcends the genre and becomes a masterpiece. Recommended: http://detnews.com/showtime/9710/16/opera/opera.htm
...a fascinating comparison of "The Magic Flute" and "Star Wars".
| What did Count Orsini-Rosenberg remove from "The Marriage of Figaro" score? | Amadeus
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The dance scene. Count Orsini-Rosenberg was the Italian born master of opera in the court of Emperor Joseph II. Viennese composers were required to get his permission before beginning work on a new opera.
| What mask does Leopold choose for the costume party scene? | Amadeus
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Tragedy/comedy. This is the mask that is resurrected for Salieri's harrassment of Mozart in the movie. In truth, the strange circumstances surrounding the "Requiem" commissioning are thought to be the work of Count Walsegg, a nobleman who was notorious for commissioning compositions and trying to pass them off as his own.
| Who was Emperor Joseph's famous sister? (The child Mozart asked her to marry him.) | Amadeus
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Marie Antoinette. Emperor Joseph mentions her several times in the movie. He references the time that the child Mozart asked her to marry him and he later mentions that his dear sister Antoinette "is beginning to fear her own people"... smart girl. (Her own people finally guillotined her.) Maria Theresa was Joseph's and Antoinette's mother and Elizabeth was Joseph's niece.
| In 1984 "Amadeus" won eight Academy Awards, including Best Picture and Best Actor. Who won the Best Actor award? | Amadeus
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F. Murray Abraham. Ironically, Salieri (Abraham) finally beat Wolfgang (Hulce) at something! Sam Waterston was also nominated for Best Actor in "The Killing Fields" and Simon Callow is the actor who played Schickaneder (not nominated). Maurice Jarre, who won the 1984 Oscar for original score ("A Passage to India") remarked that he was glad that Mozart was not eligible for nomination!
| Although Constanze and Mozart had six children, only two lived to adulthood. How many were shown in the movie? | Amadeus
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one. Only Karl Thomas is shown in the movie, and the child never says a word! In truth, Constanze gave birth to a son, Franz Xaver Wolfgang, in July 1791, 5 months before Mozart died. This pregnancy/child was never shown or mentioned in the movie! (There has been some speculation about the paternity of Franz Xaver.) Of the six children, Karl Thomas and Franz Xaver Wolfgang were the only two who survived into adulthood. Salieri actually taught Karl Thomas as a composition student after Mozart's death. He taught him for free.
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