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.| Status: | Released (1973-08-15) |
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| Awards: | Nominated for 1 Oscar. 3 wins & 13 nominations total |
| Screen: | Melvyn Bragg, Norman Jewison, Tim Rice |
| Productions: | Universal Pictures |
| Production Countries: | United States of America |
| Spoken Languages: | English |
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Casts
- 72739: Ted Neeley - Jesus Christ
- 72740: Carl Anderson - Judas Iscariot
- 72741: Yvonne Elliman - Mary Magdalene
- 72742: Barry Dennen - Pontius Pilate
- 975584: Bob Bingham - Caiaphas
- 176555: Larry Marshall - Simon Zealotes
- 33489: Josh Mostel - King Herod
Crews
- 13563: Norman Jewison - Director - Directing
- 13563: Norman Jewison - Screenplay - Writing
- 72744: Melvyn Bragg - Screenplay - Writing
- 13563: Norman Jewison - Producer - Production
- 8879: Robert Stigwood - Producer - Production
- 666: Douglas Slocombe - Director of Photography - Camera
- 12509: Antony Gibbs - Editor - Editing
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Reviews
Andres Gomez
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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 des ....
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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 Elli ....
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