Wolfgang amadeus mozart biography movie stars
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Tom Hulce
American actor and producer (born 1953)
Thomas Edward Hulce (; born December 6, 1953) is an American actor and theatre producer. He is best known for his portrayal of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart in the Academy Award-winning film Amadeus (1984), as well as the roles of Larry "Pinto" Kroger in Animal House (1978), Larry Buckman in Parenthood (1989), and Quasimodo in Disney's animated film The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1996). Hulce's awards include an Emmy Award for The Heidi Chronicles, a 2007 Tony Award for Best Musical as a lead producer for Spring Awakening, an Academy Award nomination for Best Actor for Amadeus, and four Golden Globe nominations.
Early life
[edit]Thomas Edward Hulce was born on December 6, 1953, in Detroit, Michigan (some sources incorrectly cite his birthplace as Whitewater, Wisconsin).[1] The youngest of four children,[2] he was raised in Plymouth, Michigan. His mother, Joanna Winkleman, sang briefly with Phil Sp
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Amadeus (film)
1984 film directed by Miloš Forman
Amadeus is a 1984 American periodbiographicaldrama film directed by Miloš Forman and adapted by Peter Shaffer from his 1979 scen play of the same name, starring F. Murray Abraham and Tom Hulce. Described by Shaffer as a "fantasia on [a real-life] theme", and originally inspired by Alexander Pushkin's 1830 play Mozart and Salieri, the bio imagines a rivalry between two of Vienna composers of the 18th century: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (Hulce) and Antonio Salieri (Abraham). Over the course of the film, Salieri struggles to reconcile his professional admiration of Mozart with his personal hatred for the man and resolves to ruin Mozart's career to avenge himself against God.
Amadeus was released by Orion Pictures on September 19, 1984, thirteen days after its world premiere in Los Angeles on September 6, 1984. Upon release, it received widespread acclaim and was a box office hit, grossing over $90 million. Amadeus was nom
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Wolfgang A. Mozart
A Typical Biopic, Retelling of Story in ORF Production
A lot of people compare this movie to the ultra-famous AMADEUS by Milos Forman and, indeed, there are similarities between the two films. However, while AMADEUS is a dramatisation, a vision by P. Schaffer, the legacy of the composer seen by the jealous eye of Salieri, from the standpoint of his rival, here is it a typical biopic of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. As penned by Zdenek Mahler and directed by Juraj Herz with contribution by Kurt J. Mrkvicka, this movie is a retelling of a story, of a short life but a life immensely rich in its legacy. There are a few reasons why I consider it a must-see for anyone interested in the composer's life.
First of all, when contemporary people hear the name MOZART, they usually associate it with Vienna. And rightly so because he is one of the three major Viennese composers along with Haydn and Beethoven. But, he was born in Salzburg, a pearl of the Salzkammergut