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Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: DVD
Brand: E1
EAN: 0741952642794
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, DVD, NTSC
Item Dimensions: 35
Label: Koch Vision
Languages: EnglishOriginal LanguageDolby Digital 2.0
Manufacturer: Koch Vision
MPN: KCHDKOC6427D
Number Of Items: 2
Publisher: Koch Vision
Release Date: February 13, 2007
Running Time: 194 minutes
Studio: Koch Vision
Theatrical Release Date: April 19, 1994
Editorial Review:
Product Description:
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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 is not a movie by no means. It is like a play with original clips from WWII. I was expecting this great drama. Instead I got this below standard skit.
Rating:  -
I like this movie, but was surprised to find out it was a video production not tape.
A little short on detail it still entertained me.
Rating:  -
An excellent reflection of just how sensetive and fragile political allies of different countris can be. It also depicts what the world could over come if we truly learned how to all work together as a world for good instead of evil.
Rating: -
From a historial point of view this DVD is interesting. From an artistic video point of view it is disppointing. There is too much confusion with the dual portrayal of World Leaders. It takes time to understand what is going on. This story is pure history and would be useful for students, history teachers and writers. Michal Caine was excellet playing the part of Stalin.
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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