Godspell (film)
1973 film by David Greene / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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This article is about the film and its soundtrack. For the musical, see Godspell. For the musical's album, see Godspell (1971 Off-Broadway Cast).
Godspell (full title: Godspell: A Musical Based on the Gospel According to St. Matthew) is a 1973 American musical comedy-drama film, an adaptation of the 1971 Off-Broadway musical Godspell (in turn based on the Gospel of Matthew), created by John-Michael Tebelak with music and lyrics by Stephen Schwartz.
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Directed by | David Greene |
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Based on | Godspell Stephen Schwartz John-Michael Tebelak Gospel of Matthew Matthew the Apostle |
Produced by | Edgar Lansbury |
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Cinematography | Richard Heimann |
Edited by | Alan Heim |
Music by | Stephen Schwartz |
Distributed by | Columbia Pictures |
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Running time | 102 minutes |
Country | United States |
Languages | English Hebrew Spanish |
Budget | $1.3 million |
Box office | $1.2 million (US/Canada rentals)[1] |
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Directed by David Greene with stars Victor Garber (in his film debut) as Jesus and David Haskell as Judas/John the Baptist, the film is set in contemporary New York City. Tebelak is credited as co-writer of the screenplay and served as creative consultant, although Greene said Tebelak did not write the screenplay.[2][3]