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Jesus Christ Superstar (1973)
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Ted Neeley makes for a wimpy looking Jesus in Norman Jewison's screen adaptation of the Andrew Lloyd Webber-Tim Rice "rock opera," which was a smash on stage in the early '70s. Jewison (Other People's Money) adds some good exterior settings in the desert, but Lloyd Webber and Rice's dialogue-free story (everything is sung, as in a real opera), with its quasi-profundities about the inner demons of principal figures in the life of Christ, is the real hook. Yvonne Elliman sings the show's best-known song, "I Don't Know How to Love Him." --Tom Keogh (read more)
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Jesus Christ Superstar Movie Review by OOGA BOOGA  (1/5/2009) |
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So - Stop me if you've already heard this one - Jesus Christ walks into an Inn, hands the Inn-Keeper 3 nails and says -"Can you put me up for the night?"
What's it all about?
It's like this - As the saying went, back in 1973 - If you can't bring the Hippie-Youths to Jesus Christ, then, what the hell, the next best thing...
(complete Jesus Christ Superstar review by OOGA BOOGA)
Arguably the greatest rock opera of all time, this tells the story of Christ as he might have been. The film is set up like a bunch of hippies who go into the desert to tell this great tale and leave with the memories of that experience. I like the way it was constructed, it adds a meta element to the story, showing us...
(complete Jesus Christ Superstar review by Jessica Film Junkie)
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