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Truman is a 1995 HBO movie starring Gary Sinise as Harry S. Truman. The film is based on the 1993 Pulitzer Prize winning book Truman, by David McCullough, who also won the Prize in 2001 for John Adams, which was made into an HBO Miniseries. The film centers on Truman's rise to the presidency from humble beginnings, World War II, and his decision to use the first atomic bomb. The film's tagline is "It took a farmer's hand to shape a nation."
Harry S. Truman is consistently ranked among the best U.S. Presidents by historians. The synopsis that follows is from wikipedia:
Harry S. Truman (May 8, 1884 ΓÇô December 26, 1972) was the thirty-third President of the United States (1945ΓÇô1953). As vice president, he succeeded Franklin D. Roosevelt, who died less than three months after he began his fourth term.
During World War I Truman served as an artillery officer. After the war he became part of the political machine of Tom Pendergast and was elected a county judge in Missouri and eventually a United States Senator. After he gained national prominence as head of the wartime Truman Committee, Truman replaced vice president Henry A. Wallace as Roosevelt's running mate in 1944.
As president, Truman faced challenge after challenge in domestic affairs. The disorderly reconversion of the economy of the United States was marked by severe shortages, numerous strikes, and the passage of the Taft-Hartley Act over his veto. He confounded all predictions to win re-election in 1948, largely due to his famous Whistle Stop Tour of rural America. After his re-election he was able to pass only one of the proposals in his Fair Deal program. He used executive orders to begin desegregation of the U.S. armed forces and to launch a system of loyalty checks to remove thousands of communist sympathizers from government office, even though he strongly opposed mandatory loyalty oaths for governmental employees, a stance that led to charges that his administration was soft on communism. Truman's presidency was also eventful in foreign affairs, with the end of World War II and his decision to use nuclear weapons against Japan, the founding of the United Nations, the Marshall Plan to rebuild Europe, the Truman Doctrine to contain communism, the beginning of the Cold War, the creation of NATO, and the Korean War. Corruption in Truman's administration reached the cabinet and senior White House staff. Republicans made corruption a central issue in the 1952 campaign.
Truman, whose demeanor was very different from that of the patrician Roosevelt, was a folksy, unassuming president. He popularized such phrases as "The buck stops here" and "If you can't stand the heat, you better get out of the kitchen."[1] He overcame the low expectations of many political observers who compared him unfavorably with his highly regarded predecessor. At one point in his second term, near the end of the Korean War, Truman's public opinion ratings reached the lowest point yet recorded for any United States president until George W. Bush. Despite negative public opinion during his term in office, popular and scholarly assessments of his presidency became more positive after his retirement from politics and the publication of his memoirs. U.S. scholars today rank him among the top ten best presidents. Truman's legendary upset victory in 1948 over Thomas E. Dewey is routinely invoked by underdog presidential candidates.
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Featured cast (in alphabetical order)
Daniel von Bargen Gen. Douglas MacArthur
Leo Burmester Frank Vassar
Amelia Campbell Margaret Truman
Virginia Capers Elizabeth Moore
Richard A. Dysart Henry L. Stimson
Colm Feore Charlie Ross
John Finn Bob Hannegan
James Gammon Sam Rayburn
Tony Goldwyn Clark Clifford
Pat Hingle Boss Tom Pendergast
Zeljko Ivanek Eddie Jacobsen
Remak Ramsay Dean Acheson
Lee Richardson Franklin D. Roosevelt (uncredited)
Diana Scarwid Bess Truman
Marian Seldes Eleanor Roosevelt
Gary Sinise Harry S. Truman
Lois Smith Madge Wallace Gates
Richard Venture J. Lester Perry
Harris Yulin Gen. George C. Marshall
Awards and nominations
1996 American Cinema Editors (Eddies)
Nominated - Best Edited Motion Picture for Non-Commercial Television ΓÇö Lisa Fruchtman
1996 American Society of Cinematographers
Won - Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography in a Special or Pilots ΓÇö Paul Elliot
1996 Casting Society of America (Artios)
Won - Best Casting for TV Movie of the Week ΓÇö Mary Colquhoun
1996 Directors Guild of America
Nominated - Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Dramatic Specials ΓÇö Frank Pierson
1996 Emmy Awards
Won - Outstanding Casting for a Miniseries or a Movie ΓÇö Mary Colquhoun
Won - Outstanding Made For Television Movie ΓÇö Paula Weinstein, Anthea Sylbert, Doro Bachrach
Nominated - Outstanding Lead Actor In A Miniseries Or A Movie ΓÇö Gary Sinise
Nominated - Outstanding Supporting Actress In A Miniseries Or A Movie ΓÇö Diana Scarwid
Nominated - Outstanding Editing For A Miniseries Or A Movie (Single-Camera Picture) ΓÇö Lisa Fruchtman
Nominated - Outstanding Makeup For A Miniseries, Movie Or A Special ΓÇö Ashlee Petersen, Gordon J. Smith, Russel Cate, Evan Penny
Nominated - Outstanding Sound Mixing For A Miniseries or a Movie ΓÇö Reinhard Stergar, Wayne Heitman, James Bolt, Joel Fein
Nominated - Outstanding Writing For A Miniseries, Movie Or A Dramatic Special ΓÇö Thomas Rickman
1996 Golden Globe Awards
Won - Best Actor - Series, Mini-series or Motion Picture Made for Television ΓÇö Gary Sinise
Nominated - Best Mini-series or Motion Picture Made for Television
1996 PGA Golden Laurel Awards
Won - Television Producer of the Year Award in Longform ΓÇö Paula Weinstein, Anthea Sylbert, Doro Bachrach
1996 Screen Actors Guild Awards
Won - Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a TV Movie or Miniseries ΓÇö Gary Sinise
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