Jesus 

A movie about the life, work and death of Jesus as we know it from the Bible.

Stars:

Jeremy Sisto, Debra Messing, Jacqueline Bisset

Nominated for 2 Primetime Emmys. Another 5 nominations.

Cast

Series cast summary:
Jeremy Sisto	...	Jesus 2 episodes, 1999
Debra Messing	...	Mary Magdalene 2 episodes, 1999
Jacqueline Bisset	...	Mary 2 episodes, 1999
Gary Oldman	...	Pontius Pilate 2 episodes, 1999
Claudio Amendola	...	Barabbas 2 episodes, 1999
G.W. Bailey	...	Livio 2 episodes, 1999
Luca Zingaretti	...	Peter 2 episodes, 1999
Luca Barbareschi	...	Herod Antipas 2 episodes, 1999
Christian Kohlund	...	Caiaphas 2 episodes, 1999
Elena Sofia Ricci	...	Herodias 2 episodes, 1999
Stefania Rocca	...	Mary of Bethany 2 episodes, 1999
Maria Cristina Heller	...	Martha of Bethany 2 episodes, 1999
Jeroen Krabbé	...	Satan - Man 2 episodes, 1999
Peter Gevisser	...	Lazarus 2 episodes, 1999
Thomas Lockyer	...	Judas Iscariot 2 episodes, 1999
Ian Duncan	...	John 2 episodes, 1999
Gilly Gilchrist	...	Andrew 2 episodes, 1999
Fabio Sartor	...	James 2 episodes, 1999
Sebastian Knapp	...	Matthew 2 episodes, 1999
Sean Harris	...	Thomas 2 episodes, 1999
Roger Hammond	...	Mordecai 2 episodes, 1999
Rick Warden	...	Jared 2 episodes, 1999
Iddo Goldberg	...	Seth 2 episodes, 1999
John H. Francis	...	Zerah 2 episodes, 1999
Carl Pizzie	...	Young Zealot 1 2 episodes, 1999
Nicholas Sidi	...	Young Zealot 2 2 episodes, 1999
Abdelghafar Essalfi		2 episodes, 1999
Aziz Janah		2 episodes, 1999

Storyline

Jesus dreams of a medieval battle in the name of Jesus Christ and of a dying world war soldier who, in desperation, calls out the name: Jesus. Jesus awakes, distraught. What is the meaning of this nightmare? Why are these strangers using his name? Jesus is a simple carpenter, like his father Joseph. Both are presently looking for work, but they've been wandering for days from town to town without finding any. Times are difficult in Galilee. Roman taxes are stifling the country. The hated Jewish tax collectors, viewed by the people as traitors, rob people of their last means of subsistence. Revolts and bands of revolutionary thieves are spreading uncertainty throughout the land. Herod Antipas, the Jewish king, is merely a weak shadow of his feared father Herod the Great. The real power lies in the hands of Caiphas, the high priest. To strengthen his position, he plays the Jewish interests against the Roman interests with religious fervor. His most dangerous opponent is the new Roman ...

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Plot Keywords:

tv mini series | character name as title | jesus christ character | john the baptist character | tragic event | 

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Taglines:

The greatest story of all time as it's never been told before.

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Genres:

Biography | Drama | History

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Certificate:

TV-PG

Details

Official Sites:

Five Mile River Films Lux Vide

Country:

Italy Germany USA France Spain Czech Republic Netherlands UK

Language:

English

Release Date:

14 May 2000 (USA)

Also Known As:

Jesus

Filming Locations:

Ouarzazate, Morocco

Box Office

Budget:

$20,000,000 (estimated)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Lube, Lux Vide, Beta Film

Technical Specs

Runtime:

240 min (2 parts) 158 min (commercial free on TBN)

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Evangelist John MacArthur has criticized the series for it's lack of authenticity and unrealistic crucifixion scene as a Jew from the crowd (not dressed as a Roman) nails Jesus to the cross. This was also a big problem with the mini series Jesus of Nazareth.

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Goofs

When the officials are talking about taking the adultress before Jesus to trap him, her eye makeup is all smeared. Yet when they are talking to Jesus, it's been cleaned up.

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Crazy Credits

In Memory of Enrico Sabatini

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Alternate Versions

The international version of this film includes scenes that had to be cut due to time constraints on the CBS network. These scenes include:

• Extended version of the flashback scene where Mary tells Joseph about the angel
• Extended version of Jesus' farewell to Mary of Bethany, with Lazarus throwing him out in anger
• Satan showing Jesus the execution of Joan of Arc during the Gethsemane temptation
• Extended crucifixion with closeups of the nail going into Jesus' wrist and of Him screaming
• Brief scene of Judas hanging himself after the crucifixion
• Alternate ending involving Jesus coming back to present day while joyously meeting up with various children

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Connections

Version of Jésus (1999)

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Soundtracks

I Need You
Written by Ty Lacy & Dennis Matkosky
Produced for Le Ann Rimes by the Acrynon Production Group
Le Ann Rimes appears courtesy of Curb Records

User Reviews

Pro's and Con's

I enjoyed this film immensely I loved Jesus of Nazareth too, but this Jesus laughs,cries, but most importantly.....HE BLINKS HIS EYES!!!!! Seeing G.W. Bailey as Livio it kept reminding me of the "Police Academy" movies. Gary Oldman's Pilate, was very accurate to the description by Josephus, of Pilate's cruelty. I'm probably going to be offending a lot of catholics here, but the storyline was way too Catholicized for my taste. The baptism for example, John the Baptizer puts a cupped handful of water while Jesus is kneeling in the Jordan "Puddle" on Jesus' head the Greek word for baptize is BAPTIZO which means to IMMERSE in the crucifixion scene it looks like a Jew is doing the nailing, The Romans were the ones who did the nailing. and why could they not use the entire Greek Latin and Hebrew on the Title instead of just INRI?? Jaqueline Bisset I believe is too much of a sex symbol to play the Virgin Mary.