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"Amadeus" (Best Picture, 1985)

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Adapted from the screenwriter Peter Shaffer's earlier stage play, this highly fictionalized biopic stars Tom Hulce as Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and F. Murray Abraham as Antonio Salieri, a fellow composer and acquaintance who also narrates the film. Both actors are pictured here.

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