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Country Award Ceremony Nominated Won
United States Academy Awards 1985 Best Actor in a Leading Role (Tom Hulce) Best Actor in a Leading Role (F. Murray Abraham)
Best Cinematography (Miroslav Ondříček) Best Adapted Screenplay (Peter Shaffer)
Best Film Editing (Nena Danevic and Michael Chandler) Best Art Direction (Art Direction: Patrizia von Brandenstein; Set Decoration: Karel Černý)
Best Costume Design (Theodor Pištěk)
Best Picture (Saul Zaentz)
Best Director (Miloš Forman)
Best Makeup (Dick Smith and Paul LeBlanc)
Best Sound (Mark Berger, Tom Scott, Todd Boekelheide and Christopher Newman)
Golden Globe Awards 1985 Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama (Tom Hulce) Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama (F. Murray Abraham)
Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture (Jeffrey Jones) Best Director (Miloš Forman)
Best Motion Picture – Drama (producer, Saul Zaentz)
Best Screenplay (Peter Shaffer)
1984 Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards: Best Actor (F. Murray Abraham tied with Albert Finney for Under the Volcano)
Best Director (Miloš Forman)
Best Picture (producer, Saul Zaentz)
Best Screenplay (Peter Shaffer)
American Cinema Editors Best Edited Feature Film (Nena Danevic and Michael Chandler)
Casting Society of America Best Casting for Feature Film (Mary Goldberg)
Directors Guild of America Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Motion Pictures (Miloš Forman)
Kansas City Film Critics Circle Award Best Actor (F. Murray Abraham)
American Film Institute AFI's 100 Years...100 Movies – #53
United Kingdom BAFTA Best Actor (F. Murray Abraham) Best Cinematography (Miroslav Ondříček)
Best Costume Design (Theodor Pištěk) Best Editing (Nena Danevic and Michael Chandler)
Best Film (Miloš Forman and Saul Zaentz) Best MakeUp Artist (Dick Smith and Paul LeBlanc)
Best Production Design (Patrizia von Brandstein) Best Sound (Mark Berger, Thomas Scott and Christopher Newman)
Best Screenplay – Adapted (Peter Shaffer)
Italy David di Donatello Best Director – Foreign Film (Miloš Forman)
Best Foreign Actor (Tom Hulce)
Best Foreign Film
Nastro d'Argento Best Actor – Foreign Film (Tom Hulce)
Best Director – Foreign Film (Miloš Forman)
France César Award Best Foreign Film
Japan Japan Academy Prize Best Foreign Language Film
Norway Amanda Award Best Foreign Feature Film

Historical Accuracy

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The Guardian wrote a review for the film in which it outlines the main focuses of the film and discusses their accuracy: illness, people, rivalry, and death.  The overall verdict is Amadeus has little to no roots in reality. The BBC also published an article discussing the truth and deviations from it that the film explores.  These articles and other sources analyzing the film begin by stating there was never a rivalry between Mozart and Salieri; while there were some rumors about the two men, the extent of the disdain was originally conceived by Alexander Pushkin in his 1823 play Mozart and Salieri.[1]  The play ends with Salieri poisoning Mozart, as poisoning was one of the rumors surrounding Mozart’s death.[2][3]

The film attributes Mozart’s death to Salieri, but in real life, there are still mysteries surrounding Mozart’s death in 1791.  In the film, Mozart collapses during a performance of his work, The Magic Flute, and Salieri takes him home and helps him complete the Requiem.  The film does not mention the cause of death, but shows Mozart’s body being buried in a mass grave. In real life, Mozart completed and successfully conducted performances of The Magic Flute before taking ill[4].  Mozart’s assistant, Franz Süssmayr, assisted him in completing the Requiem before he died[4].  Mozart was buried in a mass grave, as was custom in the period[1]. There are several theories to Mozart’s true cause of death, including syphilis, rheumatic fever, and edema to name a few, but poisoning was only a rumor[4].

When discussing the details of Mozart and Salieri’s lives, the film includes may details, some of which are based in truth and some inaccuracies.  To start, the film depicts Mozart as crude and childish in his behavior. While this behavior may seem peculiar to some viewers, Mozart was known for some vulgar language and eccentricity[5]. Based on accounts and anecdotes from those close to Mozart in his life, there is evidence that supports Mozart had Tourette's syndrome[6].  Additionally, the film claims that Mozart had the ability to compose music in his head and record it on paper without errors, and while he was a skilled composer, his first drafts were not perfect[1].  


In terms of the portrayal of Antonio Salieri, the film shows him as unwed and underappreciated composer in the royal court, but that is not true.  Salieri had a successful career, becoming court composer at only 24 years of age and later earned the position of Kapellmeister[1]. He worked successfully with the Viennese opera and composed works in his time[7].  Salieri also had a successful home life; he was married and had eight children[1].


Accolades

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Awards
Award Category Winner/Nominee Result
Academy Awards[8] Best Animated Feature Mark Andrews and Brenda Chapman Won
Alliance of Women Film Journalists Best Animated Feature
Best Animated Female Kelly Macdonald (Merida)
American Cinema Editors Best Edited Animated Feature Film Nicholas C. Smith, A.C.E.
Annie Awards[9][10] Best Animated Feature Nominated
Animated Effects Feature Production Bill Watral, Chris Chapman, Dave Hale, Keith Klohn, Michael K. O'Brien
Character Animation Feature Production Dan Nguyen
Jaime Landes
Travis Hathaway
Music in an Animated Feature Production Patrick Doyle, Mark Andrews, Alex Mandel
Production Design in an Animated Feature Production Steve Pilcher Won
Voice Acting in an Animated Feature Production Kelly Macdonald as Merida Nominated
Writing in an Animated Feature Production Brenda Chapman, Irene Mecchi, Mark Andrews and Steve Purcell
Editorial in an Animated Feature Production Nicholas C. Smith, ACE, Robert Graham Jones, ACE, David Suther Won
BAFTA Awards[11] Best Animated Film
Chicago Film Critics Association Best Animated Feature Nominated
Cinema Audio Society Outstanding Achievement in Sound Mixing for Motion Pictures Animated Won
Critics' Choice Awards[12] Best Animated Feature Nominated
Best Song Mumford & Sons and Birdy (for "Learn Me Right")
Golden Globe Awards[13][14] Best Animated Feature Film Mark Andrews and Brenda Chapman Won
Grammy Awards[15] Best Song Written for Visual Media Mumford & Sons and Birdy (for "Learn Me Right") Nominated
Houston Film Critics Society Best Animated Film
Best Original Song "Learn Me Right"
"Touch the Sky"
International Film Music Critics Association Awards Best Original Score for an Animated Feature Patrick Doyle
Kids' Choice Awards[16] Favorite Animated Movie
Online Film Critics Society Best Animated Feature
Phoenix Film Critics Society Best Animated Film
Producers Guild of America Animated Theatrical Motion Picture Katherine Sarafian
San Diego Film Critics Society Best Animated Film
Satellite Awards[17] Motion Picture, Animated or Mixed Media
Original Song "Learn Me Right" – Mumford & Sons and Birdy
Saturn Awards[18] Best Animated Film Mark Andrews and Brenda Chapman
St. Louis Gateway Film Critics Association Best Animated Film
Toronto Film Critics Association Best Animated Feature
Visual Effects Society[19] Outstanding Animation in an Animated Feature Motion Picture Mark Andrews, Brenda Chapman, Steve May, Katherine Sarafian, Bill Wise Won
Outstanding Animated Character in an Animated Feature Motion Picture – Merida Kelly Macdonald, Travis Hathaway, Olivier Soares, Peter Sumanaseni, Brian Tindall
Outstanding Created Environment in an Animated Feature Motion Picture – The Forest Tim Best, Steve Pilcher, Inigo Quilez, Andy Whittock
Outstanding FX and Simulation Animation in an Animated Feature Motion Picture Chris Chapman, Dave Hale, Michael K. O'Brien, Bill Watral
Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association Best Animated Feature Nominated
Women Film Critics Circle[20] Best Animated Females Won


  1. ^ a b c d e Gregory, Robbins. "Mozart & Salieri, Cain & Abel: A Cinematic Transformation of Genesis 4". Journal of Religion & Film. 1.
  2. ^ "Mozart and Salieri". University of Toronto Quarterly. 2, Number 4: 482–491.
  3. ^ "Mozart: his tragic life and controversial death". Bulletin of the New York Academy of Medicine. 46: 267–80.
  4. ^ a b c Zegers, Richard H.C. "The Death of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: An Epidemiologic Perspective". Annals of Internal Medicine.
  5. ^ Aterman, K. "Did Mozart Have Tourette's Syndrome?: Some Comments on Mozart's Language". Perspectives in Biology and Medicine. 37: 247–258.
  6. ^ Simkin, Benjamin. "Mozart's scatological disorder". BMJ (Clinical research ed.). 305.
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  8. ^ "OSCARS: 85th Academy Award Nominations – Only 9 Best Pictures; 'Lincoln' Leads With 12 Nods, 'Life Of Pi' 11, 'Les Misérables' And 'Silver Linings Playbook' 8, 'Argo' 7, 'Skyfall' And 'Amour' And 'Zero Dark Thirty' And 'Django Unchained' 5". Deadline. January 10, 2012. Retrieved January 10, 2012.
  9. ^ "Annie Award Nominations Unveiled". Deadline. December 3, 2012. Retrieved December 3, 2012.
  10. ^ Beck, Jerry (February 2, 2013). "Annie Award Winners". Cartoon Brew. Retrieved February 3, 2013.
  11. ^ Bahr, Lindsey (February 10, 2013). "BAFTA winners announced, 'Argo' picks up Best Film and Director awards". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved April 14, 2013.
  12. ^ Hammond, Pete (December 11, 2012). "'Lincoln', 'Les Miserables', 'Silver Linings' Top List Of Nominees For 18th Annual Critics Choice Movie Awards". Deadline. Retrieved December 11, 2012.
  13. ^ "70th Golden Globe Awards Nominations". Deadline. December 13, 2012. Retrieved December 13, 2012.
  14. ^ "Golden Globe Awards 2013 Winners List". MTV News. January 13, 2013. Retrieved January 13, 2013.
  15. ^ Goodacre, Kate (December 6, 2012). "Grammy Awards 2013: The major nominees". Digital Spy. Retrieved December 13, 2012.
  16. ^ Stone, Abbey (March 23, 2013). "Kid's Choice Awards Winners: Kristen Stewart Beats Jennifer Lawrence and More". Hollywood.com. Retrieved May 24, 2013.
  17. ^ Kilday, Gregg (December 3, 2012). "Satellite Awards Nominates 10 Films for Best Motion Picture". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved December 4, 2012.
  18. ^ Truitt, Brian (February 20, 2013). "'The Hobbit' leads Saturn Awards with nine nomination". USA Today.
  19. ^ "VES Awards: 'Life Of Pi' Wins 4 Including Feature, 'Brave', 'Game Of Thrones' Other Big Winners". Deadline. February 5, 2013. Retrieved February 7, 2013.
  20. ^ "CRITICAL WOMEN ON FILM: Women Film Critics Circle Awards 2012". Retrieved June 14, 2016.