Patton (1970)

Directed by

Franklin J. Schaffner

Genre

drama film, war film, biographical film

Country

United States

Runtime

2h 50m

Rated

PG

Rating

7.5 of 10 from 1,226 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This film follows U.S. General George S. Patton through World War II. It shows his aggressive military tactics and his complicated personality.

grandioseintenseauthoritativeheroichistoricalstirringdeliberatecommanding

What happens

Patton is a 1970 American epic biographical war film about U.S. General George S. Patton during World War II. It stars George C. Scott as Patton and Karl Malden as General Omar Bradley. The film was directed by Franklin J. Schaffner from a script by Francis Ford Coppola and Edmund H. North, who based their screenplay on Patton: Ordeal and Triumph by Ladislas Farago and Bradley's memoir, A Soldier's Story. Patton premiered in New York City on February 5, 1970 before being released by 20th Century Fox on April 2, 1970. The film grossed $61.7 million against a budget of $12 million. It won seven Academy Awards, including Best Picture, Best Director and Best Original Screenplay. Scott also won the Best Actor for his performance, though he declined the award. The opening monologue, delivered by Scott as General Patton with an enormous American flag behind him, remains an iconic and often quoted image in film. In 2003, Patton was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically or aesthetically significant". The Academy Film Archive also preserved Patton in 2003. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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