From: Gianmario Pagano
Here are the differences between CBS and International versions of "Jesus".
The International version is 20 minutes longer and is more complete than the CBS version.
However, there is a couple of scenes that were not in the International cut.
A simple grid follows: |
Sequence |
CBS version |
International version |
| First sequence: Jesus? dream (Crusades, the stake and WW I) |
Sound, music and shadowing effects suggest that the viewer is seeing actually a dream. The woman on the stake appears just here. |
First sequence: Jesus? dream (Crusades, the stake and WW I) Sound, music and shadowing effects suggest that the viewer is seeing actually a dream. The woman on the stake appears just here. Sounds and images suggest that what you see it?s real. Only when you see the face of Jesus you can understand that it was a dream (or a vision). There is no woman on the stake. |
| Pilate comes in Jerusalem and meets Livio |
Part of the scene and the dialogue is omitted |
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| Pilate meets Herod Antipas |
Part of the scene and the dialogue is omitted |
The dialogue is a bit longer. There is also a joke about Herod the Great (Antipas? father) |
| Jesus and Joseph looking for work |
Omitted |
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| Mary Magdalene and her customer |
The scene is inserted here |
The scene appears later, just before the scene of Jesus dancing in the street |
| Jesus and Joseph leave Lazarus? house. They are walking when Jesus, asked by Joseph, tells that he loves Mary of Bethany |
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Omitted |
| Flashback: Mary mother of Jesus tells to Joseph the truth about Jesus? birth ("Just an angel") |
The cut is slightly different |
In the International version, Joseph?s reaction to Mary?s words is tough. He cannot believe immediately. RealVideo |
| After that Jesus tells Mary of Bethany: "My life is not my own" and Mary runs away, Jesus sits, heartbroken. Lazarus comes, disappointed, and says to Jesus in anger: "Get out". |
Omitted |
Jesus sits, heartbroken. Lazarus comes, disappointed, and says to Jesus in anger: "Get out." RealVideo |
| At the beginning of the Flashback: Joseph tells to Jesus and John the Baptist that they are finally in the great city of Jerusalem. |
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Omitted |
| When Joseph with the children go into the Temple, he stops and reads an inscription that forbids entering to non-Jews people. |
Omitted |
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| Jesus? baptism |
There is no God?s voice over |
You can hear the voice of God ("This is my beloved Son"), as in the Gospel RealVideo |
| Temptations |
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Slightly different. When Satan-woman appears to Jesus, we can see her simultaneously in different places. Few words of her (when she speaks without moving the lips) are different in the International version. RealVideo |
| The "bird" scene |
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Omitted!! |
| The Nativity |
No differences, but one of the Wise Men, standing near Mary and the child? IT?S ME! |
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| The Wedding of Cana |
Some little differences in the cut and in the dialogues |
Andrew and John speak also about their lives as fishermen. |
| John the Baptist, Herod and Herodias |
The scene is condensed |
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| Jesus meets and calls Matthew and Judas |
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The very last part of the scene, when Peter tells to Jesus his doubts is omitted. |
| Salome?s dance |
The dance is abbreviated |
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| Mary Magdalene "at work" |
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Omitted!! Instead of this scene, there is the scene of Mary Magdalene that tells to one of her customer: "I am free". |
| Jesus dancing in the street |
The scene is condensed |
Much longer in the International version RealVideo |
| Roman theatre |
The scene is condensed |
The scene is much longer. The Romans make mockery of the Jews and of Jesus. |
| Lazarus? resurrection |
A very short shot of the inner of the tomb, where Lazarus is laying, was added. |
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| Gladiators scene |
No changes, but one of the gladiators? has my name! |
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| The "last temptation" in the garden |
Some shots are omitted. |
Here we see the scene of the woman on the stake, which was not at the beginning of the movie. There is also a dialogue between Satan and Jesus about her, that is omitted in the CBS version RealVideo |
| Jesus before Herod Antipas |
A bit condensed |
Herod mocks Jesus a bit longer |
| Jesus is flogged |
Jesus is almost silent |
Jesus screams loud |
| The crucifixion |
Some shots are omitted. |
There is the detail of the nail put in the wrist. Jesus screams louder. The scene is a bit more explicit. RealVideo |
| Judas hangs himself |
Omitted |
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| The ending |
Omitted |
The most known difference! I love much more the International ending, obviously. RealVideo |
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