Patton (1970)
Directed by Franklin J. Schaffner
"Patton" tells the tale of General George S. Patton, famous tank commander of World War II. The film begins with Patton's career in North Africa and progresses through the invasion of Germany and the fall of the Third Reich. Side plots also speak of Patton's numerous faults such his temper and habit towards insubordination.
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The Platoon parallels are the most obvious, right down to the final shot, while an early scene depicting a recent battlefield was reminiscent of everything from Patton to The Big Red One.
In a way, Fury and 1970's Patton could be considered companion pieces.
Most militaries are moving away from using human pilots and into drones, so it’s not a coincidence that when Maverick begins his first lesson, he stands in front of an American flag as inspirationally as George C. Scott did to win his Oscar in “Patton.”
At the risk of hyperbole, I'll say that Simmons' intensity, his raging command and sheer fearsomeness reminds me of nothing less than George C. Scott in Patton.
Hardy embodies this bruiser, with his bald, beaming head and handlebar moustache, as a pure performance artist — frequently shown addressing an audience from the stage of his own mind (not unlike George C. Scott in Patton).
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Holding all this commotion together, Jackson screams, sneers, and speechifies his way through a performance that's somehow equal parts George C. Scott in Patton and Robin Williams in Dead Poets Society.
To wax Aardmanesque for a second, if she’d played Eisenhower or Bradley in “Patton,” George C. Scott would not have been the whole show.
Enter Blake (Alec Baldwin), a suit from uptown who's sent into the trenches to give a Patton-like pep talk.
We got a particular kick out of George C. Scott’s rich portrayal of Patton (1970), the general my father had served under in World War II.