Product Details

• Format: Color, Surround Sound, NTSC
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Number of discs: 1
• Studio: Vision Video
• DVD Release Date: December 1, 2003
• Run Time: 101 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B0001F2U4I
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #66,459 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Editorial Reviews

This DVD is playable in ALL Regions.

Two thousand years ago, a drama unfolded that would change the course of history. Many have called it the ‘greatest story ever told.’ Now one of the great storytellers of our time presents this life-changing saga in a compelling video version of Mark’s Gospel. Max McLean’s powerful stage performance takes us inside the story of Jesus so we can experience the events and characters that have inspired and challenged people all over the world.

Max McLean’s life work is making the Bible come alive for his audiences. Since 1983 he has performed Mark, Acts, and Genesis to millions of people on TV, radio, at theatres, colleges and houses of worship across the cultural and religious spectrum. Few have been privileged to present the Holy Scriptures in such broad and diverse settings. Based on the New International Version of the Bible, this word-for-word presentation of the Gospel of Mark is recorded live. The program is perfect for group or home Bible study, churches, school libraries, and home schooling.

DVD Features include: chapter selections, information on Max McLean, information on The Fellowship of the Performing Arts and Contact information.

Customer Reviews

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10 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A great Performance, September 9, 2005

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Timothy Johnson (Harrisonburg, VA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Mark's Gospel as Told by Max McLean - DVD - All Regions (DVD)

This is the better of the two (Genesis and Mark), because I don't like the over-dramatization and stage effects of Genesis as much. But both are wonderful and worth watching multiple times.

7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Bible comes alive, May 20, 2007

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S.N. "S.N." (ontario, canada) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Mark's Gospel as Told by Max McLean - DVD - All Regions (DVD)

Max is a master storyteller. You feel as if you're spending time listening to the Apostle himself tell the story. Makes the pages of scripture come alive like reading just cannot do. If you've never seen or heard a dramatized presentation of any of the Bible before, I recommend this as a good start. I wish he had used the KJV version, simply for the beauty of the language. Also the NIV has certain passages and sentences missing, so you don't get the full message. That is why I only give this 4 stars.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Captivating Presentation!, October 31, 2008

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D. C. Porter - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Mark's Gospel as Told by Max McLean - DVD - All Regions (DVD)

There's something about the way a trained stage performer tells a story, and British actor Max McLean brings the Gospel of Mark alive with a freshness and excitment that draws us in. Using only the simplest of props and a darkened stage, McLean does what the old radio shows used to do, weaving a spell in which the audience uses their own imaginations to recreate the scenes that Mark wrote 2000 years ago. Mark's gospel is the most fast-paced and least philosophical, and hearing it told without interruption as it was originally meant to be--a story about Jesus and what he did--transports the viewer to another time and place. McLean's nuanced narrative helped us feel as if we were hearing the story for the first time, and like all good stories wishing it did not have to end