Patton (film)
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| Directed by | Franklin J. Schaffner |
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| Produced by | Frank McCarthy |
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| Cinematography | Fred J. Koenekamp |
| Edited by | Hugh Fowler |
| Music by | Jerry Goldsmith |
| Color process | Color by Deluxe |
| Distributed by | 20th Century Fox |
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Running time | 172 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $12.6 million |
| Box office | $62.5 million |
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 Story.
Patton won seven Academy Awards, including Best Picture, Best Director and Best Original Screenplay. Scott also won the Best Actor for his performance, though he declined the award. The opening monologue, delivered by Scott as General Patton with an enormous American flag behind him, remains an iconic and often quoted image in film. In 2003, Patton was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically or aesthetically significant". The Academy Film Archive also preserved Patton in 2003.