"II, accompanied with a live orchestra by the Southbank Sinfonia. The production sold out with rave reviews and returned to the Olivier Theatre at the NT with Msamati and Gillen reprising the roles of Salieri and Mozart from February to 24 April 2018, again with rave reviews. The 1984 film adaptation won an Academy Award for Best Picture. In total, the film won eight Academy Awards. It starred F. Murray Abraham as Salieri (winning the Oscar for Best Actor for his performance), Tom Hulce as Mozart, and Elizabeth Berridge as Constanze. The play was thoroughly reworked by Shaffer and the"
"also has an honorary doctorate from Rider University in Lawrenceville, New Jersey. F. Murray Abraham F. Murray Abraham (born Murray Abraham; October 24, 1939) is an American actor. He became widely known during the 1980s after winning an Oscar for his leading role as Antonio Salieri in the drama film ""Amadeus"" (1984). Abraham also won a Golden Globe and received a BAFTA Award nomination for the role. He has appeared in many roles, both leading and supporting, in films such as ""All the President's Men"" (1976), ""Scarface"" (1983), ""The Name of the Rose"" (1986), ""Last Action Hero"" (1993), """" (1998),"
"F. Murray Abraham F. Murray Abraham (born Murray Abraham; October 24, 1939) is an American actor. He became widely known during the 1980s after winning an Oscar for his leading role as Antonio Salieri in the drama film ""Amadeus"" (1984). Abraham also won a Golden Globe and received a BAFTA Award nomination for the role. He has appeared in many roles, both leading and supporting, in films such as ""All the President's Men"" (1976), ""Scarface"" (1983), ""The Name of the Rose"" (1986), ""Last Action Hero"" (1993), """" (1998), ""Finding Forrester"" (2000), ""Inside Llewyn Davis"" (2013), and ""The Grand Budapest Hotel"""
"57th Academy Awards The 57th Academy Awards were presented March 25, 1985, at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Los Angeles. Jack Lemmon presided over the ceremonies. The big winner at the ceremony was Miloš Forman's ""Amadeus"", which had received 11 nominations and won 8 awards including Best Picture and Best Actor for F. Murray Abraham. As of the 90th Academy Awards, ""Amadeus"" is the most recent film to receive two lead actor nominations. The winner of Best Supporting Actor was also significant. Haing S. Ngor, a Cambodian surgeon who survived the horrors of the Khmer Rouge, won the award for his"
"and won four, including awards to Forman, Abraham, Shaffer, and Golden Globe Award for Best Picture – Drama. Jeffrey Jones was nominated for Golden Globe for Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture Drama. Forman also received the Directors Guild of America Award for his work. At the end of the Oscar ceremony, Laurence Olivier came on stage to present the Oscar for Best Picture. As Olivier thanked the Academy for inviting him, he was already opening the envelope. Instead of announcing the nominees, he simply read, ""The winner for this is ""Amadeus""."" An AMPAS official quickly went onstage to confirm"
"Amadeus (film) Amadeus is a 1984 American period drama film directed by Miloš Forman, adapted by Peter Shaffer from his stage play ""Amadeus"". The story, set in Vienna, Austria, during the latter half of the 18th century, is a fictionalized biography of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Mozart's music is heard extensively in the soundtrack of the film. The film follows Italian composer Antonio Salieri's rivalry with Mozart at the court of Emperor Joseph II. The film was nominated for 53 awards and received 40, which included eight Academy Awards (including Best Picture), four BAFTA Awards, four Golden Globes, and a Directors"
"and Paul LeBlanc won an Academy Award for Best Makeup for their work on ""Amadeus"" (1984). Once again, he had to age a leading actor in the film. For the film he transformed the 44-year-old F. Murray Abraham, as Antonio Salieri, into an elderly man. ""Once I looked into a mirror, at my face, I felt like it was completely convincing,"" Abraham once commented. ""Actors have to feel like they are the person they are portraying. I think my work has helped many to achieve that,"" Smith once said. Smith received a second Academy Award nomination for his work on"
"in the gangster film ""Scarface"" (1983). He gained visibility voicing a talking bunch of grapes in a series of television commercials for Fruit of the Loom underwear. Abraham won the Academy Award for Best Actor for his role as envious composer Antonio Salieri in ""Amadeus"" (1984), an award for which Tom Hulce, playing Mozart in that movie, had also been nominated. He won a Golden Globe Award, among other awards, and his role in the film, directed by Miloš Forman, is still his most iconic. (He later continued the classical-music theme by narrating the plot summaries of the operas of"
"Jeffrey Jones Jeffrey Duncan Jones (born September 28, 1946) is an American character actor best known for his roles as Emperor Joseph II in ""Amadeus"" (1984), Edward R. Rooney in ""Ferris Bueller's Day Off"" (1986), Charles Deetz in ""Beetlejuice"" (1988), and A. W. Merrick in ""Deadwood"" (2004–2006). His career started in Guthrie Theater in Minneapolis, Minnesota and advanced to London and Broadway. In film and television, Jones has had many roles which capitalized on his deadpan portrayal of characters in unusual situations, often to comic effect. He was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for his performance in ""Amadeus"" and"
"54th Academy Awards The 54th Academy Awards were presented March 29, 1982, at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion in Los Angeles. The ceremonies were presided over by Johnny Carson. ""Chariots of Fire"" was the surprise winner (with a leading 12 nominations, ""Reds"" had been expected to win) of the Best Picture Oscar. It was the first time in 13 years that a British film won the Academy's top honor. The next year's winner, ""Gandhi"", was also a British production. Henry Fonda won his only competitive Oscar this year, as Best Actor for ""On Golden Pond"". At 76 years of age, Fonda"
"America: Directors Guild of America: Kansas City Film Critics Circle Award: American Film Institute: BAFTA: David di Donatello: Nastro d'Argento: César Award: Japan Academy Prize: Amanda Award: Amadeus (film) Amadeus is a 1984 American period drama film directed by Miloš Forman, adapted by Peter Shaffer from his stage play ""Amadeus"". The story, set in Vienna, Austria, during the latter half of the 18th century, is a fictionalized biography of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Mozart's music is heard extensively in the soundtrack of the film. The film follows Italian composer Antonio Salieri's rivalry with Mozart at the court of Emperor Joseph II."
"months to complete the filming. In 2001, she married actor Kevin Corrigan, whom she met on the set of the independent film ""Broke Even"". They have a daughter, Sadie Rose Corrigan. Elizabeth Berridge (actress) Elizabeth Berridge (born May 2, 1962) is an American film and theatre actress. She is known for playing Constanze Mozart in the Academy Award-winning 1984 film ""Amadeus"", for the role of Officer Eve Eggers on ""The John Larroquette Show"" (1993-1996), and for her performances in the theater. Berridge was born in New Rochelle, New York, the daughter of George Berridge, a lawyer, and Mary L. Berridge"
"Richard Frank (actor) Richard Frank (January 4, 1953 – August 27, 1995) was an American actor. He was perhaps best known as Father Vogler in the 1984 movie ""Amadeus"". Frank had numerous guest appearances in television shows, with a regular role in the sitcom ""Anything but Love"". Born in Boston, Frank was a graduate of Juilliard's acting school. In addition, Frank appeared in numerous theater productions, including ""Hang on to Me"" at the Guthrie Theater, which was directed by Peter Sellers, as well as many productions in Los Angeles, mostly at the Taper. He created the Struggling Actor's Coloring Book"
"the envelope to declare: ""Amadeus!"". Upon accepting the award on the film's behalf, Producer Saul Zaentz had the presence of mind to mention all the other Best Picture nominees during his thank you speech to make up for Olivier's flub. Winners are listed first, highlighted in boldface and indicated with a double dagger (). The following persons, listed in order of appearance, presented awards or performed musical numbers. These films had multiple nominations: The following films received multiple awards. 57th Academy Awards The 57th Academy Awards were presented March 25, 1985, at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Los Angeles. Jack Lemmon"
"Academy Award for Best Actor The Academy Award for Best Actor is an award presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS). It is given in honor of an actor who has delivered an outstanding performance in a leading role while working within the film industry. The 1st Academy Awards ceremony was held in 1929 with Emil Jannings receiving the award for his roles in ""The Last Command"" and ""The Way of All Flesh"". Currently, nominees are determined by single transferable vote within the actors branch of AMPAS; winners are selected by a plurality vote from"
"him the ninth actor to receive three consecutive Academy Award nominations. He has also received five Golden Globe Award nominations (winning one), three BAFTA Award nominations (winning one), and three Screen Actors Guild Award nominations (winning one). Russell Crowe Russell Ira Crowe (born 7 April 1964) is an actor, film producer and musician. Although a New Zealand citizen, he has lived most of his life in Australia. He came to international attention for his role as the Roman General Maximus Decimus Meridius in the 2000 historical epic film ""Gladiator"", directed by Ridley Scott, for which Crowe won an Academy Award"
"for Best Actor was first introduced in 1976 for the 1974 and 1975 years, to reward a lead performance by a male actor in film. The record for most awards is held by Robert Downey, Jr. and Mark Hamill with three wins, with Jeff Bridges and Harrison Ford as the only others to have won more than once, each winning twice. Tom Cruise is the most nominated actor in the category with ten nominations, with Arnold Schwarzenegger being second with seven (two of which for playing The Terminator) and Harrison Ford (all of them for playing either Han Solo or"
"Elizabeth Berridge (actress) Elizabeth Berridge (born May 2, 1962) is an American film and theatre actress. She is known for playing Constanze Mozart in the Academy Award-winning 1984 film ""Amadeus"", for the role of Officer Eve Eggers on ""The John Larroquette Show"" (1993-1996), and for her performances in the theater. Berridge was born in New Rochelle, New York, the daughter of George Berridge, a lawyer, and Mary L. Berridge (née Robinson), a social worker. The family settled in Larchmont, New York, where she attended Chatsworth Elementary School. There she began to perform and sing. Due to her acting commitments, she"
"Best Actor Best Actor is the name of an award which is presented by various film, television and theatre organizations, festivals, and people's awards to leading actors in a film, television series, television film or play. The first Best Actor award was awarded for acting in a film, on May 16, 1929 by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) at the Academy Awards to Emil Jannings for his role of Grand Duke Sergius Alexander in ""The Last Command"" and August Schilling in ""The Way of All Flesh"". In theatre, it was first awarded on April 6, 1947"
"Russell Crowe Russell Ira Crowe (born 7 April 1964) is an actor, film producer and musician. Although a New Zealand citizen, he has lived most of his life in Australia. He came to international attention for his role as the Roman General Maximus Decimus Meridius in the 2000 historical epic film ""Gladiator"", directed by Ridley Scott, for which Crowe won an Academy Award for Best Actor, a Broadcast Film Critics Association Award for Best Actor, an Empire Award for Best Actor and a London Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actor and 10 further nominations for best actor. Crowe appeared"
"screenplay for ""Equus"", he was nominated for the 1977 Best Adapted Screenplay Oscar but the award went to Alvin Sargent, who wrote the screenplay for ""Julia"". For writing the screenplay for ""Amadeus"", Shaffer received both the 1984 Best Screenplay Golden Globe and the 1984 Best Adapted Screenplay Oscar. Shaffer was homosexual but did not write explicitly about it. His boyfriend Robert Leonard died in 1990. Shaffer died on June 6, 2016, at the age of ninety while on a trip to the south-west of Ireland. He co-wrote three detective novels with his brother Anthony Shaffer under the pseudonym ""Peter Antony""."
"Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Actor The Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Actor is one of the awards given to people working in the motion picture industry by the Broadcast Film Critics Association at their annual Critics' Choice Movie Awards. 2000: Russell Crowe – ""Gladiator"" as Maximus Decimus Meridius † 2001: Russell Crowe – ""A Beautiful Mind"" as John Nash ‡ 2002: Daniel Day-Lewis – ""Gangs of New York"" as William ""Bill the Butcher"" Cutting ‡ (TIE) / Jack Nicholson – ""About Schmidt"" as Warren Schmidt ‡ (TIE) 2003: Sean Penn – ""Mystic River"" as Jimmy Markum †"
"Buyers Club"" as Ron Woodroof † 2014: Michael Keaton – ""Birdman"" as Riggan Thomson ‡ 2015: Leonardo DiCaprio – ""The Revenant"" as Hugh Glass † 2016: Casey Affleck – ""Manchester by the Sea"" as Lee Chandler † 2017: Gary Oldman – ""Darkest Hour"" as Winston Churchill † 2018: Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Actor The Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Actor is one of the awards given to people working in the motion picture industry by the Broadcast Film Critics Association at their annual Critics' Choice Movie Awards. 2000: Russell Crowe – ""Gladiator"" as Maximus Decimus Meridius †"
"to update his sex offender status, in Florida (2004) and in California (2010). Jones' record became the subject of community complaint during production of ""Who's Your Caddy?"" (2007) in Aiken, South Carolina. Upon learning of his involvement, locals insisted that the public should have been alerted, considering that families were being invited to visit the set. Jeffrey Jones Jeffrey Duncan Jones (born September 28, 1946) is an American character actor best known for his roles as Emperor Joseph II in ""Amadeus"" (1984), Edward R. Rooney in ""Ferris Bueller's Day Off"" (1986), Charles Deetz in ""Beetlejuice"" (1988), and A. W. Merrick"
"Miridzhanyan 1984 – ""Janet"" “In the name of land and sun” Ion Druţă 1984 – ""Mary"" “God help us” Jackson 1984 – ""Masha"" ""Look, who's come!"" Vladimir Arro 1984 – ""Varya"" “Anton and Others” Aleksei Kazantsev 1986 – ""Hasmik"" “Aralez” Aghasi Ayvazyan 1989 – ""Nargiz"" “Leaven” Avetis Aharonyan 1994 – ""Vera"" “The bench” Alexander Gelman 1983 – ""Hasmik"" “Peak of courage” Lalayants 1983 – ""Anna"" “Groom from forest” Hrachya Kochar 1983 – ""Nene"" “The Memoir of A Cross-Stealer” Raffi 1984 – ""Gladiator"" “Stranger” Chalikyan 1984 – Dulcinea del Toboso “Don Quixote” Miguel de Cervantes 1986–87 – ""Prince"" “The Prince and"
"the Best Actor Oscar for ""Save the Tiger"" (1973), becoming the first actor to achieve this rare double (the only other actors to have done so are Robert De Niro, Gene Hackman, Jack Nicholson, Kevin Spacey, and Denzel Washington). He was also nominated for a Best Actor Oscar for his role in the controversial film ""Missing"" in 1982, and for his roles in ""Some Like It Hot"" (1959), ""The Apartment"" (1960), ""Days of Wine and Roses"" (1962), ""The China Syndrome"" (1979), for which he was also awarded Best Actor at the Cannes Film Festival, and ""Tribute"" (1980). He won another"
"Maurice Jarre ""Amadeus"" - Paul LeBlanc, Dick Smith ""Brazil"" - Norman Garwood ""Amadeus"" Brazil Jeremy Isaacs 39th British Academy Film Awards The 39th British Film Awards, given by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts in 1986, honoured the best films of 1985. ""The Purple Rose of Cairo"" William Hurt in ""Kiss of the Spider Woman"" Denholm Elliott in ""Defence of the Realm"" Peggy Ashcroft in ""A Passage to India"" Rosanna Arquette in ""Desperately Seeking Susan"" ""The Purple Rose of Cairo"" - Woody Allen ""Prizzi's Honor ""- Richard Condon and Janet Roach ""Colonel Redl"" ""Amadeus"" - Miroslav Ondricek ""'"
"or more Best Actor nominations: Academy Award for Best Actor The Academy Award for Best Actor is an award presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS). It is given in honor of an actor who has delivered an outstanding performance in a leading role while working within the film industry. The 1st Academy Awards ceremony was held in 1929 with Emil Jannings receiving the award for his roles in ""The Last Command"" and ""The Way of All Flesh"". Currently, nominees are determined by single transferable vote within the actors branch of AMPAS; winners are selected"
"film credits include ""Silent Madness"" (1984), ""9½ Weeks"" (1986), ""Spellbinder"" (1988) and ""A More Perfect Union"" (1989). Cook died of a heart attack on 17 August 1990 in Los Angeles. Roderick Cook Roderick Cook (9 February 1932 – 17 August 1990) was an English playwright, writer, theatre director and actor of stage, television and film. Cook is known for creating, directing and starring in the musical review ""Oh, Coward!"" and portraying Count Von Strack in the Oscar-winning film ""Amadeus"". Cook attended Queens' College, Cambridge, graduating in 1953, and then began his career appearing in plays at London's West End during"
"Oliver Reed Robert Oliver Reed (13 February 1938 – 2 May 1999) was an English actor known for his upper-middle class, macho image, hellraiser lifestyle, and ""tough guy"" roles. Notable films include ""The Trap"" (1966), playing Bill Sikes in the Best Picture Oscar winner ""Oliver!"" (1968), ""Women in Love"" (1969), ""Hannibal Brooks"" (1969), ""The Devils"" (1971), portraying Athos in ""The Three Musketeers"" (1973), ""Tommy"" (1975), ""Lion of the Desert"" (1981), ""Castaway"" (1986), ""The Adventures of Baron Munchausen"" (1988) and ""Funny Bones"" (1995). For playing Antonius Proximo, an old, gruff gladiator trainer in Ridley Scott's ""Gladiator"" (2000) in what was his"
"Academy Television Award for Actor multiple times: 4 wins 3 wins 2 wins The following people have been nominated for the British Academy Television Award for Actor multiple times: 5 nominations 4 nominations 3 nominations 2 nominations British Academy Television Award for Best Actor ""'1970 Edward Woodward in ""Callan"" ""'1971 Keith Michell in ""The Six Wives of Henry VIII"" ""'1972 John Le Mesurier in ""Traitor"" ""'1973 Anthony Hopkins in ""War and Peace"" ""'1974 Frank Finlay in ""The Adventures of Don Quixote""; ""Candide""; ""The Death of Adolf Hitler"" ""'1975 Peter Barkworth in ""Crown Matrimonial"" ""'1976 John Hurt in ""The Naked Civil"
"Bowie, Mikhail Baryshnikov and Kenneth Branagh) to play the role of Mozart in director Miloš Forman's film version of Peter Shaffer's play ""Amadeus."" In 1984, he was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actor for his performance, losing to his co-star, F. Murray Abraham. In his acceptance speech, Abraham paid tribute to his co-star, saying, ""There's only one thing that's missing for me tonight, and that is to have Tom Hulce standing by my side."" In 1989, he received his second Best Actor Golden Globe Award nomination for a critically acclaimed performance as an intellectually challenged garbage collector in"
"Richard Anderson Richard Norman Anderson (August 8, 1926 – August 31, 2017) was an American film and television actor. Among his best-known roles was his portrayal of Oscar Goldman, the boss of Steve Austin (Lee Majors) and Jaime Sommers (Lindsay Wagner) in both ""The Six Million Dollar Man"" and ""The Bionic Woman"" television series between 1974 and 1978 and their subsequent television movies: ""The Return of the Six Million Dollar Man and the Bionic Woman"" (1987), """" (1989) and ""Bionic Ever After?"" (1994). Anderson was born in Long Branch, New Jersey, the son of Olga (née Lurie) and Harry Anderson."