Jesus Christ Superstar

Name: Jesus Christ Superstar
Genre: Drama, History
Released: 1973-08-15
Duration: 108 min
Rating: 7.1

★ 7,1 /10 (625 Votes)

1973 EN 108 min

Overview

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.

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Release date

15/08/1973

Votes

625

Popularity

3.9

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Genres

Drama History

Status

Released

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Runtime

108 min

Budget

$3,500,000

Revenue

$24,593,103

Ted Neeley

Jesus Christ

Carl Anderson

Judas Iscariot

Yvonne Elliman

Mary Magdalene

Barry Dennen

Pontius Pilate

Bob Bingham

Caiaphas

Larry Marshall

Simon Zealotes

Josh Mostel

King Herod

Kurt Yaghjian

Annas

Paul Thomas

Peter

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Pi Douglass

Apostle

Robert LuPone

Apostle James

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Jonathan Wynne

Apostle

Thommie Walsh

Apostle Thaddeus

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Richard Molinare

Apostle Andrew

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David Devir

Apostle

Jeff Hyslop

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Richard Orbach

Apostle John

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Shooki Wagner

Apostle

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Darcel Wynne

Woman

Marcia McBroom

Woman

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Sally Neal

Woman

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Leeyan Granger

Woman

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Vera Biloshisky

Woman

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Kate Wright

Woman

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Wendy Maltby

Woman

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Denise Pence

Woman

Baayork Lee

Woman

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Wyetta Turner

Woman

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Susie Allanson

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Tamar Zafria

Woman

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Ellen Hoffman

Woman

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Riki Oren

Woman

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Judith Daby

Woman

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Lea Kestin

Woman

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Adaya Pilo

Woman

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Zvulun Cohen

Priest

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Amity Razi

Priest

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Meir Israel

Priest

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Avi Ben-Haim

Priest

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Itzhak Sidranski

Priest

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Haim Bashi

Priest

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David Rejwan

Priest

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David Duack

Priest

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Steve Boockvor

Roman Soldier

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Cliff Michaelevski

Roman Soldier

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Peter Luria

Roman Soldier

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Tom Guest

Roman Soldier

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David Barkan

Roman Soldier

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Stephen Denenberg

Roman Soldier

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Danny Basevitch

Roman Soldier

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Didi Liekov

Roman Soldier

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Doron Gaash

Temple Guard

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Zvi Lehat

Temple Guard

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Noam Cohen

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Moshe Uziel

Temple Guard

Norman Jewison

Man (voice) (uncredited)

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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.

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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 momentu…

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