
"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 o... (Full plot summary below)
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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.
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| Chicago TribuneMichael WilmingtonThe movie holds up far better than its detractors guessed - splendidly, in fact - not only thanks to Scott's spellbinding acting, but to the epic imagery, Coppola's (and Edmund North's) highly intelligent script and Schaffner's lucid, perfectly controlled direction. |
| Flipside Movie EmporiumRob VauxNot a great movie so much as a great performance, with the semblence of a movie to justity it. |
| New York Daily NewsWanda HaleI'd like to pin four stars on each shoulder of George C. Scott for his perspective characterization of the military genius, the controversial man. |
| USA TodayMike ClarkWar is hell, and Patton is one hell of a war picture, perhaps one of the most remarkable of its type ever made. |
| Radio TimesDavid ParkinsonCombining blimpish bluster with moments of monstrous ego and unexpected humanity, Scott makes this magnificent film unforgettable. |
| Three Movie BuffsScott NashAlthough I have sometimes complained about the length of movies, I wouldn't begrudge a single minute from Patton's nearly three hour running time. |
| Tim Dirks' The Greatest FilmsTim DirksPatton (1970) is the epic film biography of the controversial, multi-dimensional World War II general George S. Patton. |
| Groucho ReviewsPeter CanaveseA bio-epic on the order of Lawrence of Arabia, Patton is a smart, even-handed, fully realized historical film. [Blu-Ray] |
| ReelViewsJames BerardinelliPatton remains to this day one of Hollywood's most compelling biographical war pictures. |
| The TelegraphRachel WardThe movie holds up far better than its detractors guessed - splendidly, in fact - not only thanks to Scott's spellbinding acting, but to the epic imagery, Coppola's (and Edmund North's) highly intelligent script and Schaffner's lucid, perfectly controlled direction. |