The film version of the famous rock opera by Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber
Starring Ted Neeley, Carl Anderson, Yvonne Elliman

This unusual picture of the last seven days of Christ's life is based on the famous rock opera now in its seventh year on a London stage. A group of young people arrive in the Holy Land by bus to act out events leading to the Crucifixion in a blend of biblical and contemporary themes. To Judas Iscariot, Christ is a badly managed Superstar bound to lose the support of a fickle public; to the priests he is a real menace and to Mary Magdalene, he brings a love she has never known before. Photographed against some of the most dramatic scenery in Israel, the film is performed without dialogue and includes the hit songs 'I Don't Know How to Love Him', 'Superstar' and 'King Herod's Song'.

(First showing on British television)
Films: page 19