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This is a great movie. I recommend whomever to watch it with an open heart.
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The songs here (for the most part) are beautiful and wonderful. How can anyone NOT like "Day by Day" (or it's reprise), "Prepare Ye," etc.
But the FILM? Wellll.....that's another story.
It's cool at first to see the straightlaced cast struggling through unfulfilling jobs giving all that up to don clown makeup and prance and frolic through NYC with an unorthodox but reverent reperesentation of Jesus. But sitting through over an hour of this (up to the Last Supper and the inevitable climax) is a bit much to ask of an audience.
This gets really freaky at times. A strange Sid and Marty Kroft-type monster confronts the Jesus character as the Pharisees. The prodigal son story is told to a backdrop of silent movie comedies and a ragtime soundtrack. Folks, make no mistake, this movie is STRANGE! The gospel according to H.R. Pufnstuf!
However, I'm personally not opposed to an unorthodox retelling of the Story of Christ since the producers were clearly respectful of the subject. The seventies strangeness and weirdo hippiedom will put a lot of people off. But the music is uplifitng and the finale leaves an odd, but somewhat pleasant aftertaste.
In short, this is worth seeing at least once, but you may be better off if you stick to the soundtrack.
Oh, and RIP to Lynne Thigpen.
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For me, the very best part of the movie is the final scene with the song "Prepare Ye The Way" and then the uptempo version of "Day By Day" with the exciting chorus and magnificent guitar and organ solos. I loved the transition of the dancers on the empty streets leading to the corner where the crowds suddenly appear in great numbers, culminating with the sounds of traffic and then the rousing chorus during the movie credits. What an inspirational film. Fantastic music in a New York setting.
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A DIFFERENT LOOK AT SCRIPTURE THROUGH THE EYES OF OTHERS. TEENS AND YOUTH SEEM TO IDENTIFY WITH THIS.
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