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Jesus Christ Superstar (1973)
Directed by Norman Jewison
“And now the film…”
Drama, History · 1h 48m
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.
Cast
Ted Neeley
Carl Anderson
Yvonne Elliman
Barry Dennen
Bob Bingham
Larry Marshall
Josh Mostel
Kurt Yaghjian
Paul Thomas
Robert LuPone
Crew
- Director
- Norman Jewison
- Screenplay
- Norman Jewison, Melvyn Bragg
- Director of Photography
- Douglas Slocombe
- Original Music Composer
- Andrew Lloyd Webber
- Editor
- Antony Gibbs
- Producer
- Robert Stigwood, Norman Jewison
Details
- Release date
- 1973-08-15
- Runtime
- 1h 48m
- Genres
- Drama, History
- Original language
- EN
- Spoken languages
- English
- Countries
- United States of America
- Production
- Universal Pictures
- Budget
- $3,500,000
- Box office
- $24,593,103