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Patton

Oscar™ Best Picture - Winning Movies

Patton

1970

Franklin J. Schaffner

George C. Scott, Karl Malden, Stephen Young, Michael Bates ...

7.2

22,706

War. Drama "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. [+]

	Author	Review
United States	Roger Ebert rogerebert.com	"Not a war film so much as the story of a personality who has found the right role to play. Scott's theatricality is electrifying (...) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 4)"	POS
United States	Variety	"Perhaps one of the most remarkable of its type ever made (...) The film grabs attention in the gut and won’t let go."	POS
United States	Vincent Canby The New York Times	"A huge, initially ambivalent but finally adoring, pop portrait of one of the most brilliant and outrageous American military figures of the last 100 years."	POS
United States	Nathan Rabin AV Club	"'Patton' probably should have fallen apart under the weight of its own contradictions. Instead, like its subject, it's enriched and emboldened by them."	POS
United Kingdom	Alex von Tunzelmann The Guardian	"A remarkably enjoyable - and commendably fair - biopic of an unforgettable character. They don't make many films, or indeed generals, like this any more."	POS
United Kingdom	Phil Hardy Time Out	"As a study of power, neither Coppola's script nor Schaffner's direction are precise enough (...) As an exercise in biography (...) is marvellous"	NEU
United Kingdom	David Parkinson Radio Times	"The bedrock of this mammoth drama is the performance in the title role of George C Scott (...) Scott makes this magnificent film unforgettable (…) Rating: ★★★★★ (out of 5)"	POS
United States	Dave Kehr Chicago Reader	"Patton's personality—conveyed with pointed theatrical flair by George C. Scott—is registered in rich tones of grandeur and megalomania, genius and petty sadism."	POS
United States	Michael Wilmington Chicago Tribune	"George C. Scott's performance (...) is a remarkable feat of acting (...) The movie holds up far better than its detractors guessed -- splendidly, in fact"	POS

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