Amadeus: Top 10
Movie Lines
We present you top 10 movie lines from the film Amadeus. Amadeus is a
1984 American period drama film directed by
Miloš Forman, written by
Peter Shaffer, and adapted from Shaffer's stage play Amadeus (
1979).
The story is set in
Vienna, Austria, during the latter half of the
18th century.
The film was nominated for 53 awards and received 40, including eight
Academy Awards (including
Best Picture), four
BAFTA Awards, four
Golden Globes, and a
Directors Guild of America (
DGA) award. In
1998, the
American Film Institute ranked Amadeus 53rd on its
100 Years... 100 Movies list.
Plot: The story begins in 1823 as the elderly
Antonio Salieri (
F. Murray Abraham) attempts suicide by slitting his throat while loudly begging forgiveness for having killed
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (
Tom Hulce) in 1791. Placed in a lunatic asylum for the act,
Salieri is visited by
Father Vogler (
Richard Frank), a young priest who seeks to hear his confession. Salieri is sullen and uninterested but eventually warms to the priest and launches into a long "confession" about his relationship with
Mozart.
Salieri's tale goes on through the night and into the next day. He reminisces about his youth, particularly about his devotion to God and his love for music and how he pledges to God to remain celibate as a sacrifice if he can somehow devote his life to music. He describes how his father's plans for him were to go into commerce, but suggests that the sudden death of his father, who choked to death during a meal, was "a miracle" that allowed him to pursue a career in music. In his narrative, he is suddenly an adult joining the
18th-century cultural elite in
Vienna, the "city of musicians". Salieri begins his career as a devout,
God-fearing man who believes his success and talent as a composer are God’s rewards for his piety.
Mozart arrives in Vienna with his patron,
Count Hieronymus von Colloredo (
Nicholas Kepros), the
Prince-Archbishop of Salzburg. Salieri goes to a performance at the
Archbishop's palace hoping to meet Mozart. He is convinced that Mozart's genius must be a gift from God. Salieri secretly observes Mozart at the Archbishop's palace, but they are not properly introduced. He is shocked to discover that rather than the paragon of virtue that he has imagined, Mozart is in fact boorish, irreverent, and lewd. In 1781, when Mozart meets the
Emperor, Salieri presents Mozart with a "March of
Welcome," which he toiled to create.
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0:07 #10
Scene
Yes, I know that.
That's charming!
I'm sorry
I didn't know that you wrote that.
I didn't.
0:21 #9 Scene
Looks and talent don't always go together, Katerina.
Looks don't concern me, maestro.
Only talent interests a women of taste.
0:34 #8 Scene
Understand, I was in love with the girl.
Or at least in lust.
0:40 #7 Scene
How shall one say, direktor?
Exactly. Very well put.
Too many notes.
0:50 #6 Scene
I'll speak for you, Father.
I speak for all mediocrities in the world.
I am their champion.
I am the patron saint.
1:03 #5 Scene
Who is on this committee.
Kapellmeister Bonno,
Count Orsini-Rosenberg and Salieri.
Naturally, the
Italians of course always the Italians.
They're musical idiots.
1:18 #4 Scene
That was not Mozart laughing, father.
It was God.
That was God laughing at me through obscene giggle.
1:27 #3 Scene
Forgive me Majesty. I am a vulgar man.
But I assure you, my music is not.
1:37 #2 Scene
My dear young man don't take too hard.
Your work is ingenious.
It's quality work.
And, there are simply too many notes. That's all. Just cut a few and it'll be perfect.
Which few did you have in mind, Majesty?
1:52 #1 Scene
Mozart, you are not only composer in Vienna.
No.
But, I'm the best.
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- published: 23 Sep 2015
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