Patton [VHS]

Patton [VHS]
by Franklin J. Schaffner

Patton [VHS]

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Actor: Carey Loftin, George C. Scott, Karl Malden, Michael Strong, Stephen Young
Director: Franklin J. Schaffner
Cinematographer: Fred J. Koenekamp
Producer: Frank Caffey
Producer: Frank McCarthy
Writer: Edmund H. North
Writer: Francis Ford Coppola
Writer: Ladislas Farago
Writer: Omar N. Bradley
Edition: VHS Tape
Audio: Arabic (Original Language); English (Original Language); French (Original Language); German (Original Language); Russian (Original Language)
Format: Color, NTSC
Running Time: 170 minutes
Release Date: 1992-12-07
Audience Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Publisher: 20th Century Fox
Studio: 20th Century Fox

VHS Movie Reviews of Patton [VHS]

Movie Review: Great value!
Summary: 5 Stars

Patton is a life-changing movie that was a great deal from Amazon, especially on Blu-Ray! I recommend Amazon for any Blu-Rays one might want to purchase.

Movie Review: STUNNING BLU-RAY!
Summary: 5 Stars

"Patton" was originally photographed in a 70mm process know as Dimension 150. The Blu-ray version of this title fully captures the clarity and color range of the 70mm release. This isn't just a good Blu-ray for a 1970's film -- it's a great Blu-ray that ranks as one of the best yet released. Fox produced a number of films in large screen formats that, if they received the kind of treatment that "Patton" has, would make outstanding Blu-ray releases. These would include: "The Sound of Music", "The Bible...In the Beginning", "Carousel", "The King and I", etc. If "Patton" is a film that you appreciate then do hesitate to up grade from DVD to Blu-ray on this one. The difference is day and night!

Movie Review: Phenomenal!
Summary: 5 Stars

This is one of the best WWII movies I have ever found. It is a must buy for sure!

Movie Review: The Ultimate American Warrior
Summary: 5 Stars

This is the role that George C. Scott was born to fill. He portrays Patton as a very complex general, born perhaps out of time. Some of the most haunting scenes are when Patton reflects on his role in the battles against our enemies during the Second World War. How his destiny and a sense of deja vu overcomes him as he hears muted battle trumpets coming from afar. He feels that he was here before, long before. A telling, sober tale of a great American hero, born of a time and for a great role in our nation's history.

Movie Review: It may not be a popular opinion, but it's mine...
Summary: 3 Stars

Some films, no matter how great they `were', just don't hold up over time. I'm sure that, at the time of its release, `Patton' was a stellar film. In fact, I know it was. The film won seven Academy Awards (although, I know of a recent Oscar winning film that wasn't stellar upon its release, so I guess the Oscar's are not the perfect judge of quality) and has been hailed as one of the best biographical war movies of all time.

I don't know, to me, it just felt `cheap'.

Despite a blisteringly good performance by George C. Scott (I really love this guy as an actor, for he can really do just about anything), the film falters for me in scope and construction. While the development of Patton himself is quite good, I found that everything going on around him felt cluttered, sloppy, confusing, rushed and, well, cheap.

And I totally understand the detractors that call this movie boring, for at nearly three hours it does ride at a slow pace for the most part.

While I am not a huge fan of war films to begin with, I am a very big fan of the biopic and an even bigger fan of the slow, brooding character study. Sadly, even my patience was tested in parts. Some films really stretched themselves and delivered something that was `ahead of its time'. `Patton' is the type of film that feels outdated by the time the decade was over. It feels like a poorly made `Television Movie' to me, and that is never good.

When you consider the types of war films that came out in the late 70's you have to wonder why this particular film wasn't...better.

Still, George C. Scott is a marvel here, and his performance does elevate the film in many areas. As much as I wanted to end my viewing early on many occasions, it was Scott who kept me glued to the television. `Patton' is far from a great film (as one friend once said to me, great movies are the ones that `hold up' over time) but it sports an astonishing performance and does carry with it some intriguing history. It is a film that is worth watching at least once. I understand good and well that entertainment and the enjoyment it brings is purely subjective, and our own personal situations, emotional crutches and whatnot all play a big part in what we find enjoyable, moving and shapes what we consider masterpieces. So, I totally understand why so many adore this film.

I hope that you can understand why I didn't.

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Summary of Patton [VHS]

One of the greatest screen biographies ever produced, this monumental film runs nearly three hours, won seven Academy Awards, and gave George C. Scott the greatest role of his career. It was released in 1970 when protest against the Vietnam War still raged at home and abroad, and many critics and moviegoers struggled to reconcile current events with the movie's glorification of Gen. George S. Patton as a crazy-brave genius of World War II.

How could a movie so huge in scope and so fascinated by its subject be considered an anti-war film? The simple truth is that it's not--Patton is less about World War II than about the rise and fall of a man whose life was literally defined by war, and who felt lost and lonely without the grand-scale pursuit of an enemy. George C. Scott embodies his role so fully, so convincingly, that we can't help but be drawn to and fascinated by Patton as a man who is simultaneously bound for hell and glory. The film's opening monologue alone is a masterful display of acting and character analysis, and everything that follows is sheer brilliance on the part of Scott and director Franklin J. Schaffner.

Filmed on an epic scale at literally dozens of European locations, Patton does not embrace war as a noble pursuit, nor does it deny the reality of war as a breeding ground for heroes. Through the awesome achievement of Scott's performance and the film's grand ambition, Patton shows all the complexities of a man who accepted his role in life and (like Scott) played it to the hilt. --Jeff Shannon

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