Film version of the musical stage play, presenting the last few weeks of Christ's life, told in an anachronistic manner.
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Title: Jesus Christ Superstar (1973)
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Pi Douglass | ... |
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Jonathan Wynne | ... |
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Based on a concept album project written by Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice, and the subsequent long-running Broadway performance, this film tells the story of the final 6 days in the life of Jesus Christ through the troubled eyes of Judas Iscariot. Too often mis-labeled a musical, this film is a "rock opera." There are no spoken lines, everything is sung. Written by Ralf Southard <[email protected]>
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EnglishRelease Date:
15 August 1973 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
Jesucristo Superstar See more »Box Office
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$13,200,000 (USA)Company Credits
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70 mm 6-Track (Westrex Recording System) (70 mm prints)| Mono (35 mm optical prints)| 4-Track Stereo (35 mm magnetic prints)Color:
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2.35 : 1
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Jesus: It's you that say I am. I look for truth, and find that I get damned.
Pontius Pilate: And what is "truth"? Is truth unchanging law? We both have truths. Are mine the same as yours?
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Performed by Ted Neeley, Paul Thomas (as Philip Toubus), The Apostles, Bob Bingham,
Kurt Yaghjian, and Crowd
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When Larry Marshall quivered at the end of "Simon Zealotes", this was due to him being about to faint after dancing in the 105 degree (F) heat. (Recounted in the bonus segment of the Superstars (2015) documentary.) See more »Goofs
During the crucifixion, the sun casts shadows both behind and in front of the cross. See more »Quotes
Pontius Pilate: Then you are a king?Jesus: It's you that say I am. I look for truth, and find that I get damned.
Pontius Pilate: And what is "truth"? Is truth unchanging law? We both have truths. Are mine the same as yours?
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The ArrestPerformed by Ted Neeley, Paul Thomas (as Philip Toubus), The Apostles, Bob Bingham,
Kurt Yaghjian, and Crowd
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The Lloyd-Webber and Rice musical comes to the screen, and is nothing like the stage show at all. The deserts are real, although the back story is that this is a theatre company, putting on a production in real locations.
The cast are largely session singers and unknowns - Ted Neeley, delicate and high-voiced as Jesus (particularly superb in `Gethsemane'); Carl Anderson, black and doe-eyed as Judas with hot soul vocals, Barry Dennen as Pilate, and Yvonne Elliman as Magdelene with her big number `I Don't Know How To Love Him'.
One loss for those who know the stage version is being removed from the crucifixion preamble, when the ghost of Judas sings `Superstar' - this was all video camera projection in the theatre, while in the movie we are detached observers. But at other times we get uncomfortably close. And the songs survive the transportation to a more realistic setting (except the added `Could We Start Again, Please?' which sounds rather too much like the Coca-Cola theme for comfort).
Best scenes? The one in the temple; Hosanna; and the Pharisees tapping on their scaffolding perches like crows.