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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.
Norman Jewison
Norman Jewison
Robert Stigwood
Norman Jewison
Melvyn Bragg
Douglas Slocombe
Andrew Lloyd Webber
Ted Neeley
Jesus Christ
Carl Anderson
Judas Iscariot
Yvonne Elliman
Mary Magdalene
Barry Dennen
Pontius Pilate
Bob Bingham
Caiaphas
Larry Marshall
Simon Zealotes
Josh Mostel
King Herod
Kurt Yaghjian
Annas
Paul Thomas
Peter
Pi Douglass
Apostle
Robert LuPone
Apostle James
Jonathan Wynne
Apostle
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Andres Gomez
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 deserves to be watc...
CinemaSerf
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 Magdal...
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