History Trivia / Amadeus

* CelebrityVoiceActor: In the Japanese dub, Antonio Salieri was voiced by the late movie and theater actor Takeshi Kusaka, who many {{Anime}} fans can recognize him as the voice of the main villain M.Bison in ''Anime/StreetFighterIITheAnimatedMovie''.

* DuelingDubs: There are two French dubs; the original from 1984 and the second made for the 2002 Director's Cut. In the case of the latter, Luq Hamet as Mozart and Creator/ClaudeGiraud as Emperor Joseph II are the only voice actors from the original dub who reprised their roles.

* TheOtherDarrin: The Japanese dub has a very interesting case of this: The Director's Cut replaced some of the voice actors from the dub used in the original theatrical cut, In this case, Salieri, Emperor Joseph II and Leopold Mozart's voice actors were replaced with new ones, while keeping the rest of the voice cast intact.

** Creator/MarkHamill was considered for the role of Mozart (for the film) and he had already played the role on Broadway. He was rejected because the director wanted lesser-known actors. Music/DavidBowie, Creator/KennethBranagh, Creator/TimCurry, Creator/MelGibson and Music/MickJagger were also among those rejected for the part. According to Creator/MilosForman's autobiography, one studio offered to fund the film on the condition that Forman cast Creator/WalterMatthau (a reported Mozart enthusiast). Forman refused the offer, considering Matthau to be too old for the role, since he was more than 60, and Mozart only lived to be 35. Creator/AndrewLloydWebber told ''The One Show'' that he was offered it, but turned it down.

** Creator/IanRichardson was originally cast as Emperor Jozef II.

* TheOtherMarty: Creator/MegTilly was originally supposed to play Mozart's wife Constance, but she injured her leg the day before filming and the part had to be recast. Director Creator/MilosForman did later hire her again for a another period film set in the 18th century, ''Valmont'' (based on the novel ''Literature/DangerousLiaisons'').

* CareerResurrection: A rare example in that ''Amadeus'' revived the career of a dead man. Before the movie came out, Salieri and his work were mostly forgotten, but the film has since revived interest in Salieri and his music. Wiki/{{Wikipedia}} describes [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antonio_Salieri#Legacy modern-day performances of his music, including a festival in his hometown, where a theatre was renamed in his honor.]]

* RevivalByCommercialization: According to Wiki/TheOtherWiki, the film ironically helped spark a revival of Salieri's music, which had previously languished in obscurity.

* HostilityOnTheSet:
** "Hostility" is a strong word, but Tom Hulce and Creator/FMurrayAbraham consciously maintained a deliberately distant working relationship during the making of the film, to emulate their characters. The cast and crew describe both Hulce and Abraham becoming LostInCharacter to an extent; Elizabeth Berridge, who played his character's wife, lived with Hulce for a time after filming wrapped and noted that he was like a completely different person. Abraham, meanwhile, largely kept to himself, turning down invitations to get-togethers at the end of shooting days.
** Writer Peter Shaffer and director Milos Forman were holed up together in Forman's house in Connecticut developing the screenplay, and very quickly tired of each other. It seems to have been a case of proximity breeding contempt, as the two were able to laugh about it once they weren't forced to live together in close quarters for an extended period.

* HostilityOnTheSet: "Hostility" is a strong word, but Tom Hulce and Creator/FMurrayAbraham consciously maintained a deliberately distant working relationship during the making of the film, to emulate their characters. The cast and crew describe both Hulce and Abraham becoming LostInCharacter to an extent; Elizabeth Berridge, who played his character's wife, lived with Hulce for a time after filming wrapped and noted that he was like a completely different person. Abraham, meanwhile, largely kept to himself, turning down invitations to get-togethers at the end of shooting days.

* SelfAdaptation: Peter Shaffer who wrote the play wrote the screenplay of the film adaptation

* CareerResurrection: A rare example in that ''Amadeus'' revived the career of a dead man. Before the movie came out, Salieri and his work were mostly forgotten, but the film has since revived interest in Salieri and his music. Wiki/{{Wikipedia}} describes [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antonio_Salieri#Legacy modern-day performances of his music, including a festival in his hometown, where a theatre was recently renamed in his honor.]]

* AFIS100Years100Movies: #53

* FakeNationality: The Austrian Mozart and the Italian Salieri are played by Americans Tom Hulce and Creator/FMurrayAbraham.

** Forman wanted Creator/AmyIrving to repeat her Broadway role of Mozart's wife. To his disappointment, she passed, unable to cope with six months in Prague. Creator/RebeccaDeMornay and Creator/ElizabethMcGovern screen-tested for the role.

* HostilityOnTheSet: Tom Hulce and Creator/FMurrayAbraham had a deliberately distant working relationship during the making of the film, much their characters do.

* TheOtherMarty: Meg Tilly was originally supposed to play Mozart's wife Constance, but she injured her leg the day before filming and the part had to be recast. Director Creator/MilosForman did later hire her again for a another period film set in the 18th century, ''Valmont'' (based on the novel ''Literature/DangerousLiaisons'').

** Forman wanted Creator/AmyIrving to repeat her Broadway role of Mozart's wife. To his disappointment, she passed, unable to cope with six months in Prague. Creator/ElizabethMcGovern screen-tested for the role.

** ''Creator/BurtReynolds'' was an early candidate for Salieri. Creator/SamWaterson auditioned for the role.

* DeletedScene: Forman's ''Director's Cut'' version has twenty minutes of extra scenes that were cut for pacing or in order to get a G rating. Many of them fill in minor PlotHoles.

** Creator/MarkHamill was considered for the role of Mozart (for the film) and he had already played the role on Broadway. He was rejected because the director wanted lesser-known actors.
** Creator/KennethBranagh, Creator/TimCurry and Creator/MelGibson were also among those rejected for the part of Mozart.
** Meg Tilly was originally supposed to play Mozart's wife Constance, but she injured her leg the day before filming and the part had to be recast. Director Creator/MilosForman did later hire her again for a another period film set in the 18th century, ''Valmont'' (based on the novel ''Literature/DangerousLiaisons'').