Death of a President (2006 film) a man of the president's age", is a reference to President Ronald Reagan's own assassination attempt. In addition, the interview of a middle-aged African American outside the hospital recalls an interview of a witness on the streets of Washington, D.C. in 1981 following that assassination attempt. Filming was done entirely on location in Chicago, Illinois. The film score was composed and conducted by Richard Harvey. Sound effects and music elements were mixed by Alex Riordan. The film's director, Gabriel Range, noted that the film is not "a leftist jeremiad" and further said: The purpose of the film was not to
Assassination of James A. Garfield a wooden grip and another with an ivory grip. He favored ivory because he thought that it would look better as a museum exhibit after the assassination, but could not afford the extra dollar, so the store owner dropped the price for him. (The revolver was recovered and displayed by the Smithsonian in the early 20th century, but it has since been lost.) He spent the next few weeks stalking Garfield and in target practice; the kick from the revolver almost knocked him over the first time that he fired it. He wrote a letter to Garfield, saying that he