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Pat Hingle, Richard Dysart, Colm Feore, James Gammon, Tony Goldwyn ... see more see more... , Diana Scarwid , Harris Yulin , Gary Sinise , Amelia Campbell , Daniel von Bargen , David Lansbury , John Finn , Leo Burmester , Lois Smith , Marian Seldes , Remak Ramsay , Richard Venture , Virginia Capers , Zeljko Ivanek

This award winning made-for-cable movie tells the story of American President Harry S.Truman and his role in the second World War. Gary Sinese stars in the title role of this biographical account, whi... read more read more...ch is based on Pulitzer Prize-winner David McCullough's book. The film chronicles Truman's rise from unknown farmer to infamous American President -- who is chiefly remembered for being the first to use the atomic bomb. Diana Scarwid stars as Truman's wife Bess. Nominated for many awards that year, the film won the Emmy for "Best Made-for-Television Movie." Gary Sinese won the "Best Actor" Golden Globe and the Screen Actors Guild award for his impressive lead performance. ~ Bernadette McCallion, Rovi

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PG, 2 hr. 10 min.

Directed by: Frank Pierson

Release Date: September 9, 1995

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DVD Release Date: February 29, 2000

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    Truman succeeds at being a comprehensive, well acted, informative, and generally well written biopic. Undoubtedly the portrayal of Truman was too charitable, but the level of humanity that Gary Sinise was able to inject really carried the film throughout. I would have liked to se... read moree the more aggressive side of Truman, and some of his internal political battles with his own party, but for its running time, Truman manages to cover a lot of ground, and does so in a largely effective way.

    3.5/5 Stars

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Steve Crum
July 6, 2006
Steve Crum, Dispatch-Tribune Newspapers

Superb production with memorable Sinise performance in title role.

Rob Thomas
October 2, 2003
Rob Thomas, Capital Times (Madison, WI)

An excellent biopic anchored by a marvelous job by Sinise.

Rob Vaux
December 4, 2002
Rob Vaux, Flipside Movie Emporium

Its Cliffs Notes approach to the source biography gets a big boost from star Gary Sinise.

Emanuel Levy
July 16, 2005
Emanuel Levy, EmanuelLevy.Com

No review available.

Michelle Alexandria
November 26, 2003
Michelle Alexandria, Eclipse Magazine

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Linda Cook
February 9, 2003
Linda Cook, Quad City Times (Davenport, IA)

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Philip Martin
July 30, 2002
Philip Martin, Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

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Scott Weinberg
July 25, 2002
Scott Weinberg, eFilmCritic.com

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