Publisher Description
Enjoy Galatians, Ephesians, Philippians, and Colossians from this faithful rendering of the New King James Version (NKJV) Bible in compelling, dramatic audio theater format with world-class audio production.
With an original music score by composer Stefano Mainetti (Abba Pater), feature-film quality sound effects, and compelling narration by Michael York and the work of over 500 actors, the The Word of Promise Audio Bible will immerse listeners in the dramatic reality of the scriptures as never before. Each beloved book of the Bible comes to life with outstanding performances by Jim Caviezel as Jesus, Richard Dreyfuss as Moses, Gary Sinise as David, Jason Alexander as Joseph, Marisa Tomei as Mary Magdalene, Stacy Keach as Paul, Louis Gossett, Jr. as John, Jon Voight as Abraham, Marcia Gay Harden as Esther, Joan Allen as Deborah, Max von Sydow as Noah, and Malcolm McDowell as Solomon.
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About the Narrators
Gary Sinise, born in Blue Island, Illinois, helped launch the Steppenwolf Theater Company at age eighteen. He started his Hollywood career as a director, but his 1994 appearance in Forrest Gump as Lieutenant Dan launched him to fame and earned him an Academy Award nomination. He worked with Tom Hanks again in Apollo 13 and has since appeared in more than thirty other films and television shows.
Stacy Keach is perhaps best known for his portrayal of hard-boiled detective Mike Hammer. He played Ken Titus on the sitcom Titus, Warden Henry Pope in the hit series Prison Break, and has been seen in numerous film and stage productions. He won a Golden Globe for his portrayal of Ernest Hemingway and starred as Richard Nixon in the US National Tour of Frost/Nixon. His performance in the title role of King Lear has received international acclaim.
Joan Allen has worked in theater, television, and film during her early career and achieved recognition for her Broadway debut in Burn This, winning a Tony Award. She has received three Academy Award nominations, including two for Best Supporting Actress for Nixon and The Crucible and one for Best Actress for The Contender. Her other films include The Ice Storm, Face/Off, Pleasantville, The Notebook, and The Bourne Ultimatum.
Gary Sinise, born in Blue Island, Illinois, helped launch the Steppenwolf Theater Company at age eighteen. He started his Hollywood career as a director, but his 1994 appearance in Forrest Gump as Lieutenant Dan launched him to fame and earned him an Academy Award nomination. He worked with Tom Hanks again in Apollo 13 and has since appeared in more than thirty other films and television shows.
Richard Dreyfuss
is an Academy Award–winning actor who has appeared in such blockbuster films as
Close Encounters of the Third Kind
and Jaws. In 1977 he became the
youngest man to win the Oscar for Best Actor, which he won for his performance
in The Goodbye Girl. He also appeared
in Stand by Me, What about Bob?, The American
President, and Mr. Holland’s Opus,
among many other films.
Malcolm McDowell has been a part of the acting world for more than four decades and has
more than one hundred films under his belt. Best known for playing villains, he
has become one of America’s greatest actors, though he hails from England.
Louis Gossett, Jr., is one of the most
respected African American actors in film, television, stage, and voice-over
history with a distinct voice that carries quiet authority. A triple-threat
talent with an Emmy for Roots, an
Oscar for Officer and a Gentleman,
and a Golden Globe for The Josephine
Baker Story, Gossett is in the upper echelons of elite actors. As an
impassioned activist, he firmly believes in giving back to the community and
has donated his performance royalties from the Twelve Years a Slave audiobook to his nonprofit organization, the
Erascism Foundation, which focuses on planting the seeds of social tolerance with
children and eliminating the stigma of racism.
Rod Serling has won the most Emmy Awards for dramatic
writing in the history of television. He wrote over seventy-five
episodes of the Twilight Zone series,
for which he won three of his Emmys. He was also the show’s host and narrator.
Richard Dreyfuss
is an Academy Award–winning actor who has appeared in such blockbuster films as
Close Encounters of the Third Kind
and Jaws. In 1977 he became the
youngest man to win the Oscar for Best Actor, which he won for his performance
in The Goodbye Girl. He also appeared
in Stand by Me, What about Bob?, The American
President, and Mr. Holland’s Opus,
among many other films.
James Langton, an Earphones Award–winning narrator, trained as an actor at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama and later as a musician at the Guildhall School in London. He has worked in radio, film, and television, also appearing in theater in England and on Broadway. He is also a professional musician who led the internationally renowned Pasadena Roof Orchestra from 1996 to 2002.