It's an adaption of Gospel of St. Matthew as a hippie musical in present day NYC. John the Baptist gathers a disparate group of young people from all walks of life. Jesus (Victor Garber) leads his disciples through the city as the stories of the bible are reenacted with songs.
As a stage musical, this continues to be a favorite of the theatrical set. As a movie, this fails to transcends the stage onto the big screen. The limited cast and scale reduces its cinematic potential. It does have the great Victor Garber at the lead. However the transfer from live theater to a movie loses the immediacy. The movie needs to replace it with greater scale which a theater doesn't have.
As a stage musical, this continues to be a favorite of the theatrical set. As a movie, this fails to transcends the stage onto the big screen. The limited cast and scale reduces its cinematic potential. It does have the great Victor Garber at the lead. However the transfer from live theater to a movie loses the immediacy. The movie needs to replace it with greater scale which a theater doesn't have.