Jesus (1999 film)

Infobox Film
name = Jesus


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director = Roger Young
producer = Russell Kagan
Roberta Cadringher
writer = Suzette Couture (teleplay)
narrator =
starring = Jeremy Sisto,
Debra Messing,
Jacqueline Bisset,
Armin Mueller-Stahl,
and Gary Oldman
music = Patrick Williams
cinematography = Raffaele Mertes
editing = Benjamin A. Weissman
distributor = CBS Television
released = 2000
runtime = 240 minutes
country = United States
language = English
budget = $20,000,000 (estimated)
gross =
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website = http://www.fivemileriverfilms.com/jesus.html
amg_id = 200570
imdb_id = 0199232

"Jesus" (1999) is a Biblical telefilm that retells the story of Jesus of Nazareth. It was shot in Morocco and Malta.

It stars Jeremy Sisto as Jesus, Jacqueline Bisset as Mary of Nazareth, Debra Messing as Mary Magdalene and Gary Oldman as Pontius Pilate.

The film is notable for presenting a more human Jesus, compared to more solemn portrayals in earlier films; here Jesus laughs and cries much like anyone else. Among other things, he weeps at Joseph's funeral, throws stones in Lake Galilee when meeting Simon Peter and James son of Zebedee for the first time, dances at the wedding at Cana, and starts a water-splashing fight with his disciples at a well.

Satan is portrayed as a man in modern dress (and as a woman in red, but the former guise is more prominent). During his temptation of Jesus, he shows him the Earth from the vantage point of space.

The film adds an Roman historian named "Livio" who watches and comments as events unfold; he is presumably named after Livy.

The movie's featured lead original soundtrack is "I Need You" by LeAnn Rimes.

Full Cast

* Jeremy Sisto - Jesus
* Jacqueline Bisset - Mary, mother of Jesus
* Armin Mueller-Stahl - Joseph the carpenter
* Debra Messing - Mary Magdalene
* David O'Hara - John the Baptist
* G. W. Bailey - Livio
* Luca Barbareschi - Herod Antipas
* Christian Kohlund - Caiaphas
* Stefania Rocca - Mary of Bethany
* Luca Zingaretti - Simon Peter
* Ian Duncan - John, son of Zebedee
* Elena Sofia Ricci - Herodias
* Gilly Gilchrist - Andrew
* Thomas Lockyer - Judas Iscariot
* Claudio Amendola - Barabbas
* Jeroen Krabbé - male Satan
* Gary Oldman - Pontius Pilate
* Gabriella Pession - Salome
* Maria Cristina Heller - Martha
* Manuela Ruggeri - female Satan
* Peter Gevisser - Lazarus
* Fabio Sartor - James, son of Zebedee
* Sebastian Knapp - Levi Matthew
* Sean Harris - Thomas
* Karim Doukkali - Philip
* Said Bey - Jude Thaddeus
* Abedelouhahad Mouaddine - James, son of Alphaeus
* El Housseine Dejjiti - Simon the Zealot
* Mohammed Taleb - Bartholomew
* Omar Lahlou - Nathanael
* Miles C. Hobson - Young Jesus (6 yrs)
* Josh Maguire - Young Jesus (12 yrs)
* Zack Maguire - Young John the Baptist (12 yrs)
* Roger Hammond - Joseph of Arimathea
* Rick Warden - Jared
* Iddo Goldberg - Seth
* Jeremy Zimmermann - Suitor to Mary Magdalene
* Elaine English - Canaanite Woman
* Tony Vogel - Farmer
* John Francis - Zerack
* Carl Pizzie - Zealot # 1
* Nicholas Sidi - Zealot # 2
* Elliot Levey - Tax Collector
* Ichrak Berraoui - Adulteress

External links

* [http://imdb.com/title/tt0199232 IMDb Entry]