The Making of 'Amadeus'

00:00:13 That was an incredible scene. It was fourth of July.

00:02:57 I was introduced to Milos.

00:05:27 ...when we slowly hammered out the whole script, moment by moment.

00:08:10 Although I knew the play, I'd seen the play...

00:10:31 ...with a different set of actors.

00:12:48 And then I had a young actor come in reading for Mozart...

00:15:05 And everyone's attitude, the stars on the show, changed toward me.

00:17:28 And then I was coming back for the shooting, I was arriving January 2nd.

00:20:10 I felt like I was in a grade-B spy movie.

00:22:28 I had learned the word for pineapple. It's "ananas", same as in French.

00:25:13 I didn't know that every cannon weighs several tons, you know?

00:27:32 ...in the shooting schedule was all of Salieri, old.

00:30:06 ...and they had 60-odd girls lined up for us to see.

00:32:33 "So Elizabeth, you have the part."

00:34:42 They had provided me with several different versions of prerecorded music...

00:37:05 ...it's entirely different to do it upside down behind your back.

00:39:40 Now we are going there to light millions of candles!

00:42:27 When we did that scene where we're playing under the table...

00:45:02 For me, the operas were not difficult at all.

00:48:02 Once these people were dressed, they were on their own.

00:50:53 ...and to be the kind of social director...

00:53:29 {y:i}Would you?

00:55:44 Me, the actor is... I'm genuinely lost.

00:58:22 ...of this other man and his argument...