THE NEW IRANIAN JESUS MOVIE is covered in a CNN video.

The idea that Jesus wasn't really crucified is found in the Qur'an and also in earlier Christian Gnostic texts such as The Second Treatise of the Great Seth, in which Simon of Cyrene, not Judas, is crucified in Jesus' place.

By the way, another Jesus movie, The Life of Brian, has a scene that plays off this tradition. Start at about 7:10.




I look forward to seeing The Messiah. It sounds quite interesting.

(Heads-up, Nathan MacDonald.)