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List Price: $29.98Amazon.com's Price: $19.99 You Save: $9.99 (33%)Prices subject to change.
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Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: DVD
Brand: Koch International
EAN: 0741952642794
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, DVD-Video, NTSC
Label: Koch Vision
Manufacturer: Koch Vision
Number Of Items: 2
Publisher: Koch Vision
Release Date: February 13, 2007
Running Time: 184 minutes
Sales Rank: 13391
Studio: Koch Vision
Theatrical Release Date: April 19, 1994
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Editorial Review:
Product Description:
At the Tehran Conference the strong personalities of three of the world s most powerful leaders threaten their fragile alliance. This riveting historical drama portrays the precarious relationship between Franklin D. Roosevelt Winston Churchill and Joseph Stalin at a critical time when the final strategy for the war hung in the balance.System Requirements:Running Time: 186 minsFormat: DVD MOVIE Genre: TELEVISION/SERIES & SEQUELS UPC: 741952642794 Manufacturer No: KOCDV6427
Amazon.com:
It's hard to imagine more compelling material than the backroom machinations between FDR, Winston Churchill, and Josef Stalin that led to the precarious alliance of these three leaders against Hitler. World War II--When Lions Roared is an unusual mixture of scenes dramatized from speeches and diplomatic correspondence and archival newsreel footage. The three main actors--John Lithgow (3rd Rock from the Sun, Kinsey) as Roosevelt, Bob Hoskins (Mrs. Henderson Presents, Mona Lisa) as Churchill, and Michael Caine (Alfie, The Quiet American) as Stalin--all deliver strong performances. Hoskins, even under heavy make-up, doesn't look much like Churchill, but he's got the man's gruff, stern cadences nailed. Caine's make-up is more effective, but the key to Caine's performance is in his mysterious, gimlet eyes. The script is oddly cobbled together from speeches and diplomatic correspondence and so thick with high-flown rhetoric and pontification, which certainly fits the mini-series' romantic view of WWII but can be a bit much to stomach after an hour or two of stirring declamation. When Lions Roared, as you might guess from the title, suffers from unapologetic hero worship of FDR and Churchill, presenting them as wise and resolute throughout, wily codgers the likes of which we shall not see again, etc.. Also strange are split-screen scenes of the leaders in their various lairs, from which they speak to each other as if in mid-conversation--obviously intended to depict the decision-making process economically, but the effect is uncomfortably chummy and glib. Nonetheless, history buffs will enjoy the wary regard in which these world leaders held each other as they negotiated the fate of the world. --Bret Fetzer
Average Rating: 
Rating:  -
This mini-series was very enjoyable. Not really traditional Hollywood style though. Several of the shot compositions were a bit cheesy. Also, the main characters did a strange soap-operaesque pause while another character (in another location) was talking. The splicing didn't make sense to me.
The acting was fine and Michael Caine's accent was believable. I think he humanized the Stalin character enormously.
One character that I did miss was Truman. The movie basically ... Read More
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It is perhaps the nature of the medium that on the internet we continually get reviews which complain that the product would be much better if only it were something completely different than it was intended to be. It is somehow more disappointing in an Amazon-sanctioned review which one hopes is based upon some sense of the purpose of the thing.
In this case, it ought to be understood that the whole raison d'etre of the film is to use only the actual words of the historical figures ... Read More
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This is by far the best docudrama I have ever seen. Once in a lifetime certain actors were born to play certain roles, and this is one of those times. John Lithgow, Bob Hoskins and Michael Caine were absolutely perfect and truly brought these historical characters to life. I have seen many great actors portray FDR, yet when I saw this portrayal I actually thought I was seeing FDR. Hoskins portrayal of Churchill was equally brilliant and believable. There are no words to adequately describe the ... Read More
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It is good to see this 1994 television miniseries finally come out on DVD. Be prepared for a long evening (the running time for the two discs is three hours 23 minutes) but it is time well invested. WORLD WAR II: WHEN LIONS ROARED is a creative montage of actual film clips from the newsreels shown in theaters at that time together with contemporary filmed drama in script written by David W. Rintels and crafted and directed by Joseph Sargent. This film allows us to revisit history the way it was ... Read More
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This was a very good movie. It gave us a chance to see behind the scenes of policy making in World War II even if there was a little dramatic license taken. I recommend this movie highly to anyone interested in this time period in history
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