Jesus Christ Superstar Special Edition

Jesus Christ Superstar Special Edition

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

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5 Stars Jesus Christ Super Star
The desert setting, so beautiful.

Ted Neely seen him live production of musical.

Perfect everytime.

Judas…excellen performance

The whole cast….5 star.

5 Stars Fast international delivery and perfect conditions
I ordered this product internationally, from Uruguay, and the standard delivery took a lot less than the estimated time frame.

Package arrived in perfect conditions, item inside in its original packaging and in perfect condition.

I recommend this supplier and will definetely buy from it again.

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4 Stars Jesus Christ Superstar DVD
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

1 Star Simply reprehensible.
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.

5 Stars Seen this at least 100 times!!
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.

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