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"Patton" tells the tale of General George S. Patton, famous tank commander of World War II. The film begins with Patton's career in North Africa and progresses through the invasion of Europe and the fall of the Third Reich. Side plots also speak of Patton's numerous faults such his temper and tendency toward insubordination, faults that would prevent him from becoming the lead American general in the Normandy Invasion as well as to his being relieved as Occupation Commander of Germany. Written by
Anthony Hughes <husnock31@hotmail.com>
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Direct from its sensational reserved seat engagement.
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Release Date:
2 April 1970 (USA)
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Also Known As:
A Salute to a Rebel
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Box Office
Budget:
$12,000,000
(estimated)
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Technical Specs
Runtime:
Aspect Ratio:
2.20 : 1
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Trivia
The invasion of Sicily via Syracuse that Patton describes being executed by Alcibiades was an embarrassing defeat for the Athenians and Alcibiades was condemned as a traitor.
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Goofs
When Patton meets Air Vice Marshal Coningham and gets told he will see no more German planes immediately before two German planes attack the town didn't happen. Or rather, a plane did attack, but during a meeting between
George S. Patton and the American air force General Spaatz and the British Air Marshal Tedder. No one was hurt in this strafing run - far from the devastation depicted in the film. The meeting followed a report made by Patton that American ground forces had been "continuously bombed all morning" - which Spaatz and others had found to be inaccurate. Also, Coningham is depicted as a plummy upper-class Brit, but he was actually born in Australia and raised in New Zealand. Far from being ineffective, the doctrine of tactical air power that he pioneered during this campaign was actually taken up and followed by the American air forces. See
Stephen Budiansky: 'Air Power' (Viking, 2003)
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Quotes
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first lines]
Patton:
Now I want you to remember that no bastard ever won a war by dying for his country. He won it by making the other poor dumb bastard die for his country.
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Crazy Credits
Opening credits prologue: KASSERINE PASS TUNISIA, 1943
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Connections
Edited into
Lo schermo a tre punte (1995)
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Soundtracks
The Washington Post
(1889) (uncredited)
Music by
John Philip Sousa
Played by three different bands during the film
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