Trivia
The scenes of Truman's election night were filmed exactly where Harry Truman spent his election night. Truman went to bed on election night with reports predicting his defeat by Dewey at the Elm's Hotel Resort and Spa in Excelsior Springs, Missouri, USA.
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Goofs
In the WWI segment, when Truman and his men have called for a successful artillery strike against an enemy position, the men are cheering and we can clearly hear one of them shouting "Alright!" It was not until the 1970s that people began using the word "alright' by itself as a cheer or as an exclamation of satisfaction.
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Quotes
Harry S. Truman:
If I don't drop the bomb, so many more of our young men will die in the invasion of Japan. Their men, too, and women and children. How can I face the people when it's finally over, and say that I had the power to possibly end the war, long ago, spare the lives of their loved ones, and I chose not to use it?
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pause]
Harry S. Truman:
How could I look them in the face and tell them that?
Charlie Ross:
Harry, you didn't come to me for common sense, you came to me for forgiveness. Do what you have to do. I'll still be your friend....
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Soundtracks
"Voi che sapete"
from "Le nozze di Figaro"
by
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (as W.A. Mozart)
Performed by
Margaret Truman
Courtesy of Edward Roche
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Gary Sinese goes a great job portraying the farmer who became a president- a man who could make tough decisions and live with them. Though surrounded by corruption, he never stooped to it. His letters to his wife are touching- since Bess did not cotton to Washington society. The whole movie- from his early days in haberdashery to the Korea and MacArthur are documented very well. I also liked the touch of his defending he daughter Margaret against the music critic of the Washington Post- He was a strong man- stubborn as a Missouri mule but also a man of intergrity.