Episode 10

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20th Jan 2021

Amadeus (1984 Best Picture)

The tenth episode of our season on the awesome movie year of 1984 features the Best Picture Oscar winner, Milos Forman’s Amadeus. Directed by Milos Forman, written by Peter Shaffer (based on his stage play) and starring F. Murray Abraham, Tom Hulce, Elizabeth Berridge and Jeffrey Jones, Amadeus was nominated for eleven Oscars and won eight, including Best Picture.

The contemporary reviews quoted in this episode come from Roger Ebert (https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/amadeus-1984), Peter Travers in People Magazine (https://people.com/archive/picks-and-pans-review-amadeus-vol-22-no-14/), and Todd McCarthy in Variety (https://variety.com/1984/film/reviews/amadeus-1200426332/).

Please like, share, rate and comment on the show and this episode, and tune in for the next 1984 installment featuring our producer David Rosen’s personal pick, Ivan Reitman’s Ghostbusters.

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Awesome Movie Year is a podcast co-hosted by film critic Josh Bell and filmmaker and comedian Jason Harris. Each season looks at why a certain year was an awesome movie year. Each episode focuses on a different film from the year being investigated. Produced by David Rosen of the Piecing It Together Podcast for the All Points West Podcast Network
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David Rosen is a music composer and podcast producer. He has scored feature films, commercials and more, as well as creating albums of instrumental music. He currently produced Piecing It Together which he hosts and Awesome Movie Year.