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toddly6666 · 02-21-2013, 07:46 PM

I got a kick out of seeing Jesus in Django Unchained:

Crimson King · 02-21-2013, 07:54 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by toddly6666

I got a kick out of seeing Jesus in Django Unchained:

he was in that film?

Hucksta G · 02-21-2013, 08:18 PM

Nice

JenM · 02-21-2013, 08:24 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by octagon

I don't think I've ever made it all the way through the film but the soundtrack (is 'soundtrack' the right word when talking about a musical? it almost sounds dismissive) is amazing.

A movie musical? Yes. If it's a recording of stage production, it's usually called a "cast recording". Personally, it makes no difference to me, but theater message boards usually fal to pieces if you refer to a cast recording as a "soundtrack."

I love JCS - saw it on Broadway twice (the 2000 revival, and the 2012 revival), the touring version with Ted Neeley and Carl Anderson back in the 90s, and two local productions. Oddly enough, the best version I've ever seen was a high school production.

I've never been able to make it through the movie, though.

Edword · 02-21-2013, 08:37 PM

I'll finally be able to upgrade the DVD!

filmczy · 02-21-2013, 09:34 PM

Hopefully this doesn't turn into a DNR disaster...

Adam_WM · 02-21-2013, 10:40 PM

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Originally Posted by Crimson King

I met Ted after a JCS show, he personally and signed my dvd copy, one of the nicest entertainer I ever met

, he did'nt leave until he met all that wanted to meet him, thats very rare these days

I will never part with it!

Same with me!

The Mad Kiwi · 02-21-2013, 11:04 PM

Yes! This is my favorite musical (and Biblical film) not yet on Blu-ray. I was thinking the other day how odd it was Universal hadn't announced this, yet, since this year's the 40th anniversary. I thought this would be a shoe-in for Easter, but I guess not. I shouldn't be surprised: we're getting The Nativity Story in a couple of weeks even though WB should've released it last Christmas.

This film seems to have always been kept in good condition. The laserdisc transfer (later used for the non-anamorphic DVD) was decent, and the anamorphic Special Edition DVD even better. It's a clean and bright enough film that it doesn't warrant unnecessary DNR.

I hope we get new extras for this. The commentary (with Norman Jewison and Ted Neeley) is excellent as is the Tim Rice interview, but I'd also like an all-encompassing "making of" documentary with input from Andrew Lloyd Webbe and surviving cast members (plus archival interviews from Carl Anderson).

Crimson King · 02-21-2013, 11:09 PM

Just looked up and Ted Neeley did have a small role in Django Unchained, Quentin Tarnatino must be a JCS fan!

also worth noting, is Ted co starred in a western in the late 70s with Joe Don Baker called "Shadow of Chikara", sorry for the crappy image and sound quality:

The Mad Kiwi · 02-21-2013, 11:32 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Crimson King

Just looked up and Ted Neeley did have a small role in Django Unchained, Quentin Tarnatino must be a JCS fan!

Yeah, he was literally a blink-and-you-miss-him cameo. He's one of the stunned tracker hillbillies who gapes at Django when he rides in on the way to Candie Land (just before

[Show spoiler]

). I wasn't even sure it was him because by the time I recognized him, the camera had cut away. Sure enough, I looked it up as soon as I got home, and there he was.

Duffy12 · 02-21-2013, 11:44 PM

.

Can't wait to get this as I never picked it up on DVD.

.

lcummins · 02-22-2013, 01:57 AM

I've been waiting on this to come out on Blu forever it seems like! I saw this for the first time in High school, back in 1973 when I was a Freshman. They actually projected it in the school library. I love the film, but love the soundtrack even more! It introduced me to ALW and "modern" Broadway musicals. I went out and got the original cast recording of the Broadway show! I can't even count the number of nights I fell asleep listening to one or the other with my big over the ear headphones! In the mid 80's, I was fortunate enough to be living and working in Queens NY for a few years, and got to see a lot of Broadway, especially the Lloyd Webber shows, but alas, never JCS. I've seen touring companies and local productions however.

hotFstop · 02-22-2013, 02:04 AM

I hope they focus on the audio here. I want this soundtrack to be pumping.

iamnoone · 02-22-2013, 02:40 AM

Finally! Love this film! The stand-outs are Carl Anderson and Barry Dennen who are fantastic, and Neeley too, of course. I really like what Jewison did with the film, too, and love the bookend sequences of the hippies driving the bus to perform the ritual in the desert. First time I saw the film many years ago, I felt it kind of lurched along from one interconnected song-sequence to the next, but that quickly changed with multiple viewings and I feel it flows perfectly now. Easily one of my favorite film musical adaptations.

In 2006 in Hollywood at the Ricardo Montalban Theater, there was a live one-performance-only show of the play with Ted Neeley, Yvonne Elliman, Barry Dennen, Ben Vereen, and Jack Black as Herod. Vereen was no Anderson, but it was a good show. Trivia: The guy who played Peter in the film version became a big porn actor shortly afterwards and later a big porn producer.

DetroitSquirreL · 02-22-2013, 03:33 AM

Jesus is groovy in this film, but parts I have to skip over because they are waaayyyy too cheesy even for me

I'll pick it up, its a classic....in its own way

Lordy · 02-22-2013, 03:38 AM

Finally! Already pre-ordered.

Deciazulado · 02-22-2013, 03:59 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by DetroitSquirreL

Jesus is groovy in this film

I think Caiaphas sez "One thing I'll say for him - Jesus is cool"

bluballer · 02-22-2013, 06:32 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Deciazulado

I think Caiaphas sez "One thing I'll say for him - Jesus is cool"

"But we cannot leave him to his own devices. His half witted fans will get out of control."

Note this is from memory.

EDIT: cannot should be dare.

vader4 · 02-22-2013, 06:38 AM

Is this movie intended to be offensive? Everytime I hear the title I wonder

bluballer · 02-22-2013, 07:03 AM

No not really. It's a 70's unconventional take on the Jesus mythology couched in the music and language of that time period. Just a sampling of Judas' rhetorical meanderings of Jesus' motives:

"Tell me what you think
About your friends at the top
Now who d'you think besides yourself
Was the pick of the crop?
Buddah was he where it's at?
Is he where you are?
Could Muhammmed move a mountain
Or was that just PR?
Did you mean to die like that?
Was that a mistake or
Did you know your messy death
Would be a record breaker?"

To me (8 or 9 years old at the time), the lyrics were thought provoking.

02-22-2013, 02:04 AM	#33
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02-21-2013, 07:46 PM	#21
toddly6666 Blu-ray Baron Top contributor Member since:Nov 2009 Location:Hong Kong Home Theater Gallery:20 4K collection:1 Blu-ray collection:1441 DVD collection:31 Blu-ray reviews: 290 Trading Score:61	I got a kick out of seeing Jesus in Django Unchained:

02-21-2013, 08:18 PM	#23
Hucksta G Blu-ray Knight Top contributor Member since:Jan 2011 Location:New Zealand 4K collection:103 Blu-ray collection:913 DVD collection:378 Trading Score:5	Nice

02-21-2013, 08:37 PM	#25
Edword Blu-ray Champion Top contributor Member since:Jul 2011 Location:SoCal, CA 4K collection:267 Blu-ray collection:787 DVD collection:26 Digital collection:36 Trading Score:250	I'll finally be able to upgrade the DVD!

02-21-2013, 09:34 PM	#26
filmczy Active Member Member since:Feb 2012	Hopefully this doesn't turn into a DNR disaster...

02-21-2013, 11:04 PM	#28
The Mad Kiwi Power Member Top contributor Member since:Jun 2010 Location:Florida 4K collection:146 Blu-ray collection:809 DVD collection:130 Digital collection:15	Yes! This is my favorite musical (and Biblical film) not yet on Blu-ray. I was thinking the other day how odd it was Universal hadn't announced this, yet, since this year's the 40th anniversary. I thought this would be a shoe-in for Easter, but I guess not. I shouldn't be surprised: we're getting The Nativity Story in a couple of weeks even though WB should've released it last Christmas. This film seems to have always been kept in good condition. The laserdisc transfer (later used for the non-anamorphic DVD) was decent, and the anamorphic Special Edition DVD even better. It's a clean and bright enough film that it doesn't warrant unnecessary DNR. I hope we get new extras for this. The commentary (with Norman Jewison and Ted Neeley) is excellent as is the Tim Rice interview, but I'd also like an all-encompassing "making of" documentary with input from Andrew Lloyd Webbe and surviving cast members (plus archival interviews from Carl Anderson).

02-21-2013, 11:44 PM	#31
Duffy12 Blu-ray Ninja Member since:Jul 2009 Location:Northern Virginia I'm the Cosmic Champion and I hold a mystic sign. Blu-ray collection:252	. Can't wait to get this as I never picked it up on DVD. .

02-22-2013, 01:57 AM	#32
lcummins Special Member Top contributor Member since:Feb 2012 Location:KY 4K collection:446 Blu-ray collection:5314 DVD collection:1529 iTunes collection:119 Prime collection:10 Trading Score:32	I've been waiting on this to come out on Blu forever it seems like! I saw this for the first time in High school, back in 1973 when I was a Freshman. They actually projected it in the school library. I love the film, but love the soundtrack even more! It introduced me to ALW and "modern" Broadway musicals. I went out and got the original cast recording of the Broadway show! I can't even count the number of nights I fell asleep listening to one or the other with my big over the ear headphones! In the mid 80's, I was fortunate enough to be living and working in Queens NY for a few years, and got to see a lot of Broadway, especially the Lloyd Webber shows, but alas, never JCS. I've seen touring companies and local productions however.

02-22-2013, 02:40 AM	#34
iamnoone Blu-ray Guru Member since:Sep 2012 Location:Antarctica Blu-ray collection:41 Trading Score:91	Finally! Love this film! The stand-outs are Carl Anderson and Barry Dennen who are fantastic, and Neeley too, of course. I really like what Jewison did with the film, too, and love the bookend sequences of the hippies driving the bus to perform the ritual in the desert. First time I saw the film many years ago, I felt it kind of lurched along from one interconnected song-sequence to the next, but that quickly changed with multiple viewings and I feel it flows perfectly now. Easily one of my favorite film musical adaptations. In 2006 in Hollywood at the Ricardo Montalban Theater, there was a live one-performance-only show of the play with Ted Neeley, Yvonne Elliman, Barry Dennen, Ben Vereen, and Jack Black as Herod. Vereen was no Anderson, but it was a good show. Trivia: The guy who played Peter in the film version became a big porn actor shortly afterwards and later a big porn producer.

02-22-2013, 03:33 AM	#35
DetroitSquirreL Blu-ray Ninja Top contributor Member since:Dec 2010 Location:Detroit, MI ~ USA Blu-ray collection:513 Trading Score:122	Jesus is groovy in this film, but parts I have to skip over because they are waaayyyy too cheesy even for me I'll pick it up, its a classic....in its own way

02-22-2013, 03:38 AM	#36
Lordy Power Member Member since:Mar 2009 Location:Minnesota 4K collection:441 Blu-ray collection:5098 DVD collection:1136	Finally! Already pre-ordered.

02-22-2013, 06:38 AM	#39
vader4 Power Member Top contributor Member since:Dec 2009 Location:Cloud City, Bespin 4K collection:65 Blu-ray collection:900 DVD collection:7 Blu-ray reviews:1	Is this movie intended to be offensive? Everytime I hear the title I wonder

02-22-2013, 07:03 AM	#40
bluballer Senior Member Member since:Jan 2012 Location:Somewhere in SEGA Blu-ray collection:121 Trading Score:207	No not really. It's a 70's unconventional take on the Jesus mythology couched in the music and language of that time period. Just a sampling of Judas' rhetorical meanderings of Jesus' motives: "Tell me what you think About your friends at the top Now who d'you think besides yourself Was the pick of the crop? Buddah was he where it's at? Is he where you are? Could Muhammmed move a mountain Or was that just PR? Did you mean to die like that? Was that a mistake or Did you know your messy death Would be a record breaker?" To me (8 or 9 years old at the time), the lyrics were thought provoking.

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