World War II - When Lions Roared
by Joseph Sargent
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Actor: Bob Hoskins, Ed Begley Jr., Jan Triska, John Lithgow, Michael CaineDirector: Joseph Sargent
Brand: Koch International
Audio: English (Original Language)
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, DVD-Video, NTSC
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 184 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2007-02-13
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: Koch Vision
Movie Reviews of World War II - When Lions Roared
Movie Review: Enjoyable historical movie.
Summary: 3 Stars
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 stops with the death of FDR. While I understand that Truman was "out-of-the-loop" while VP, he was nevertheless a wartime president.
Overall, I would recommend this movie. Although, I would only purchase it on sale or rent it.
Summary of World War II - When Lions Roared
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: KOCDV6427It'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
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