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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 ...
Patton's speech to the Third Army was a series of speeches given by General George S. Patton to troops of the United States Third Army in 1944, before the Allied invasion of France. The speeches were intended to motivate the inexperienced Third Army for impending combat.
Several actors have portrayed Patton on screen, most famously George C. Scott in the 1970 film Patton, for which he won (and refused) the Academy Award for Best Actor. He reprised the role in 1986 in the made-for-television film The Last Days of Patton which tells the story of his last few months. [248] Other actors who have portrayed Patton ...
The film depicts Patton making a speech at Knutsford, England, in which he predicted that the British and the Americans would rule the world after the war. This was seen as a snub to the Russians. According to eyewitness accounts, Patton did indeed mention the Russians, but this was left out of many British newspaper accounts.
Back when the Fox Movie Channel used to run their Fox Legacy feature with the then Fox president Tom Rothman, they had one on the film Patton. I'm pretty sure in his introduction to the film he said the original intention was for the movie to have an intermission (which was still common for big Hollywood movies then), and Patton's speech would ...
George Campbell Scott (October 18, 1927 – September 22, 1999) was an American actor, director and producer. He had a celebrated career on both stage and screen. [1] With a gruff demeanor and commanding presence, Scott became known for his portrayal of stern but complex authority figures.
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