Amadeus

[Holst]

Originally Posted by Sansui Louie

Not to be a party pooper, but remember that this was a *story*. Most historians have concurred that the movie was just conjecture, pure Hollywood. Still, it's a fantastic movie when taken in that context and there's enough biographical and historical fact in it to get one's interest.

Hard to believe that the lead (Tom Hulce) was also "Pinto" in Animal House!

My favorite scene is when Wolfie is mocking Salieri at that party and farts.

Good catch, Salieri was a bigger star than Mozart in real life. Salieri went on to teach composition to Beethoven, Hummel, Liszt, Schubert and a vertual who's who of great composers, and Mozart's kid. After his death Salieri's star status was forgotten like thousands of other great composers of their day.