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Patton is a 1970 biographical film which tells the story of General George Patton's commands during World War II. It stars George C. Scott, Karl Malden and Michael Bates .There were several attempts to make the movie, starting in 1953. The Patton family was approached by the producers for help in making the film. They wanted access to Patton's diaries and input from the family members. By coincidence, the day they asked the family was the day after the funeral of Beatrice Ayer Patton , George Patton's widow. After that, the family was dead-set against the movie and refused to give any help to the filmmakers.
Due to a lack of help from the family, Francis Ford Coppola and Edmund H. North wrote the film from two biographies: Patton: Ordeal and Triumph by Ladislas Farago and A Soldier's Story by Omar Bradley. It was directed by Franklin J. Schaffner.
Scott's performance as Patton won him an Academy Award for Best Actor (which he famously refused, stating that the Oscars were "a meat parade"), and has been called "one of the great performances of all time".
The film won six additional Academy Awards, for Best Art Direction-Set Decoration, Best Director, Best Film Editing, Best PictureThe Academy Award for Best Picture is one of the awards given to people working in the motion picture industry by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences; the awards are voted on by other people within the industry. As is the customary practice in, Best SoundThis is a list of films that have received an Oscar for best sound. 1930s 1930 The Big House Douglas Shearer, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studio 1931 Paramount Publix Studio Sound Department 1932 Paramount Publix Studio Sound Department 1933 A Farewell to Arms Fr and Best Writing, Story and Screenplay Based on Factual Material or Material Not Previously Published or ProducedThe Academy Award for Writing Original Screenplay is the Academy Award for the best script not based upon previously published material. Before 1940 there was an Academy Award for Best Story for writing. For 1940 it and the award in this article were sepa. It was nominated for Best CinematographyThe Academy Award for Best Cinematography is awarded each year to a cinematographer for his or her work in one particular motion picture. 1920s 1928 Sunrise 1929 White Shadows in the South Seas 1930s 1930 With Byrd at the South Pole 1931 Tabu: A Story of, Best Effects, Special Visual EffectsThis is a list of films that have received an Oscar for best visual effects. 1960s 1963 Cleopatra 1964 Mary Poppins 1965 Thunderball 1966 Fantastic Voyage 1967 Doctor Dolittle 1968 2001: A Space Odyssey 1969 Marooned 1970s 1970 Tora! Tora! Tora 1971 Bedkn and Best Music, Original ScoreFrom "Rule Sixteen" of the "Special Rules for The Music Awards Original Score An original score is a substantial body of music in the form of dramatic underscoring written specifically for the film by the submitting composer. The years shown are the produ.
In 20032003 is a common year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar), and also: The International Year of Freshwater The European Disability Year Summary Perhaps the defining global event of the year 2003 was the Invasion of Iraq launched by the U the United States Library of CongressThe Library of Congress the unofficial national library of the United States, is one of the most important libraries in the world. Originally founded as a research library for the United States Congress April 24th 1800, its original collection were the bo deemed the film "culturally significant" and selected it for preservation in the National Film Registry.
