Patton

Details

Instance of

film

Publication date

2 April 1970, 26 March 1970, 4 February 1970

Part of

National Film Registry

Followed by

The Last Days of Patton

Director

Franklin J. Schaffner

Composer

Jerry Goldsmith

Movement

New Hollywood

Genre

biographical film, war film, drama film

Main subject

World War II, George S. Patton

Awards

Academy Award for Best Picture, Academy Award for Best Actor, Academy Award for Best Director, Academy Award for Best Film Editing, Academy Award for Best Writing, Original Screenplay, Academy Award for Best Production Design, Academy Award for Best Sound, National Board of Review: Top Ten Films, National Board of Review Award for Best Film

after a work by

Ladislas Farago

aspect ratio (W:H)

2.35:1

assessment

Bechdel test

box office

61800000

budget

12600000

capital cost

12600000

cast member

George C. Scott, Karl Malden, Michael Bates, Karl Michael Vogler, Frank Latimore, Morgan Paull, Siegfried Rauch, Hellmut Lange, Richard Münch, Lawrence Dobkin, Jack Gwillim, Edward Binns

characters

George S. Patton, Omar Bradley, Walter Bedell Smith, Lucian Truscott, Hobart R. Gay, Charles R. Codman, Bernard Montgomery, Harold Alexander, 1st Earl Alexander of Tunis, Arthur Tedder, 1st Baron Tedder, Arthur Coningham, Erwin Rommel, Alfred Jodl

CNC film rating (France)

no age restriction

CNC film rating (Romania)

A.G.

color

color

country of origin

United States

different from

George S. Patton

director of photography

Fred Koenekamp

distributed by

20th Century Studios, Netflix, Disney+

distribution format

video on demand

duration

170

film editor

Hugh S. Fowler

filming location

Greece, Spain, Almería Province

Filmiroda rating

Category II

FSK film rating

FSK 16

MPA film rating

M/PG

narrative location

Belgium

nominated for

Academy Award for Best Actor, Academy Award for Best Director, Academy Award for Best Cinematography, Academy Award for Best Film Editing, Academy Award for Best Writing, Original Screenplay, Academy Award for Best Picture, Academy Award for Best Production Design, Academy Award for Best Original Score, Academy Award for Best Sound, Academy Award for Best Visual Effects

original language of film or TV show

English

producer

Frank McCarthy

production company

20th Century Studios

review score

8.5/10, 86/100, 92%, 7.9/10

screenwriter

Francis Ford Coppola, Edmund H. North

set in environment

desert

set in period

World War II, 20th century

title

Patton

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