Released
Jesus Christ Superstar
August 15 1973 (over 51 years ago)Rating
70
Based on
551 reviews
And now the film…
- Director: Norman Jewison
- Writers: Norman Jewison, Melvyn Bragg
- Genres: Music, Drama
- Runtime: 1 h 48 m
- Budget: $3,500,000
- Box office: $24,593,103
- Country: United States of America
- Company: Universal Pictures
As played out by a theatre troupe, the last days of Jesus Christ are depicted from the perspective of Judas Iscariot, his betrayer. As Jesus' following increases, Judas begins to worry that Jesus is falling for his own hype, forgetting the principles of his teachings and growing too close to the prostitute Mary Magdalene.
