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'Jesus Christ Superstar' recounts the last days of Jesus Christ (Ted Neeley) from the perspective of Judas Iscariot (Carl Anderson), his betrayer. Too often mis-labeled a musical, this film is a 'rock opera.' There are no spoken lines, everything is sung.
15 March 1950, Auburn, New York, USA
21 December 1946, New York City, New York, USA
29 December 1951, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA
22 February 1938, Chicago, Illinois, USA
30 May 1951
20 September 1943, Ranger, Texas, USA
21 July 1926, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
5 December 1946, New York, New York, USA
18 November 1942, New York City, New York, USA
September 04, 2003
Flawed, but still worthwhile film of the show.October 23, 2004
Jewison, a director of large talent, has taken a piece of commercial shlock and turned it into a Biblical movie with dignity.April 01, 2015
Dated, unconventional rock opera has some violence.March 19, 2008
The music quickly becomes monotonous, and the operatic dialogue is silly right from the start.March 19, 2008
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.May 24, 2003
[A] rather tedious, if flamboyant affair.February 07, 2003
Ted Neeley is great but the film never rises to the material.June 14, 2003
Overall: Some good songs, some interesting choreography, and some utterly forgotten actors.June 14, 2003
Like a baptism by fire, Jesus Christ Superstar rarely leaves the viewer in lukewarm watersJanuary 01, 2000
Jesus Christ Superstar makes a better musical than a movie.February 09, 2006
Despite the 'impressive' desert locations and an array of tanks (to represent the ills of modern militarism), it's still staged like a student revue.March 19, 2008
If it weren't for Lost Horizon, this would have gone down in history as the Worst Musical of 1973.