it be good to see this 1994 television miniseries finally come out on dvd . be prepare for a long evening ( the running time for the two disc be three hour 23 minute ) but it be time well invest . world war ii represent when lion roar be a creative montage of actual film clip from the newsreel show in theater at that time together with contemporary filmed drama in script write by david w. rintels and craft and direct by joseph sargent . this film allow u to revisit history the way it be with more behind the scene activity among the great power than most other film offer . the roaring lion be very well portray by john lithgow a franklin delano roosevelt and bob hoskins a winston churchill and michael caine a stalin . each actor step wholly into his role without resort to mimicry or simply stage makeup . it be fascinate to see how the usa be a non intervener at first ( a refreshingly different stance form the current aggressor role we have adopt ) and how the need of the planet require global cooperation in the face of hitler et al . ed begley jr. offer a lot of information about the important figure harry hopkins about whom we hear little a do jan triska a vyacheslav molotav and stalin key man . the compilation of real footage with created footage include the split screen technique to allow the three leader to interact from their different location work well . this be one of those historic film that deserve repeat view . an excellent production . grady harp .