The Bible Collection is a series of films produced for the TNT television network, starting with Abraham in April 1994 and ending with Thomas in April 2001.[1][2] The Bible Collection consists of a 27-part miniseries in 17 volumes.[3][4][5][6]
The series grew out of an earlier series of Old Testament films produced by the Italian company Five Mile River Films in the 1990s.
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Films
The films, originally aired as standalone television movies or as short miniseries, have been gathered and released in a numbered collection, with the secondary series title Close to Jesus on installments covering events during the lifetime of Jesus. The order of the collection may vary slightly from the order in which the films were originally produced.
| # | Title | Year | Director(s) | Biblical figure(s) | Runtime |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Abraham | 1993 | Robert McKee | Abraham | 184 minutes |
| 2 | Genesis: The Creation and the Flood | 1994 | Ermanno Olmi | Noah | 93 minutes |
| 3 | Jacob | 1994 | Peter Hall | Jacob | 93 minutes |
| 4 | Joseph | 1995 | Roger Young | Joseph | 185 minutes |
| 5 | Moses | 1995 | Moses | 182 minutes | |
| 6 | Samson and Delilah | 1996 | Nicolas Roeg | Samson and Delilah | 179 minutes |
| 7 | David | 1997 | Robert Markowitz | David | 173 minutes |
| 8 | Solomon | 1997 | Roger Young | Solomon | 170 minutes |
| 9 | Jeremiah | 1998 | Harry Winer | Jeremiah | 91 minutes |
| 10 | Esther | 1999 | Raffaele Mertes | Esther | 87 minutes |
| 11 | Jesus | 1999 | Roger Young | Jesus | 174 minutes |
| 12 | Joseph of Nazareth | 2000 | Raffaele Mertes | Saint Joseph | 100 minutes |
| 13 | Mary Magdalene | 2000 | Mary Magdalene | 99 minutes | |
| 14 | Paul the Apostle | 2000 | Roger Young | Paul the Apostle | 177 minutes |
| 15 | Judas | 2001 | Raffaele Mertes | Judas Iscariot | 90 minutes |
| 16 | Thomas | 2001 | Thomas the Apostle | 93 minutes | |
| 17 | The Apocalypse | 2002 | John the Apostle | 93 minutes |
See also
References
- ^ "TNT Premieres Samson and Delilah". Rocky Mountain News.
- ^ "The Newest Testament Scope of 'Bible' Series Reaches, Well, Biblical Proportions". Chicago Tribune.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "The Complete Bible Collection". IMDb. Retrieved 2022-01-22.
- ^ FilmChat (1996-06-30). "Review: The Bible Collection (dir. various, 1993-1995)". FilmChat. Retrieved 2022-01-22.
- ^ FilmChat (1998-03-02). "Review: The Bible Collection (dir. various, 1996-1997)". FilmChat. Retrieved 2022-01-22.
- ^ FilmChat (2001-04-29). "Review: The Bible Collection (dir. various, 1994-1999)". FilmChat. Retrieved 2022-01-22.
Print sources
- Burnette-Bletsch, Rhonda. The Bible in Motion. A Handbook of the Bible and Its Reception in Film. De Gruyter. pp. 59, 112, 507. ISBN 978-1-61451-561-6.
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