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and now the film... morePlot:
Film version of the musical stage play, presenting the last few weeks of Christ's life, told in an anachronistic manner. full summary | full synopsis (warning! may contain spoilers)Awards:
Nominated for Oscar. Another 3 wins & 9 nominations moreNewsDesk:
(2 articles)
'Superstar' Movie Cast Reunited On Stage (From Studio Briefing. 15 August 2006)
Reilly Begs for 'Guys and Dolls' Role (From WENN. 10 December 2004)
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what a group of voices! moreCast
(Cast overview, first billed only)| Ted Neeley | ... | Jesus Christ | |
| Carl Anderson | ... | Judas Iscariot | |
| Yvonne Elliman | ... | Mary Magdalene | |
| Barry Dennen | ... | Pontius Pilate | |
| Bob Bingham | ... | Caiaphas | |
| Larry Marshall | ... | Simon Zealotes (as Larry T. Marshall) | |
| Josh Mostel | ... | King Herod (as Joshua Mostel) | |
| Kurt Yaghjian | ... | Annas | |
| Paul Thomas | ... | Peter (as Philip Toubus) | |
| Pi Douglass | ... | Apostle | |
| Richard Orbach | ... | John | |
| Robert LuPone | ... | James | |
| Jonathan Wynne | ... | Apostle | |
| Thommie Walsh | ... | Thaddeus | |
| Richard Molinare | ... | Andrew |
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View content advisory for parentsRuntime:
108 minCountry:
USALanguage:
EnglishColor:
Color (Technicolor)Aspect Ratio:
2.20 : 1 moreSound Mix:
Mono (35 mm optical prints) | 70 mm 6-Track (Westrex Recording System) (70 mm prints) | 4-Track Stereo (35 mm magnetic prints)Certification:
Spain:13 | Netherlands:6 | Australia:G | Iceland:L | Argentina:13 | Finland:K-12 | Netherlands:AL | Norway:12 | Sweden:11 | UK:PG | USA:G | Singapore:PG | Canada:GMOVIEmeter: 
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Norman Jewison's previous project had been the film version of the Broadway hit Fiddler on the Roof (1971) in which he had cast Israeli actor Topol in the role of Tevye, to the bitter disappointment of Broadway's Tevye, Zero Mostel. When Jewison wanted to cast Mostel's son Joshua as Herod in this movie Mostel snapped, "Tell him to get Topol's son!" moreGoofs:
Revealing mistakes: When Ted Neeley is hanging on the cross, he moves his hands away from the wooden crosspieces, showing that the nails are just nail heads stuck to his palms. moreQuotes:
Apostles: What's the buzz? Tell me whats-a-happening? What's the buzz? Tell me what's-a-happening?Jesus: Why should you want to know? Why are you obsessed with fighting times and fates you can't defy? If you knew the path we're riding you'd understand it less than I.
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The Lloyd-Webber and Rice musical comes to the screen, and is nothing like the stage show at all. The deserts are real, although the back story is that this is a theatre company, putting on a production in real locations.
The cast are largely session singers and unknowns - Ted Neeley, delicate and high-voiced as Jesus (particularly superb in `Gethsemane'); Carl Anderson, black and doe-eyed as Judas with hot soul vocals, Barry Dennen as Pilate, and Yvonne Elliman as Magdelene with her big number `I Don't Know How To Love Him'.
One loss for those who know the stage version is being removed from the crucifixion preamble, when the ghost of Judas sings `Superstar' - this was all video camera projection in the theatre, while in the movie we are detached observers. But at other times we get uncomfortably close. And the songs survive the transportation to a more realistic setting (except the added `Could We Start Again, Please?' which sounds rather too much like the Coca-Cola theme for comfort).
Best scenes? The one in the temple; Hosanna; and the Pharisees tapping on their scaffolding perches like crows.