Truman
starring: Gary Sinise, Diana Scarwid, Richard Dysart, Colm Feore, James Gammon
directed by: Frank Pierson
directed by: Frank Pierson
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Audience Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Binding: DVD
EAN: 9780783116914
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, DVD-Video, NTSC
ISBN: 0783116918
Label: Hbo Home Video
Manufacturer: Hbo Home Video
Number Of Items: 1
Picture Format: Academy Ratio
Publisher: Hbo Home Video
Region Code: 1
Release Date: February 29, 2000
Running Time: 131 minutes
Sales Rank: 3979
Studio: Hbo Home Video
Theatrical Release Date: September 09, 1995
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Editorial Review:
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Harry S. Truman had a hard row to hoe as the 33rd president and he never enjoyed popularity while in office. Think about what occurred on Truman's watch: the bombing of Hiroshima, a nationwide railroad strike, the rise of the Southern States' Rights Party, integration of the armed forces, the ascendancy of McCarthyism, the early cold war, and finally the Korean Conflict and Truman's decision to fire General MacArthur. Few American presidents have been faced with more difficult and dangerous times than Truman. It wasn't until some 50 years later that Harry Truman, a farmer from Missouri, got his due appreciation in the history books. Truman follows the man from his beginnings as an artillery officer in WWI through his connections with Missouri's Pendergast political machine and onward to Washington. The always-excellent Gary Sinise is a perfect fit for the Truman character, having obviously studied the President's plainspoken Missouri twang and ramrod-straight bearing at great length. Diana Scarwid is also very good as Truman's long-suffering wife Bess; the film studies the relationship between the two in some depth, and also sheds light on the men who surrounded Truman in Washington. Truman's chief failing is that in its effort to detail 40 years of the man's life, certain historical events are given short shrift in order to fit them all in. Nonetheless, Sinise inhabits the character well; the scene where the President ruminates on dining alone in the White House (while Bess is back in Missouri) is a great, understated comment on the loneliness, isolation, and stress of the job. --Jerry Renshaw
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- InterestingI'm not worried about actors and directors. I want to know something new when I view a movie like ... Read More
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- Humble man who did great things!This is the story of a humble man who, not of his own choosing, stubbernly was called upon to make ... Read More
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- Fine Bio-picOther productions that have portrayed Harry Truman have presented him as a caricature. Such as the ... Read More
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- A good, but incomplete portraitLet me begin by saying that the acting is first class, and the film does a good job of capturing the ... Read More
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- Truman This is a Good DVD I took one star off for having no extra'sTruman was a good DVD. It does not go into detail about his personal life much beyond the surface ... Read More
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