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Edited into
The Making of 'Amadeus' (2002) (V)
References
Barry Lyndon (1975)
Die Entführung aus dem Serail (1980) (TV)
Pink Floyd The Wall (1982)
Referenced in
"Animaniacs: Video Review/When Mice Ruled the Earth (#1.47)" (????)
 -  Seen on video store shelf
Last Action Hero (1993)
Guarding Tess (1994)
England, My England (1995)
 -  The player's complaint that French music "has too many notes" is the same as Emperor Joseph's comment on Mozart's music.
"Seinfeld: The Maestro (#7.3)" (1995)
 -  Mentioned by name
Shine (1996)
The Birdcage (1996)
"Mystery Science Theater 3000: Laserblast (#8.6)" (1996)
 -  Mentioned by Mike during the closing credits of "Laserblast."
The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1996)
 -  Gargoyles place mozart-esque wig on Quasimodo (Tom Hulce)
The Taylor Predicament (1998)
Free Enterprise (1998)
Eyes Wide Shut (1999)
The Tao of Steve (2000)
Blow Dry (2001)
 -  mentioned once
Other Voices: Creating 'The Terminator' (2001) (V)
Hello, He Lied & Other Truths from the Hollywood Trenches (2002) (TV)
Zilch (2002)
Men with Brooms (2002)
The Blood Pact: The Making of 'Blade II' (2002) (V)
 -  mentionned once
The Making of 'Amadeus' (2002) (V)
The Last Horror Movie (2003)
 -  There is a poster of the older film visible on the wall of the video store Max "plants" his film in.
The School of Rock (2003)
 -  After Jack Black and the kids write "Step Off", he bows and says "Grazie...grazie". In 'Amadeus', Salieri peforms a similar bow and says the same line in one scene.
Film Geek (2005)
 -  one of the videos Scotty is carrying
"Father of the Pride: The Siegfried and Roy Fantasy Experience Movie (#1.13)" (2005)
 -  The guys are watching a Bill Murray marathon on TV and one of them says Murray should have won the Oscar that year for "Ghost Busters" instead of F. Murray Abraham for "Amadeus"
"Jeopardy!: (#22.39)" (2005)
 -  correct response in "Name That Movie" category
Araf (2006)
 -  poster seen
Martian Child (2007)
 -  "You saw 'Amadeus."
The Informers (2008)
 -  Mentioned in dialogue by Roger
"30 Rock: Into the Crevasse (#4.2)" (2009)
 -  Tracey has seen a XXX spoof called "I'm a do us"
Featured in
The 57th Annual Academy Awards (1985) (TV)
Precious Images (1986)
The Secrets of Dick Smith (1991) (TV)
Oscar's Greatest Moments (1992) (V)
100 Years at the Movies (1994) (TV)
The 69th Annual Academy Awards (1997) (TV)
Harmoniques: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1998) (TV)
 -  clip shown
AFI's 100 Years... 100 Movies: America's Greatest Movies (1998) (TV)
 -  This film is #53 on the list.
Masters of Production: The Hidden Art of Hollywood (2004) (TV)
 -  Discusses Production Design
The 77th Annual Academy Awards (2005) (TV)
"I Love the 80's 3-D" (2005)
 -  shown in segment
Boffo! Tinseltown's Bombs and Blockbusters (2006)
 -  clip
The 80th Annual Academy Awards (2008) (TV)
 -  Featured in Best Picture montage.
Spoofed in
Hollywood Shuffle (1987)
One Night at McCool's (2001)
The Work and the Story (2003)
 -  "Break-in" scene is parody of ending of Amadeus, Mozart music is playing
"The Simpsons: Margical History Tour (#15.11)" (2004)
 -  The 3rd segment is a spoof of Amadeus, a fact which is pointed out at the end
"Family Guy: It Takes a Village Idiot, and I Married One (#5.17)" (2007)
 -  Stewie impersonates composers and Peter is likened to Saligieri
"30 Rock: Succession (#2.13)" (2008)
 -  Spoofed towards the end of the episode
"How I Met Your Mother: The Best Burger in New York (#4.2)" (2008)
 -  The description of the burger spoofs Salieri's description of Mozart's music - you can even hear the music in the background

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