The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 7 letter word AMADEUS
I've seen this crossword clue in The Daily Telegraph
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More clues leading to the result AMADEUS
- What appears on disc of Mozart produced in Australia
- Musical film shot in Oz
- See 17 across
- American produced American film
- Cinema finally forced my companions and me to a film
- Composer’s midsection produced in Australia
- A nominated American film
- Cinema made use internally of Oscar-winning film
- Mozart, upon returning, took an old lady to court?
- At first, Altman made us a movie about Mozart
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The straight part
We know that "film" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case film = amadeus.The cryptic/wordplay part
In cryptic crossword there's often an wordplay/cryptic part as well.This part involves a more complex hint, such as an anagram, homophone, hidden word, etc.
Sadly, We don't have an explanation for this specific crossword clue yet.