Patton 1970

type: Movie

language: English

duration: 170 min

genre: drama

theme: epic

director: Franklin J. Schaffner

Score: 8 / 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

During World War II, in its first combat encounter with the German Afrika Korps at the Battle of Kasserine Pass, the II Corps is defeated by Field Marshal Erwin Rommel. General George S. Patton is placed in command of II Corps and begins instilling his authority amongst his untested and poorly disciplined troops. Alongside the poor condition of American soldiers in the II Corps, Patton identifies how his British counterpart, General Bernard Montgomery, is monopolising the allied effort to suit his own needs.

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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 afrika korps allied advance from paris to the rhine allied invasion of france allied invasion of sicily allied-occupied germany american politics american soldiers ancient rome bastogne battle of gela battle of kasserine pass battle of the bulge beat bernard montgomery bull terrier cry dwight d. eisenhower end of world war ii in europe erwin rommel field hospital first united states army group gather george c. marshall george marshall george s. patton slapping incidents german forces germany capitulates gulf of gela ii corps into germany knutsford land lucian truscott messina nazism north africa north african campaign nothing omar bradley operation market garden operation overlord palermo politics of the united states rebuild rebuilding of germany report road accident roman roman triumph siege of bastogne siegfried line slaps him slave slavery in ancient rome soviet union third army third army sweeps across france trap triumph united states army central western allied invasion of germany wound
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