Jesus

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Jesus
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Other titles	The Jesus Film
Country	United States
Language	English
Release	October 19, 1979 October 26, 1979 March 27, 1980 April 3, 1980 April 9, 1981 (Porto) April 17, 1981 (television) September 28, 1984 November 1, 1985 March 14, 1986 December 13, 1990 April 8, 1991 July 27, 2002 (Tokyo)

Jesus (also known as The Jesus Film) is a 1979 American Biblical drama film directed by Peter Sykes and John Krish, and produced by John Heyman. In Jesus, the life of Jesus Christ is depicted, primarily using the Gospel of Luke as the main basis for the story. An off-screen narration is featured sporadically throughout the film, providing background information on characters and events.

Shot on location in Israel, the film was financed primarily by Campus Crusade for Christ with a budget of $6 million, and was released without production or cast credits, as producer John Heyman declared that the creators of this picture were "simply being translators" of the New Testament's Gospel of Luke, "so nobody will know who produced or directed the film". The end of the film states that the Good News Bible (Today's English Version) was used during filming, and instead of telling a parallel story or embellishing the Biblical account like other Biblical films, the filmmakers chose to adhere to the Gospel of Luke as closely as possible.

Jesus is often described as the most watched motion picture of all time, in addition to being the most translated film of all time. It has been translated into thousands of different languages, dialects and language varieties to date. The production of dubs for this film is supported by the Jesus Film Project, a ministry which aims to continue to produce translations for the film in order to spread Christianity worldwide. Most dubs of the film can be viewed on their website, the only exceptions being the few dubs produced and commissioned by other companies.

Cast

Character		Actor
Narrator		Alexander Scourby
	Jesus Christ	Brian Deacon
	Mary	Rivka Neuman
	Simon Peter	Niko Nitai
	Caiaphas	Ori Levy
	Simon of Cyrene	Moti Baharav
	John the Baptist	Eli Cohen
	Zacchaeus	Ya'ackov Ben-Sira
	Blind Beggar	Ze'ev Berlinski
	Pontius Pilate	Peter Frye
	Simon the Pharisee	Miki Mfir
	Simeon	Shmuel Ornstein
	Herod Antipas	Richard Peterson
	Annas	Shmuel Rodensky
	Jairus	Nahum Shalit
	Angel	Yacov Yacobson

International versions

See Jesus (1979)/International versions

References

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