Fantastic

My wife and I have listened to the soundtrack for years. I bought the dvd for our anniversary. It was fantastic to see the actors and hear the same voices we have been listening to for years. The singing is outstanding. The clothes, hair, and props take one back a few decades, and may be somewhat offsetting for someone that wants to see something more period, but we trully enjoyed it. I would recommend this product to any of my friends.

[[ASIN:B00028HBIO Jesus Christ Superstar (Special Edition)]]

Antichrist Superstar

The whole point of Marilyn Manson parodying this on the 1996 album Antichrist Superstar was so that they wouldn't gloat over it. Subsequent made for TV versions were of a harassing nature and therefore against the law. This Andrew Llyod Webber version is the one everyone used to know. Make then when this was made in 1973 they wanted to think they were cool. In the 80s it was ho hum, the 90s no sense of humor this decade a geek. America lost its sense of humor sexist or racist namely shovelling snow for others, but you can poke fun at a white Christian all you want. I was baptized and confirmed Pilgrim and the hypocrite priest has tattoes all over him. Where's the humor? Once you lose your sense of humor about something like a one hit wonder, but here a VHS tape or musical, more people will laugh at it as they did in other countries. Canada laughed their butss off at us the whole time. They sit there and take care of the kids all day and get fat and depressed when dad works most of the year. Back then before I was born they had a decent humor, but losing it over something like shoveling snow? Bring back the humor.

fun, yet challenging 70's religious pop classic

JCSS has everything you want in a great, 70's rock opera set to film: good acting, great singing, great dancing, great orchestration and an awesome story that remains mostly faithful to its original source material... it also continues to challenge and captivate its audiences 34 years after its release. why? because of the dualistic way it was written; our understanding of who Jesus Christ (in this film) is purposely driven into two strongly divided camps, Judas and Mary Magdalene, even though the story is mainly told from Judas' point of view. the audience, as a result, is inevitably drawn into taking sides as we are guided to think about who Jesus is and why He had to die a horrible, ignominious death. the film, unlike the original musical recording, provides a more balanced perspective as to the divine nature of Christ while His humanity is constantly seen and understood throughout both versions. careful examination of scripture and the movie will reveal why it is sometimes vigorously criticized for its so-called doctrinal heresy and ambiguity, but Jesus' divinity wins out anyway.

the cast is awesome, even Josh Mostel in a small role as Herod, but i give particular credit to Ted Neeley for giving a wide ranging performance with subtlety at times. Teddy is also humorously referred to as the 'screaming Jesus', and his wide vocal range is obviously highlighted.

i can't tell you exactly what director Norman Jewison and writer Melvyn Bragg did to make the film as engaging as it is, or how they subtly altered the theology of the original Rice/Webber composition to bring out more of Jesus'divinity, but its 1 Hr. 47 Min. length is constantly entertaining.

highly recommended.