Jesus (1999 film)
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| Directed by | Roger Young |
| Produced by | Russell Kagan, Roberta Cadringher |
| Written by | Suzette Couture (teleplay) |
| Starring | Jeremy Sisto, Debra Messing, Jacqueline Bisset, Armin Mueller-Stahl, and Gary Oldman |
| Music by | Patrick Williams |
| Cinematography | Raffaele Mertes |
| Editing by | Benjamin A. Weissman |
| Distributed by | CBS Television |
| Release date(s) | 2000 |
| Running time | 240 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $20,000,000 (estimated) |
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Jesus (1999) is a made-for-television Biblical film that retells the story of Jesus of Nazareth.
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.
Also, Satan is portrayed as a man in modern dress (and as a woman in red, but the former guise is more prominent).
The film adds an apocryphal Roman historian named "Livio" who watches as events unfold; he is presumably named after Livy.
The movie's featured lead original soundtrack is "I Need You" by LeAnn Rimes.
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- 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
