Patton 1970

type: Movie

language: English

duration: 170 min

genre: drama

theme: epic

director: Franklin J. Schaffner

Score: 7 / 10

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, and 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.

Plot

General George S. Patton addresses an unseen audience of American troops, emphasizing the importance Americans place upon victorious role models as well as his own demands that his men defeat the enemy by working and fighting as a team.

Awards

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author	Edmund H. North Francis Ford Coppola
award	Academy Award for Best Actor Academy Award for Best Director Academy Award for Best Film Editing Academy Award for Best Picture Academy Award for Best Production Design Academy Award for Best Sound Academy Award for Best Writing, Original Screenplay National Board of Review Award for Best Film National Board of Review: Top Ten Films
contentLocation	Belgium
director	Franklin J. Schaffner
editor	Hugh S. Fowler
events	George S. Patton World War II
genre	drama historical
keywords	101st airborne division addresses an unseen audience of american troops afrika korps allied advance from paris to the rhine allied invasion of sicily allied-occupied germany american politics american soldiers ancient rome bastogne battle of el guettar battle of kasserine pass battle of the bulge beat bernard montgomery bull terrier cry d-day landings dwight d. eisenhower end of world war ii in europe erwin rommel fascist italy field hospital fight first united states army group general eisenhower george c. marshall george marshall george s. patton slapping incidents george s. patton's speech to the third army german german forces germany eventually capitulates guard ii corps injured into germany invasion of normandy italian kasserine knutsford land lucian truscott messina nazi germany nazism normandy landings north africa north african campaign omar bradley operation market garden operation overlord palermo peloponnesian war politics of the united states post-war post-war world rebuild rebuilding of germany role models roman roman triumph shell shock sicily invasion siege of bastogne siegfried line slaps the soldier slave slavery in ancient rome soviet union third army third army sweeps brilliantly across france trap triumph united states army central walk western allied invasion of germany
musicBy	Jerry Goldsmith
nomination	Academy Award for Best Actor Academy Award for Best Cinematography Academy Award for Best Director Academy Award for Best Film Editing Academy Award for Best Original Score Academy Award for Best Picture Academy Award for Best Production Design Academy Award for Best Sound Academy Award for Best Visual Effects Academy Award for Best Writing, Original Screenplay
producer	Frank McCarthy
publisher	20th Century Fox
recordedAt	Greece Spain
theme	biographical biographical drama epic war