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Jesus Christ Superstar - 1972 Filipino film Dec 2, 2019 18:23:40 GMT pinkasketch and thesquidinator like this

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Post by thelazenby on Dec 2, 2019 18:23:40 GMT

Over the years, I've noticed a couple extremely obscure film versions of musicals - some of which have turned up (the Greek remake of "Cabaret") and some of which haven't (a supposed film based on the stage script of "Grease," which the director is apparently not allowed to distribute).

This one's a real oddity though.... a 1972 film production of "Jesus Christ Superstar" from the Philippines. I can find NO footage of this movie, and all that seems to circulate online are a couple posters.

I would be VERY curious to know if this even still exists.

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thelazenby New Member Posts: 21	Jesus Christ Superstar - 1972 Filipino film Dec 5, 2019 1:42:31 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top Post by thelazenby on Dec 5, 2019 1:42:31 GMT I contacted Video 48 to ask if this movie still exists.... they said it doesn't! :-(

eternalkhaos Junior Member Posts: 50	Jesus Christ Superstar - 1972 Filipino film Dec 5, 2019 8:18:57 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top Post by eternalkhaos on Dec 5, 2019 8:18:57 GMT There's a IMDB page of this with a movie poster so it might really exist: www.imdb.com/title/tt0474753/
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thelazenby New Member Posts: 21	Jesus Christ Superstar - 1972 Filipino film Dec 5, 2019 21:16:25 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top Post by thelazenby on Dec 5, 2019 21:16:25 GMT Oh, the movie EXISTED - problem is, it doesn't seem to exist any longer. A couple posters are all that seem to remain.

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Jesus Christ Superstar - 1972 Filipino film Dec 6, 2019 1:34:55 GMT

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Dec 5, 2019 1:42:31 GMT thelazenby said:

I contacted Video 48 to ask if this movie still exists.... they said it doesn't! :-(

A shame. You can try contacting View on the 3rd, but he uploads old Filipino television shows and not movies. It's worth a shot though.

www.facebook.com/Viewonthe3rd/

Edit: I looked at the actors' names. Amalia Fuentes recently passed away. You may contact her family (the Muhlachs), but they are also actors. Hence, you may have difficulty reaching them.

Victor Wood and Ike Lozada both have Wikipedia pages:

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victor_Wood

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ike_Lozada

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Jesus Christ Superstar - 1972 Filipino film Dec 13, 2019 23:07:05 GMT via mobile

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Post by videoranger007 on Dec 13, 2019 23:07:05 GMT

Highly unlikely this exists still, most Filipino films and TV prior to 1985 were destroyed as they were deemed worthless after their initial showings or they were improperly stored and destroyed by the heat and humidity of the Philippines. Very few Filipino films from the 50s-70s will be re-discovered. Same can be said about Thai, South Korean, Malaysian, and Indonesian films.

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Jesus Christ Superstar - 1972 Filipino film Dec 13, 2019 23:14:54 GMT

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Dec 13, 2019 23:07:05 GMT videoranger007 said:

Highly unlikely this exists still, most Filipino films and TV prior to 1985 were destroyed as they were deemed worthless after their initial showings or they were improperly stored and destroyed by the heat and humidity of the Philippines. Very few Filipino films from the 50s-70s will be re-discovered. Same can be said about Thai, South Korean, Malaysian, and Indonesian films.

I won't say such a sweeping statement. Actor Fernando Poe, Jr. maintained an archive of films starred by him from at least the 1970s. Similar archives by other actors or the production companies or their successors may exist, but they have not come into light yet.

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Jesus Christ Superstar - 1972 Filipino film Dec 15, 2019 12:24:27 GMT via mobile

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Post by videoranger007 on Dec 15, 2019 12:24:27 GMT

Dec 13, 2019 23:14:54 GMT phlmhunter said:

Dec 13, 2019 23:07:05 GMT videoranger007 said:

Highly unlikely this exists still, most Filipino films and TV prior to 1985 were destroyed as they were deemed worthless after their initial showings or they were improperly stored and destroyed by the heat and humidity of the Philippines. Very few Filipino films from the 50s-70s will be re-discovered. Same can be said about Thai, South Korean, Malaysian, and Indonesian films.

I won't say such a sweeping statement. Actor Fernando Poe, Jr. maintained an archive of films starred by him from at least the 1970s. Similar archives by other actors or the production companies or their successors may exist, but they have not come into light yet.

While this is true for some actors, the majority did not properly archive the material they have starred in. A lot of stuff was flat out destroyed by the Marcos Regime as well- the Filipino English dub of Go-Ranger (only 6 episodes available), JAKQ (lost), Steel Jeeg (lost), Machine Blocker (lost), and Kamen Rider (2 episodes available) for example. These were all deemed "detrimental" to the children and were ordered destroyed, Im sure this happened to many other tv shows and films during that period.

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Jesus Christ Superstar - 1972 Filipino film Dec 15, 2019 22:25:30 GMT

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Post by phlmhunter on Dec 15, 2019 22:25:30 GMT

Dec 15, 2019 12:24:27 GMT videoranger007 said:

Dec 13, 2019 23:14:54 GMT phlmhunter said:

I won't say such a sweeping statement. Actor Fernando Poe, Jr. maintained an archive of films starred by him from at least the 1970s. Similar archives by other actors or the production companies or their successors may exist, but they have not come into light yet.

While this is true for some actors, the majority did not properly archive the material they have starred in. A lot of stuff was flat out destroyed by the Marcos Regime as well- the Filipino English dub of Go-Ranger (only 6 episodes available), JAKQ (lost), Steel Jeeg (lost), Machine Blocker (lost), and Kamen Rider (2 episodes available) for example. These were all deemed "detrimental" to the children and were ordered destroyed, Im sure this happened to many other tv shows and films during that period.

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Interesting. I never heard of that before. The only incident of censorship I knew from that era was Voltes V, whose Philippine English dub from that era is on iflix, I think (Cannot verify though). May you link me to sources please? Would like to read up on them further.

ABS-CBN also has an archive of films from the 1960s I think. I watched in CineMo (one of the channels in ABS's digibox) two months ago a black and white sound film featuring a young Eddie Gutierrez (or one who looks like him). Maybe ABS also has Jesus Christ Superstar in its collection.

Here is an article on the ABS-CBN Film Archive from the online journal Flow, a project of the Department of Radio-Television-Film at the University of Texas at Austin.

Edit 1: Checked the Mowelfund Film Institute archive. No luck.

Edit 2: This post has pushed me to look into film archiving in the Philippines, and videoranger007 's observation is accurate. This newsletter article states:

The urgency of Philippine cinema’s archival situation is well-recognized: it is estimated that only 37% of domestically-produced films survive (3,000 titles from approximately 8,000 works) since the introduction of the cinematograph in 1897.

The article speaks of the National Film Archives of the Philippines under the Film Development Council of the Philippines, established in 2011 consistent with Republic Act No. 9167, a law. Probably the archive has Jesus Christ Superstar. Of course, I am assuming that the archive has pre-2011 films. Tagging thelazenby.

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Jesus Christ Superstar - 1972 Filipino film Feb 3, 2021 15:04:05 GMT

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Post by artiegirl on Feb 3, 2021 15:04:05 GMT

Dec 2, 2019 18:23:40 GMT thelazenby said:

Over the years, I've noticed a couple extremely obscure film versions of musicals - some of which have turned up (the Greek remake of "Cabaret") and some of which haven't (a supposed film based on the stage script of "Grease," which the director is apparently not allowed to distribute).

This one's a real oddity though.... a 1972 film production of "Jesus Christ Superstar" from the Philippines. I can find NO footage of this movie, and all that seems to circulate online are a couple posters.

I would be VERY curious to know if this even still exists.

According to the poster, It uses that of Eastman Color made by Kodak, A lot of independent and low-budget films use Eastman Color at the time and most 1970's films was done with an color camera
in the UK, there were many adverts of Eastman Color, so Eastman Color is free in personal use.

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Jesus Christ Superstar - 1972 Filipino film Jun 3, 2021 1:53:52 GMT

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Post by thesquidinator on Jun 3, 2021 1:53:52 GMT

Dec 6, 2019 1:34:55 GMT phlmhunter said:

Dec 5, 2019 1:42:31 GMT thelazenby said:

I contacted Video 48 to ask if this movie still exists.... they said it doesn't! :-(

A shame. You can try contacting View on the 3rd, but he uploads old Filipino television shows and not movies. It's worth a shot though.

www.facebook.com/Viewonthe3rd/

Edit: I looked at the actors' names. Amalia Fuentes recently passed away. You may contact her family (the Muhlachs), but they are also actors. Hence, you may have difficulty reaching them.

Victor Wood and Ike Lozada both have Wikipedia pages:

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victor_Wood

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ike_Lozada

But Victor Wood recently passed away too.

Last Edit: Jun 6, 2021 2:27:08 GMT by Lucy: user typed their contribution within the quote on accident

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Post by thelazenby on Dec 2, 2019 18:23:40 GMT

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