Patton [dvd disc] / Twentieth Century Fox presents a Frank McCarthy-Franklin J. Schaffner production ; screen story and screenplay by Francis Ford Coppola and Edmund H. North ; produced by Frank McCarthy ; directed by Franklin J. Schaffner.
Anamorphic widescreen format (aspect ratio 2.35:1). "Based on the factual material from 'Patton: ordeal and triumph' by Ladislas Farago and 'A soldier's story' by Omar N. Bradley"--Container. Originally released as a motion picture in 1970. Special features include: audio essay on the life of George Patton, theatrical trailer. George C. Scott, Karl Malden, Michael Bates, Edward Binns, Lawrence Dobkin, John Doucette, James Edwards, Frank Latimore, Richard Muench, Morgan Paull, Siegfried Rauch, Paul Stevens, Michael Strong, Karl Michael Vogler, Stephen Young.
Summary:
Story of General Patton in World War II whose military brilliance was balanced by his inability to deal with the social and political aspects of war, causing him difficulties in his dealings with the War Department.
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