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Jesus Christ Superstar

Year:

1973

Duration:

108 min

Genres:

Drama | History | Musical

IMDB rate:

7.3

Director:

Norman Jewison

Awards:

Nominated for Oscar. Another 3 wins & 9 nominations

Details

Country: USA

Release Date: 1973-08-15

Filming Locations: Beit Guvrin, Israel

Earnings

Gross: $24,477,615 (USA)SEK 1,098,897 (Sweden)

Cast

Actor

Character

Yvonne Elliman

Jesus Christ Superstar

Ted Neeley

Jesus Christ

Carl Anderson

Judas Iscariot

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

Thommie Walsh

Apostle Thaddeus

Richard Molinare

Apostle Andrew

David Devir

Apostle

Jeff Hyslop

Apostle (as Jeffrey Hyslop)

Richard Orbach

Apostle John

Shooki Wagner

Apostle

Darcel Wynne

Woman

Marcia McBroom

Woman

Sally Neal

Woman

Leeyan Granger

Woman

Vera Biloshisky

Woman

Kate Wright

Woman (as Kathryn Wright)

Wendy Maltby

Woman

Denise Pence

Woman

Baayork Lee

Woman

Wyetta Turner

Woman

Susie Allanson

Woman (as Susan Allanson)

Tamar Zafria

Woman

Ellen Hoffman

Woman

Riki Oren

Woman

Judith Daby

Woman

Lea Kestin

Woman

Adaya Pilo

Woman

Zvulun Cohen

Priest

Amity Razi

Priest

Meir Israel

Priest

Avi Ben-Haim

Priest

Itzhak Sidranski

Priest

Haim Bashi

Priest

David Rejwan

Priest

David Duack

Priest

Steve Boockvor

Roman Soldier

Cliff Michaelevski

Roman Soldier

Peter Luria

Roman Soldier

Tom Guest

Roman Soldier

David Barkan

Roman Soldier

Stephen Denenberg

Roman Soldier

Danny Basevitch

Roman Soldier

Didi Liekov

Roman Soldier

Doron Gaash

Temple Guard

Zvi Lehat

Temple Guard

Noam Cohen

Temple Guard

Moshe Uziel

Temple Guard

Did you know?

Trivia

Ted Neeley met his wife on the set. She is one of the dancers in the Simon Zealot scene.

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Actors were required to "hydrate" every twenty minutes while on location in the desert. Huge, "multicolored" blocks of ice were brought in from Tel Aviv for this process.

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"Jesus Christ Superstar" opened at the Mark Hellinger Theater on October 12, 1971 and ran for 711 performances.

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Goofs

After Jesus finds his apostles asleep, the camera cranes up next to the leaves of a tree. At one point (about 1:00:48 on the DVD) one of the tree twigs swings back and forth rather unnaturally, indicating that the camera has brushed against it in the process of going by.

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In the long shot of Judas Iscariot hanging himself, you can see the noose attached to a flesh-colored harness on Carl Anderson's back.

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During the opening of the final song "Jesus Christ Superstar", after Judas steps off the chain the lipsync is out of time with the song. It's corrected after the first cutaway.

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Quotes

Peter: I think you've made your point now! You've even gone a bit too far to get the message home! Before it gets too frightening we ought to call a halt. Oh, could we start again, please?

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Judas: [to Jesus] To think I admired you! Well, now I despise you!

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Jesus: Spare me your speeches, I don't want to know. Go, now, go!

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