Storyline
Oscar-nominated film adaptation of the rock opera of the same name, based on the last weeks before the crucifixion of Jesus. The film was directed by Norman Jewison. Ted Neeley and Carl Anderson were nominated for two 1974 Golden Globe Award for their portrayals of Jesus and Judas, respectively.
Directors
Cast
Barry Dennen, Josh Mostel, Ted Neeley, Robert LuPone, Marcia McBroom, Larry Marshall, Carl Anderson, Yvonne Elliman, Bob Bingham, Kurt Yaghjian, Paul Thomas, Pi Douglass, Jonathan Wynne, Thommie Walsh, Richard Molinare, David Devir, Jeff Hyslop, Richard Orbach, Shooki Wagner, Darcel Wynne, 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
Trailer
Reviews
91
However dated stylistically (everybody’s dressed, to put it baldly, like hippies) it remains immensely powerful.
75
A bright and sometimes breathtaking retelling of the rock opera of the same name. It is, indeed, a triumph over that work; using most of the same words and music, it succeeds in being light instead of turgid, outward-looking instead of narcissistic.
60
The music quickly becomes monotonous, and the operatic dialogue is silly right from the start—but Carl Anderson as Judas and Joshua Mostel as an unbelievably campy King Herod almost make this 1973 film worth sitting through.
60
Norman Jewison's film version of the 1969 legit stage project in a paradoxical way is both very good and very disappointing at the same time. The abstract film concept veers from elegantly simple through forced metaphor to outright synthetic in dramatic impact.
50
Yvonne Elliman is electrifying as Mary Magdalene, and Carl Anderson couldn't have been better as Judas; but Ted Neeley as Jesus is more whiny than heroic.
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