Amadeus -1984 Portable Info

Salieri, a deeply religious man who vowed celibacy and hard work in exchange for musical greatness, is devastated to find that God bestowed divine talent upon the "giggling, dirty-minded" Mozart instead of him. The Sabotage:

In a world of CGI spectacles and loud, empty blockbusters, Amadeus feels revolutionary. It is a film about a man writing notes on a page. That is the plot. And yet, it is more thrilling than most action films. amadeus -1984

The film begins with an old, frail Antonio Salieri (F. Murray Abraham) in a mental asylum, confessing to a priest that he is responsible for the death of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. He claims he is the "patron saint of mediocrity" and that Mozart was God's "obscene" chosen instrument. Salieri, a deeply religious man who vowed celibacy

(F. Murray Abraham), the court composer for Emperor Joseph II, who is consumed by "poisonous envy" of the young, hedonistic, and obscenely talented Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (Tom Hulce). Conflict with God: That is the plot

mass, planning to steal the work as his own and kill Mozart. The exhausted Mozart eventually dies while dictating the final notes to Salieri, leaving the masterpiece unfinished and Salieri to wallow in mediocrity. Historical Accuracy vs. Fiction