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Showing posts with label 1993. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 1993. Show all posts

Monday, September 8, 2014

The First Stone (1993)


An unforgettable film about the redemptive power of Christ's love.

Through a bizarre turn of events, Murell Parsons, the church janitor, becomes the leader of the high school youth group and creates an uproar with his uncoventional approach. At first, Murell (an African American bachelor working among a whites-only church) can't get through to the apathetic teenagers, particularly the pastor's son, Sloane. But gradually, he succeeds where other youth leaders have failed, relying upon his streetsmarts and down-to-earth Christian faith. Things reach a crisis when Murell doesn't follow church regulations, and Sloane's anger drives him to the point of self-destruction. The First Stone is an unforgettable film about the redemptive power of Christ's love. This unique story will inspire viewers to become more compassionate toward the dying world around them.

Wednesday, June 5, 2013

Shadowlands (1993)


In the 1950s, the reserved, middle aged bachelor C. S. Lewis is an Oxford University academic at Magdalen College and author of The Chronicles of Narnia series of children's books. He meets the married American poet Joy Gresham and her young son Douglas on their visit to England, not yet knowing the circumstances of Gresham's troubled marriage.

What begins as a formal meeting of two very different minds slowly develops into an intense feeling of connection and love. Lewis finds his quiet life with his brother Warnie disrupted by the outspoken, feisty Gresham, whose uninhibited behavior offers a sharp contrast to the rigid sensibilities of the male-dominated university. Each provides the other with new ways of viewing the world.

Initially their marriage is one of convenience, a platonic union designed to allow Gresham to remain in England. But when she is diagnosed with cancer, deeper feelings surface, and Lewis' faith is tested as his wife tries to prepare him for her imminent death.

Saturday, May 4, 2013

VeggieTales: Where's God When I'm S-Scared? (1993)

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Where's God When I'm Scared is the first episode of the VeggieTales animated series. It was initially released on December 21, 1993 on VHS and on February 10, 2004 in DVD format and the recording DVD.[1] Subtitled "A Lesson in Handling Fear", it features two short stories titled "Tales from the Crisper" and "Daniel and the Lion's Den", as well as the first Silly Song, The Water Buffalo Song. The first feature stars Junior Asparagus who is afraid of the dark after watching a scary film on television, while the second is a re-telling of the Biblical story, Daniel and the Lion's Den. Its theme is handling fear.

Big Idea celebrated their 15th Anniversary on September 20, 2008, during which Where's God when I'm S-Scared? was re-released with remastered picture and sound.


 

Thursday, March 21, 2013

The Greatest Adventure: Stories from the Bible (1985-1993)


The Creation
The three protagonists journey back to a time in the pre-Noahic flood world, and a storyteller (voiced by Les Tremayne who also voices God) recounts the events in the Garden of Eden to them. At the same time, they learn their own lessons in honesty and virtue after getting in trouble with a local gardener in the land of Nod due to them having tricked him into letting them eat four apples free of charge.
This episode featured Marc Singer as the voice of Adam, with Stephanie Zimbalist as Eve, and Tim Curry as the Serpent (Satan). This episode does contain backside nudity and concealed frontal nudity for Adam and Eve.

Noah's Ark
The trio find themselves assisting Noah (voiced by Lorne Greene) and his family in the building of the Ark. They manage to join the crew for the long stay aboard the Ark, helping tend to the animals and keep things in order. They hop aboard the Ark right before the rains come to drown the evil army that is threatening to burn down the vessel.
Along with Esther and the Nativity, this is one of only three episodes where the Biblical characters are confused by the use of modern language (when Moki decides to build a life raft, one of Noah's sons doesn't know what a life raft is).

Joseph and His Brothers
The trio befriend Joseph (voiced by Barry Bostwick) and learn about his coat of many colors. While unable to alter the events in any way, they do learn about the conspiracy of his brothers. As they are pursuing Joseph to find out what he will be doing in his tenure as a slave in Egypt, they find another Doorway of Time portal and jump ahead 13 years. They continue to stumble upon these so that they can, in a glance, be near Joseph for all the events of his significant to his life.

Moses
The trio, after being in a sandstorm, find themselves in Egypt. They are mistaken as Israelites by two Egyptian slave masters and are enslaved with the rest of the Isrealites. There they watch Moses and Aaron battle Pharaoh with the Ten Plagues of Egypt and walk through the Red Sea.

Joshua
The trio find themselves in Cannan. Mistaken for Israelite spies they find themselves pursued by soldiers from Jerico. While Derek and Margo escape to the otherside of the Jordan, Moki is captured and force to work the walls of Jerico. With the help of an Israelite soldier and Rahab, Derek and Margo rescue Moki before the walls fall.

Samson and Delilah
Derek, Margo, and Moki find themselves witnessing the time of the Judges, the tenure of Samson in particular. They learn about Samson (voiced by Perry King) as the strong man and how he eventually fell to his enemies because of a woman named Delilah (voiced by Linda Purl).

David and Goliath
The three jump through time yet again and find themselves lost. As they search for information, they are threatened by wild animals. A young shepherd arrives on the scene and rescues them. They learn that this shepherd just happens to be the future King David (voiced by Robby Benson). They follow David to Jerusalem, where they watch as he tries to help mend Saul's ill temper. Finally, they witness the defeat of Goliath (voiced by Herschel Bernardi).

Daniel and the Lions' Den
The trio of time travelers find their way into Babylon. Immediately finding themselves standing out in the crowd, they are suddenly befriended by the prophet Daniel (voiced by Gavin MacLeod). He takes them into his house and gives them clothing to help them better fit in. A servant of the king offers them jobs, however reluctantly. In spite some hesitance, King Belshazzar and the party-arranging servant agree to use cups stolen from the Temple of Solomon for the celebration.
An angry hand of God intervenes after the king uses the cups to engage in blasphemy, and writes on the wall the words "Mene Mene Tekel Parsin," vowing an end to Babylon. Daniel warns about the meaning of the writing, and the implication that Persia and Media are about to co-conquer the region. The warning is ignored. Belshazaar is assassinated and the Mede King Darius replaces him.
Daniel quickly gains favor with the new king; but jealous, evil conspirators want revenge. The time travelers try to intercept the plot, but end up being chased away. Darius, foolishly acting out of pride, accepts the challenge of the conspirators. Daniel is arrested and thrown into the lions' den, for refusing to give up his prayer life.
The hand of God once again intervenes, forcing shut the jaws of the lions. When Darius finds Daniel still alive, he learns of how he was deceived. He immediately has Daniel rescued from the pit and instead feeds the conspirators to the lions. After Moki is saved from nearly falling into the pit himself by accident, the three time travellers decide to leave.

Queen Esther
Some time later, the travelers find themselves in Persia in the city of Susa (Shushan in the video). The king Ahasuerus (also known as Xerxes I of Persia) has returned from a humiliating defeat against the Greeks, the battle of Platea and decides to throw a party. Esther and her elderly cousin Mordecai befriend the time travelers and try to help them fit in with the party, providing them clothes. The travelers routinely confuse their ancient hosts with 20th-century slang and technological terminology.
When the queen, Vashti, blows off a request by the king complete with an insult, he grows angry with her and calls for a divorce, sending her into exile. Without making it an official law, the king decrees soon afterwards that out of respect, those beneath the king should bow before Haman out of respect, as he also gains favor from the king. He immediately starts a contest all throughout the Persian Empire in search of a new queen. Esther and Margo are chosen to be among the contestants, in spite Margo's initial defiance towards Tarsik, whom she labels "Buster."
Esther ends up winning the king's favor and Margo becomes one of her honored palace guests. When Mordecai realizes the abusive implications behind Haman's desire for others to bow before him, Mordecai refuses to bow routinely, irritating Haman. Mordecai's justification is that men should really only bow before God.
Haman, feeling insulted by Mordecai's defiance, formulates a plot in an attempt to get revenge. To win legitimacy for his plot, he tricks the king into signing into law a decree giving him power to eradicate all the Jews living in the kingdom.
The three travelers do their part to help Esther and Mordecai formulate a plot of their own, to expose Haman's deception to the king. Their plan succeeds, and when the king learns that Queen Esther herself would be a target of Haman's plot, the king has Haman executed for treason. The travelers leave soon afterward.
Along with The Nativity and Noah's Ark, the Esther episode is one of only three in which the travelers' usage of 20th-century terms leaves the ancients utterly confused. In most episodes, the confusion revolves exclusively around the protagonists' lack of understanding of the ancient world, combined with Moki's implied lack of understanding of nearly everything.
This episode featured Helen Slater as the voice of Queen Esther; with Dean Jones as King Ahasuerus, Werner Klemperer as Haman, and Ron Rifkin as Mordecai.

Jonah
Jonah (voiced by Alan Oppenheimer) recounts to the three his attempts to escape his calling and how he eventually wound up witnessing for God in the city of Ninevah anyway.

The Nativity
Whilst getting themselves into some manner of trouble in the marketplace of Jerusalem, the three protagonists learn about the arrival of the angel Gabriel to the Virgin Mary (voiced by Helen Hunt). They know that the time of Jesus' birth will be soon. As they are doing their thing, King Herod (voiced by Vincent Price) is going hysterical over the notion of a new king arriving. He passes his time meanwhile by taunting others with his monkey.
Along with the story of Esther and Noah's Ark, The Nativity is one of three episodes in which the travelers' use of 20th century terms leaves the locals confused (Margo makes a reference to "soft drink cans", which the camel-owner questions).
When the Magi arrive at Herod's palace, he tries to trick them into giving away the location of the baby Jesus. The plan fails when the Magi decide not to return to Herod. The time travelers follow Mary and Joseph (voiced by Gregory Harrison) from a distance on their way to Bethlehem. They do not get directly involved in the manger scene until all the potential threats to Jesus have left.

The Miracles of Jesus
The time travelers jump a few years ahead, and encounter an elderly version of the young man man raised from the dead in the city of Nain. He recounts to them the events surrounding the various miracles of Jesus' life.
Featuring David Ackroyd as Jesus and Harold Gould as Benjamin.

The Easter Story
The time travelers' final stop before being sent back to the 20th century, they encounter Mark (voiced by Richard Thomas) as he is gathering material to write the Gospel of Mark. He informs them of the events surrounding the Garden of Gethsemene, Jesus' numerous trials before Annas, Caiaphas, Herod, and Pilate, as well as the Crucifixion and Resurrection. He finishes by telling them of the Ascension. The travelers finally walk away, thanking Mark for the information. Jesus was voiced by Joe Spano.

Tuesday, March 5, 2013

The Visual Bible: Matthew (1993)


The only dramatization using the actual scriptures...word for word from the New International Version (NIV).

The Matthew video series broke new ground by offering the first-ever dramatic portrayal of events in the Bible, presented word for word from the best-selling New International Version® (NIV) translation. Now you can experience this thrilling epic in DVD format, which blends the superior digital surround sound of CDs with crisp, high-resolution digital images.

Matthew lends itself beautifully to the new DVD technology. In addition to the superior format, you have multiple viewing options which include:

    Watch the full movie.
    Select Spanish or English.
    Go directly to any of the 99 events filmed or search by one of these events.
    Conduct a search by Bible chapter taken from the book of Matthew.
    Display subtitles (this feature also provides an open-caption function for the hearing-impaired).
    Play the soundtrack.
    View biographies of key Bible characters from Matthew.

The tremendous popularity of this video series has given new understanding and a new perspective to the world's best-selling book, the Bible. Now, through DVD technology, this innovative product has even greater opportunity for unlimited applications.

Sunday, February 17, 2013

12 Animated Stories from the Old Testament Collection (1992 -1995)



The series is non-sectarian and features twelve beloved stories from the Hebrew Bible. The episodes have been reviewed by an Advisory Board including Rabbi Yechiel Eckstein (Founder of the International Fellowship of Christians and Jews), Nathan Hatch (president of Wake Forest University and previously provost of the University of Notre Dame), Reg Grant (professor of pastoral ministries of the Dallas Theological Seminary) and Christian apologist, Ed Decker.

Episodes
Abraham & Isaac (1992)
Joseph in Egypt (1992)
Samuel the Boy Prophet (1993)
Elijah (1993)
Daniel (1993)
Esther (1993)
Moses: From Birth to Burning Bush (1993)
Elisha: Man of God (1994)
The Story of Ruth (1994)
David and Goliath (1995)
Solomon (1995)
Joseph?s Reunion (1995) 

24 Animated Stories from the New Testament Collection (1987 -2005)



Animated Stories from the New Testament is a video series produced by Nest Family Entertainment in association with Rich Animation Studios. Unlike other animated series based on Bible stories, these programs are not based on modern characters interacting with Biblical figures, but rather provide dramatic retelling of the Bible stories themselves. The series was created to be a non-denominational informative and educational tool to help parents, caregivers, and educators instill positive spiritual values and character traits to those in their care.

Episodes
The King is Born (1987)
The Prodigal Son (1988)
He is Risen (1988)
The Good Samaritan (1989)
The Miracles of Jesus (1989)
The Righteous Judge (1990)
Saul of Tarsus (1990)
John the Baptist (1990)
Forgive Us Our Debts (1991)
The Kingdom of Heaven (1991)
Treasures in Heaven (1991)
The Ministry of Paul (1991)
Jesus, the Son of God (1995)
Bread from Heaven (1996)
The Greatest is the Least (1997)
The Lost is Found (1999)
Lazarus Lives (2000)
Lord, I Believe (2001)
The Lord's Prayer (2001)
The Parables of Jesus (2003)
The Messiah Comes! (2003)
Built Upon the Rock (2004)
Worthy is the Lamb (2004)
Signs of the Times (2005)