Jesus Christ Superstar

Summary

A film adaptation of the Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice rock opera, staged as a troupe of young performers arriving in the Israeli desert to enact the final days of Jesus of Nazareth. Told largely from Judas Iscariot's conflicted perspective, it dramatizes Jesus's growing fame, his clashes with religious and Roman authorities, and the betrayal that leads to his trial and crucifixion.