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Jesus Christ Superstar - Watch Movie

As played out by a theatre troupe, the last days of Jesus Christ are depicted from the perspective of Judas Iscariot, his betrayer. As Jesus' following increases, Judas begins to worry that Jesus is falling for his own hype, forgetting the principles of his teachings and growing too close to the prostitute Mary Magdalene.

Type:

Movie

Genre:

Music, Drama,

Release Date:

Aug 15, 1973

Director:

Norman Jewison,

Writer:

Norman Jewison (Screenplay), Melvyn Bragg (Screenplay),

Cast:

Ted Neeley, Carl Anderson, Yvonne Elliman, Barry Dennen, Bob Bingham, Larry Marshall, Josh Mostel, Kurt Yaghjian, Paul Thomas, Pi Douglass, Robert LuPone, Jonathan Wynne, Thommie Walsh, Richard Molinare, David Devir, Jeff Hyslop, Richard Orbach, Shooki Wagner, Darcel Wynne, Marcia McBroom, Sally Neal, Leeyan Granger, Vera Biloshisky, Kate Wright, Wendy Maltby, Denise Pence, Baayork Lee, Wyetta Turner, Susie Allanson, Tamar Zafria, Ellen Hoffman, Riki Oren, Judith Daby, Lea Kestin, Adaya Pilo, Zvulun Cohen, Amity Razi, Meir Israel, Avi Ben-Haim, Itzhak Sidranski, Haim Bashi, David Rejwan, David Duack, Steve Boockvor, Cliff Michaelevski, Peter Luria, Tom Guest, David Barkan, Stephen Denenberg, Danny Basevitch, Didi Liekov, Doron Gaash, Zvi Lehat, Noam Cohen, Moshe Uziel,

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Andres Gomez 28/03/2016

Risky adaptation of a great musical with catchy songs. Carl Anderson performs a great Judas. Some of the other actors are quite good too, like Barry Dennen as Pontius Pilate but Ted Neeley as Jesus is quite a whimp. In any case, a very interesting adaptation of a musical which deserves to be watched at least once.

CinemaSerf 02/04/2023

Norman Jewison shipped everyone to Israel to help give this adaptation of the Lloyd Webber/Rice hit rock opera as much authenticity as possible for the big screen. Ted Neeley dons the robes for the title role and ably aided by a very much on form Carl Anderson (Judas) and Yvonne Elliman (Mary Magdalene) reimagines the stage performances that take us from modern day through the ages to the lifetime of Christ. Neeley certainly has that established look to him, but I actually found him rather underwhelming (it doesn't help that his are certainly not the best numbers). As the story gathers momentum the other two very much come into their own leading an ensemble cast that mixes historical and contemporary styles of music and dance, language and imagery to try to modernise (1970s style) this provocative story. Josh Mostel turns in quite a fun routine as the slightly camp King Herod, and Barry Dennen likewise as the conflicted governor Pilate but for me the whole thing really belongs to Anderson's traitor. The settings serve it well, Douglas Slocombe knows well how to use the ancient monuments and some modern lighting to deliver that extra layer to differentiate it from the stage performance - which, at times, this all too closely resembles. Groundbreaking it certainly was, but time hasn't been especially kind to it and fifty years on it almost comes across as much of a parody as "Life of Brian" (1979). Still, "I Don't Know How to Love Him", "Everything's Alright", "Heaven on their Minds" and the powerful "Gethsemane" offer robust lyrics for the unfolding story of the last few days of Jesus. I did enjoy this on stage, but this film not so much...

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