An absorbing, polished character study powered by an epic performance.
Patton (1970)
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Reviews Counted:6
Fresh:5
Rotten:1
Average Rating:7.6/10
Consensus: George C. Scott's sympathetic, unflinching portrayal of the titular general in this sprawling epic is as definitive as any performance in the history of American biopics.
Runtime: 5 hrs 36 mins
Genre: Dramas
Synopsis: PATTON is a three-dimensional bronze bust of World War II field general George S. Patton (George C. Scott) who wrote poetry, fired pistols at strafing fighter planes, and loved America with a lofty... PATTON is a three-dimensional bronze bust of World War II field general George S. Patton (George C. Scott) who wrote poetry, fired pistols at strafing fighter planes, and loved America with a lofty and historical zeal. Tracing his personal rivalries with such generals as Rommel and Montgomery, his problematic treatment of his own men, and his nearly runaway contempt for diplomacy, the film triumphs as an enduring portrait of a complex and larger-than-life figure. PATTON was recipient of 10 Academy Award Nominations and winner of eight, including Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor--Scott, Best (Adapted) Screenplay--Francis Ford Coppola/Edmund H. North. [More]
Starring: George C. Scott, Karl Malden, Stephen Young, Michael Strong
Starring: George C. Scott, Karl Malden, Stephen Young, Michael Strong, Michael Bates, Edward Binns, Lawrence Dobkin, John Doucette, Morgan Paull, Karl Michael Vogler
Director: Franklin J. Schaffner
Director: Franklin J. Schaffner
Screenwriter: Francis Ford Coppola, Edmund H. North
Producer: Frank Caffey
Composer: Jerry Goldsmith
Producer: Frank McCarthy
Reviews for Patton
The film lays bare the roots of Patton's lust for power in his willingess to sacrifice everything to his vaunting ego, a trait which is mirrored in George C Scott's superb performance.
War is hell, and Patton is one hell of a war picture, perhaps one of the most remarkable of its type ever made.
It's both fascinating and appalling the sort of extravagant technically superior spectacle that only a big Hollywood movie company could afford to make, and the story of a man about whom only the Establishment could become genuinely sentimental.
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