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This made for television film tells the story of the great betrayer
through the prism of his friendship with the Messiah and the politics of
first century Palestine.
“Judas” is the final project of the late Father Ellwood “Bud” Kieser,
C.S.P. – founder of the Humanitas Prize and Paulist Productions.
Starring in “Judas” are Johnathon Schaech (“That Thing You Do”)
as Judas, Jonathan Scarfe (“ER”, “Gideon's Crossing”) as Jesus,
Tim
Matheson (“West Wing”) as Pilate, Bob Gunton (“Shawshank Redemption”,
“The Perfect Storm”) as Caiaphas, Owen Teale as Flavius,
Danny
Scheinmann as Jeshura, Elliot Levey as Eliakim, Suzanne Bertish
as Rohab, Mark Womack as Peter, Rory Kinnear as Andrew and
Enzo Squillino Jr. as James.
“Judas” is executive-produced by multi-Emmy Award-winning writer/ producer
Tom
Fontana (“Homicide: Life on the Streets,” “Oz”) who also wrote the
screenplay. Frank Desiderio, C.S.P., President of Paulist
Productions, also serves as Executive Producer of the film. The film,
under the Paulist Productions banner, is directed by Charles Robert
Carner (“Christmas Rush”, “Crossfire Trail”, “Who Killed Atlanta’s
Children?”, "The Fixer"). Ann Wingate is the producer. “Judas”
is distributed by Paramount Network Television.
Shot in Morocco, a wonderfully skilled crew of Italian artists did the
production design, costumes, make-up, hair and lighting. “Judas”
originally aired on March 8, 2004 on ABC.
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