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.

Godspell: Directed by David Greene. With Victor Garber, Katie Hanley, David Haskell, Merrell Jackson. An adaption of the musical, in a modern-day song-and-dance recreation of the Gospel of St. Matthew.

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A modern day musical telling of the ministry of Jesus Christ set in New York. The Apostles, portrayed as an acting troupe re-enact the parables and teachings of Jesus. Find out how and …

Godspell The long-running '70s stage musical - based on the "Godspell According to St. Matthew" - comes to DVD in this exhilarating big-screen adaption. Includes the hit song Day By Day.

For a musical based on the Gospel according to St. Matthew, “Godspell” is strangly irreverent, wacky, and endearing. The stage version has been opened up into a movie by taking the whole of New York as a set.

A modern day musical telling of the ministry of Jesus Christ set in New York. The Apostles, portrayed as an acting troupe re-enact the parables and teachings of Jesus.

ABOUT THE MOVIE: Delight in Godspell’s lively songs performed around New York City. Watch cast members splash their version of a baptism in the Bethesda Fountain in Central Park while singing “Prepare Ye.”

Watch cast members splash their version of a baptism in the Bethesda Fountain in Central Park while singing “Prepare Ye.” They sing “All for the Best” on top of one of the not-yet-finished World Trade Center towers.

Contemporary hippies relive the story of Christ's ministry and crucifixion. A modern-day version of the gospels, opening with John the Baptist calling a disparate group of young New Yorkers from their workaday lives to follow and learn from Jesus. They form a roving acting troupe that enacts the parables through song and dance, comedy, & mime.