Amadeus
- WHEN:
- Mon. 01/29 | 7:00PM
- WHERE:
- Alamo Drafthouse Lake Creek, 13729 Research Blvd. map
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For this film adaptation of Peter Shaffer's Broadway hit, director Milos Forman returned to the city of Prague that he'd left behind during the Czech political crises of 1968, bringing along his usual cinematographer and fellow Czech expatriate, Miroslav Ondricek. Amadeus is an expansion of a Viennese "urban legend" concerning the death of 18th-century musical genius Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. From the vantage point of an insane asylum, aging royal composer Salieri (F. Murray Abraham) recalls the events of three decades earlier, when the young Mozart (Tom Hulce) first gained favor in the court of Austrian emperor Joseph II (Jeffrey Jones). Salieri was incensed that God would bless such a vulgar and obnoxious young snipe with divine genius. Why was Salieri--so disciplined, so devoted to his art, and so willing to toady to his superiors--not touched by God? Unable to match Mozart's talent, Salieri uses his influence in court to sabotage the young upstart's career. Disguising himself as a mysterious benefactor, Salieri commissions the backbreaking "Requiem," which eventually costs Mozart his health, wealth, and life. Amadeus won eight Academy Awards, including Best Picture, Best Director, Best Adapted Screenplay, and Best Actor for F. Murray Abraham.
PKWproductions' biggest selling "Movie and a Music" event now makes it's way up north to the Lake Creek Alamo, with a twist. The theme is "Mozart for Twos: A Concerto Sampler." String duets of the renowned genius will be featured along with movements from some of Mozart's most beloved concertos, in their transcriptions for solo instrument and piano. Featured works will include the D major Horn Concerto, the first Movement of the Bassoon Concerto, and the second movement of the Clarinet Concerto (both performed in transcriptions for bass and Piano by PKWproductions' director P. Kellach Waddle). These and other movements will be performed live to add to the richness of all the Mozart masterpieces heard throughout the director's cut of this 1985 Academy Award winning Best Picture.
Join us at Lake Creek as we present the movie with an introductory and intermission concert performed by some of Austin’s finest classical musicians. Admission is $12.
Showings (click on a show time to buy tickets):
PKWproductions' biggest selling "Movie and a Music" event now makes it's way up north to the Lake Creek Alamo, with a twist. The theme is "Mozart for Twos: A Concerto Sampler." String duets of the renowned genius will be featured along with movements from some of Mozart's most beloved concertos, in their transcriptions for solo instrument and piano. Featured works will include the D major Horn Concerto, the first Movement of the Bassoon Concerto, and the second movement of the Clarinet Concerto (both performed in transcriptions for bass and Piano by PKWproductions' director P. Kellach Waddle). These and other movements will be performed live to add to the richness of all the Mozart masterpieces heard throughout the director's cut of this 1985 Academy Award winning Best Picture.
Join us at Lake Creek as we present the movie with an introductory and intermission concert performed by some of Austin’s finest classical musicians. Admission is $12.
Showings (click on a show time to buy tickets):
Monday, January 29
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