JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR

Jesus Christ, Superstar
Universal, 1973, Color, 103 minutes, ***
Released August, 1973

Innovative musical based on Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice's popular concept album features imaginative settings, marvelous dance numbers and fine performances to depict the events leading up to Christ's crucifixion. Stars Ted Neely, Carl Anderson, Joshua Mostel and Yvonne Elliman; Norman Jewison directs.

Producers: Norman Jewison and Robert Stigwood
Director: Norman Jewison
Screenplay: Norman Jewison and Melvyn Bragg
(based on the rock opera by Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice)
Music Director: André Previn
Song Score: Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice
Choreography: Rob Iscove
Production Design: Richard MacDonald
Art Direction: John Clark
Costume Design: Yvonne Blake
Cinematography: Douglas Slocombe
Film Editing: Antony Gibbs

Cast: Ted Neeley [Jesus Christ], Carl Anderson [Judas Iscariot], Yvonne Elliman [Mary Magdalene], Barry Dennen [Pontius Pilate], Bob Bingham [Caiaphas], Larry T. Marshall [Simon Zealotes], Josh Mostel [King Herod], Kurt Yahgjian [Annas], Philip Toubus [Peter], Pi Douglass, Jonathan Wynne, Richard Molinare, Jeffrey Hyslop, Robert LuPone, Thommie Walsh, David Devir, Richard Orbach, Shooki Wagner [Apostles], Darcel Wynne, Sally Neal, Vera Biloshisky, Wendy Maltby, Baayork Lee, Susan Allanson, Ellen Hoffman, Judith Daby, Adaya Pilo, Marcia McBroom, Leeyan Granger, Kathryn Wright, Denise Pence, Wyetta Turner, Tamar Zafria, Riki Oren, Lea Kestin [Women], Zvulun Cohen, Meir Israel, Itzhak Sidranski, David Rfjwan, Amity Razi, Avi Ben-Haim, Haim Bashi, David Duack [Priest], Steve Boockvor, Peter Luria, David Barkan, Danny Basevitch, Cliff Michaelevski, Tom Guest, Stephen Denenberg, Didi Liekov [Roman Soldiers], Doron Gaash, Noam Cohen, Zvi Lehat, Moshe Uziel [Temple Guards]

Musical Program: Overture; Heaven on Their Minds (performed by Carl Anderson); What's the Buzz (performed by Ted Neeley, Yvonne Elliman, and Apostles); Strange Things Mystifying (performed by Ted Neeley, Carl Anderson, Apostles and Apostles' Women); Then We Are Decided (performed by Bob Bingham and Kurt Yaghjian); Everything's Alright (performed by Yvonne Elliman, Ted Neeley, Carl Anderson, The Apostles and Apostles' Women); This Jesus Must Die (performed by Bob Bingham, Kurt Yaghjian, Priests and Crowd); Hosanna (performed by Ted Neeley, Bob Bingham and Crowd); Simon Zealotes (performed by Larry T. Marshall and Crowd); Poor Jerusalem (performed by Ted Neeley); Pilate's Dream (Performed by Barry Dennen); Mentioning My Name; The Temple (performed by Ted Neeley, Crowd and Lepers); My Temple Should Be; I Don't Know How to Love Him (performed by Yvonne Elliman); Damned for All Time / Blood Money (performed by Carl Anderson, Bob Binghma, Kurt Yaghjian and Choir); The Last Supper (performed by Ted Neeley, Carl Anderson and Apostles); Gethsemane (performed by Ted Neeley); The Arrest (performed by Ted Neeley, Philip Toubus, Apostles, Bob Bingham, Kurt Yaghjian, and Crowd); Peter's Denial (performed by Philip Toubus, Yvonne Elliman, Woman, Soldier and Old Man); The Campsite (instrumental); Pilate and Christ (performed by Barry Dennen, Ted Neeley, Soldier and Crowd); King Herod's Song (performed by Joshua Mostel); Could We Start Again Please (performed by Yvonne Elliman, Philip Toubus, The Apostles and Crowd); J.C. and Soldiers (instrumental); Judas' Death (performed by Carl Anderson, Bob Bingham, Kurt Yaghjian and Choir); Trial Before Pilate (performed by Barry Dennen, Ted Neeley, Bob Bingham and Crowd); Superstar (performed by Carl Anderson, Angels and Chorus); The Crucifixion (Performed by Ted Neeley and Crowd); John Nineteen Forty-One