{"id":54608,"date":"2020-01-29T04:00:08","date_gmt":"2020-01-29T09:00:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/?p=54608"},"modified":"2021-11-26T19:42:56","modified_gmt":"2021-11-27T00:42:56","slug":"patton-based-on-a-true-story","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/2020\/01\/29\/patton-based-on-a-true-story\/","title":{"rendered":"<em>Patton<\/em> | Based on a True Story"},"content":{"rendered":"<p align=\"center\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"853\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/0kAZMZtPxZQ\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>The Cynical Historian<\/strong><br \/>\nPublished 30 Aug 2018<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s finally time to review <em>Patton<\/em>! I have a lot to say about it, as you can tell by the time stamp.  Way back when I started the Based on a True Story series, the second episode was a bit about what I considered to be the best ones &mdash; and this movie was at the top. I love this film, but for more reasons than most of you could know &mdash; so this is going to be a deep dive into the film and its subject matter. It&#8217;s ambiguous, narrowed in subject, and just a perfect examination of the man. As the <em>New Yorker<\/em> said during the movie&#8217;s release, &#8220;[<em>Patton<\/em>] appears to be deliberately planned as a Rorschach test.&#8221;<br \/>\n&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;<br \/>\nreferences:<br \/>\nBrian Sobel and George S. Patton IV, <em>The Fighting Pattons<\/em> (Westport:  Praeger Publishing, 1997).  <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/2u2WI57\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/amzn.to\/2u2WI57<\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>MacMillan Compendium, America at War<\/em> (New York:  Macmillan Library Reference, 1994), 726-727.  <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/2m6o4mx\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/amzn.to\/2m6o4mx<\/a><\/p>\n<p>John Keegan and Andrew Wheatcroft, <em>Who&#8217;s Who in Military History: from 1453 to the Present Day<\/em>, (London:  Routledge, 1996), 231-232.  <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/2KWv53M\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/amzn.to\/2KWv53M<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Paul Fussell, &#8220;Patton&#8221;, in <em>Past Imperfect:  History According to the Movies<\/em>, ed. Mark Carnes (New York:  Henry Holt and Company, 1996).  <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/2J5iGc7\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/amzn.to\/2J5iGc7<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Jonathan Vankin and John Whalen, <em>Based on a True Story:  Fact and Fantasy in 100 Favorite Movies<\/em>, (Chicago: A Cappella Books, 2005), 269-272.  <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/2m2sSZQ\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/amzn.to\/2m2sSZQ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Frank Sanello, <em>Reel v. Real:  How Hollywood Turns Fact into Fiction<\/em> (Lanham:  Taylor Trade Publishing, 2003), 177-181.  <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/2N072BB\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/amzn.to\/2N072BB<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/redirect?event=video_description&#038;v=0kAZMZtPxZQ&#038;redir_token=Hy6PWixyuxPhb8o7OUlYdlM4x3V8MTU4MDMzNjc1MUAxNTgwMjUwMzUx&#038;q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.historynet.com%2Fpatton-film-real-reel.htm\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.historynet.com\/patton-film&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/redirect?event=video_description&#038;v=0kAZMZtPxZQ&#038;redir_token=Hy6PWixyuxPhb8o7OUlYdlM4x3V8MTU4MDMzNjc1MUAxNTgwMjUwMzUx&#038;q=https%3A%2F%2Fdailyhistory.org%2FHow_accurate_is_the_movie_Patton%253F\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/dailyhistory.org\/How_accurate&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/redirect?event=video_description&#038;v=0kAZMZtPxZQ&#038;redir_token=Hy6PWixyuxPhb8o7OUlYdlM4x3V8MTU4MDMzNjc1MUAxNTgwMjUwMzUx&#038;q=http%3A%2F%2Fjbell2ja.umwblogs.org%2Fhistory-in-film-patton%2F\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/jbell2ja.umwblogs.org\/history-&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/redirect?event=video_description&#038;v=0kAZMZtPxZQ&#038;redir_token=Hy6PWixyuxPhb8o7OUlYdlM4x3V8MTU4MDMzNjc1MUAxNTgwMjUwMzUx&#038;q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.theguardian.com%2Ffilm%2F2008%2Fnov%2F27%2Fpatton-history-secondworldwar-general\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/film\/2008&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.moviemistakes.com\/film960\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.moviemistakes.com\/film960<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Special thanks to my mom, dad, and uncle for making sure this was accurate and providing media for the end bit, especially my father (Mark Hall-Patton), who proofread the script as well.<br \/>\n&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;<br \/>\nSupport the channel through Patreon:<br \/>\n <a href=\"https:\/\/www.patreon.com\/CynicalHistorian\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.patreon.com\/CynicalHistorian<\/a><br \/>\nor pick up some merchandise at SpreadShirt:<br \/>\n <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/redirect?event=video_description&#038;v=0kAZMZtPxZQ&#038;redir_token=Hy6PWixyuxPhb8o7OUlYdlM4x3V8MTU4MDMzNjc1MUAxNTgwMjUwMzUx&#038;q=https%3A%2F%2Fshop.spreadshirt.com%2Fcynicalhistorian\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/shop.spreadshirt.com\/cynicalh&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<p>LET&#8217;S CONNECT:<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/discord.gg\/Ukthk4U\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/discord.gg\/Ukthk4U<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Cynical_History\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/twitter.com\/Cynical_History<\/a><br \/>\n&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;<br \/>\nWiki:<br \/>\n<em>Patton<\/em> is a 1970 American epic biographical DeLuxe Color war film about U.S. General George S. Patton during World War II. It stars George C. Scott, Karl Malden, Michael Bates and Karl Michael Vogler. It was directed by Franklin J. Schaffner from a script by Francis Ford Coppola and Edmund H. North, who based their screenplay on the biography <em>Patton: Ordeal and Triumph<\/em> by Ladislas Farago and Omar Bradley&#8217;s memoir <em>A Soldier&#8217;s Story<\/em>. The film was shot in 65 mm Dimension 150 by cinematographer Fred J. Koenekamp and has a music score by Jerry Goldsmith.<\/p>\n<p><em>Patton<\/em> won seven Academy Awards, including Best Picture, Best Director and Best Original Screenplay. Scott won Best Actor for his portrayal of General Patton, but declined to accept the award. The opening monologue, delivered by George C. Scott as General Patton with an enormous American flag behind him, remains an iconic and often quoted image in film. The film was successful, and in 2003, <em>Patton<\/em> was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being &#8220;culturally, historically or aesthetically significant&#8221;. The Academy Film Archive preserved <em>Patton<\/em> in 2003.<br \/>\n&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;<br \/>\n#History #Patton #Review #Accuracy #GeneralPatton<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Screenshot_2020-01-29-Patton-Based-on-a-True-Story.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Screenshot_2020-01-29-Patton-Based-on-a-True-Story-480x270.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"270\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-54610\" srcset=\"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Screenshot_2020-01-29-Patton-Based-on-a-True-Story-480x270.png 480w, https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Screenshot_2020-01-29-Patton-Based-on-a-True-Story-853x480.png 853w, https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Screenshot_2020-01-29-Patton-Based-on-a-True-Story-150x84.png 150w, https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Screenshot_2020-01-29-Patton-Based-on-a-True-Story-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Screenshot_2020-01-29-Patton-Based-on-a-True-Story.png 930w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Cynical Historian Published 30 Aug 2018 It&#8217;s finally time to review Patton! I have a lot to say about it, as you can tell by the time stamp. Way back when I started the Based on a True Story series, the second episode was a bit about what I considered to be the best [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":35193,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,28,5,13,230],"tags":[1391,572,122,1245,1222,1449,1216],"class_list":["post-54608","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-history","category-media","category-military","category-usa","category-ww2","tag-biography","tag-leadership","tag-movies","tag-normandy","tag-northafrica","tag-patton","tag-sicily"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/favicon.png","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2hpV6-ecM","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54608","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=54608"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54608\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":54611,"href":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54608\/revisions\/54611"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/35193"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=54608"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=54608"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=54608"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}