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15/08/1973 Drama, History 1h 48m
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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.

  1. Norman Jewison

    Director

Top billed cast

  1. Ted Neeley

    Jesus Christ

  2. Carl Anderson

    Judas Iscariot

  3. Yvonne Elliman

    Mary Magdalene

  4. Barry Dennen

    Pontius Pilate

  5. Bob Bingham

    Caiaphas

  6. Larry Marshall

    Simon Zealotes

  7. Josh Mostel

    King Herod

  8. Kurt Yaghjian

    Annas

  9. Paul Thomas

    Peter

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Reviews

A review by CinemaSerf
Written by CinemaSerf on 2023-04-02
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...read the rest
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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$3,500,000.00

Revenue
$24,593,103.00

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