Jesus (1999 film)

Jesus is a 1999 Biblical television film that retells the story of Jesus. 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.

While the film mainly presented familiar Christian Episodes, it provides extrabiblical scenes such as flashbacks of his first trip to Jerusalem with John as well as scenes of war and destruction waged in the name of Jesus during the medieval and modern times. Likewise, the films Satan comes in two different forms a visual exemplification of a modern man and a woman in red, instead of the traditional snake that can be found in most films. The film also adds a composite character, an apocryphal Roman historian named Livio who watches and comments as events unfold he is presumably named after Livy.A soundtrack, Jesus Music from and Inspired by the Epic MiniSeries, was released on March 8, 2000, for the series. I Need You was released as a single for the soundtrack by American country music recording artist LeAnn Rimes. Spirit in the Sky by dc Talk was also released as a B side with I Need You. ........

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