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Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
Audience Rating: G (General Audience)
Binding: DVD
Brand: Universal Studios
EAN: 9781417015771
Format: AC-3, Anamorphic, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, DVD, Special Edition, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
ISBN: 1417015772
Label: Universal Studios
Languages: EnglishOriginal LanguageUnknownEnglishSubtitledFrenchSubtitledSpanishSubtitledFrenchDubbed
Manufacturer: Universal Studios
MPN: D25786D
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Universal Studios
Region Code: 1
Release Date: August 31, 2004
Running Time: 108 minutes
Studio: Universal Studios
Theatrical Release Date: August 15, 1973
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Editorial Review:
Product Description:
JESUS, JUDAS AND MARY MAGDALENE CROSS PATHS IN THIS VERSION OF THE ROCK OPERA.
Amazon.com:
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
Average Rating: 
Rating:  -
For anyone who has any respect for the Christ figure, as a Christian or not, this production should leave your perplexed at best and horribly disappointed at worst. The film, particularly the story's lyrics, is clearly the production of someones who have absolutely no insight into the story of Christ. There is nothing that this film contributes beyond some good music. Christ as he is portrayed here is hopelessly off the mark. How ANYONE could give this film more than one star totally amazes me. The question that plagues me is: why? Why was this musical made? I have great respect for Weber and most of his work is truly admirable, but what was he thinking, what was the point of this. I have not seen the stage production, but I am sure that I would dismiss it as well as this film. And why does Jewison perpetuate the unfounded myth that Mary Magdalene was a prostitute? Who did the research for this work? This work is such a mishmash of banalities. A total embarrassment. I couldn't wait for it to be over.
Christ was doubtless a magnificent personage, a man of supreme wisdom and inspiration - and yet, NONE of that comes through in this production. This could have been a thousand times better. The representation of Christ succeeded only in approximating what we have feebly imagined Christ to look like. Of course, in reality, Christ was a brown-eyed Middle Eastern Jew, not a blue-eyed blonde! And what message are we to take from Judas being portrayed by a black man. YOU'VE GOT TO BE KIDDING! If not for the music and the show's reputation, I am sure I would have turned off this movie within 15 minutes.
Rating:  -
The desert setting, so beautiful.
Ted Neely seen him live production of musical.
Perfect everytime.
Judas...excellen performance
The whole cast....5 star.
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Rating: -
When this movie first came out in the 70's, I watched it twice in a row! I was so moved by it! A lot of things I had read in the Bible, suddenly seemed to make more sense to me. I have also seen Ted in the stage version, but there is a WAY different ending than the movie.
Rating:  -
It is a great Musical. It teaches about Jesus Christ from a new prospective. Some parts are controversial but that what makes it more fascinating
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