PATTON (ECI) [DVD]

Year: 1969

Director: Frank Lin J. Schaffner

Starring: George C. Scott, Karl Malden, Michael Bates, Ed Binns, Stephen Young, Lawrence Dobkin

Moral Qualification: For all audiences

Duration: 2h 44min

Synopsis
Film unanimously acclaimed by all critics, winner of 8 Oscars® in 1970 (including Best Picture). Patton is a fascinating portrait of one of the military geniuses of the 20th century. One of the eight Oscars® went to George C. Scott for his incredible performance as George Patton, the only Allied general the Nazis feared. Charismatic and eccentric, Patton designed his own uniforms, carried an ivory-handled six-shooter, and was firmly convinced that in past lives he had been a warrior.
He surpassed Rommel's tactics in Africa and after D-Day led his troops unstoppably across Europa .
But as Patton himself said, despite his brilliance, his unstable character was always the enemy he could never defeat.