"Long Before the War Ended, Patton Was a Legend. Spectacular, Swaggerinc , Pistol Packing, Deeply Religious and Violently Profane

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No BASTARD EVER WON A WAR BY DYING FOR HIS COUNTRY. HE WON IT BY MAKING THE OTHER POOR DUMB BASTARD DIE FOR HIS COUNTRY..." GENERAL GEORGE S, RATION, JR.

FROM A NEW YORK TIMES EDITORIAL, DEC. 22, 1945: "LONG BEFORE THE WAR ENDED, PATTON WAS A LEGEND. SPECTACULAR, SWAGGERINC , PISTOL PACKING, DEEPLY RELIGIOUS AND VIOLENTLY PROFANE... EASILY MOVED TO ANGER... EASILY MOVED TO TEARS... HE WAS A STRANGE COMBINATION OF FIRE AND ICE."

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1970

The Forty-Third Academy Awards® presentation, for films released in 1970, was held on April 15, 1971 in the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion of the Los Angeles County Music Center. It was produced for the Academy by Robert Wise. It was produced and directed for NBC by Richard Dunlap. Awards were presented by thirty-four "Friends of Oscar®" including: Burt Bacharach, Harry Belafonte, Richard Benjamin, Joan Blondell, Jim Brown, Genevieve Bujold, Glen Campbell, Petula Clark, Angie Dickinson, Melvyn Douglas, Lola Falana, Janet Gaynor, Goldie Hawn, Bob Hope, John Huston, James Earl Jones, Shirley Jones, Sally Kellerman, Burt Lancaster, Steve McQueen, John Marley, Walter Matthau, Sarah Miles, Ricardo Montalban, Jeanne Moreau, Merle Oberon, Ryan O'Neal, Gregory Peck, Paula Prentiss, Juliet Prowse, Eva Marie Saint, George Segal, Maggie Smith and Gig Young. Ingmar Bergman received the Thalberg Award, Frank Sinatra the Hersholt Humanitarian Award and Honorary Oscars went to Orson Welles and Lillian Gish. Tonight 's Trogram Pre-Show: Footage from the 43rd Academy Awards Telecast. Curtain Music: "For All We Know" from LOVERS AND OTHER STRANGERS. Oscar® for Best Song 1970, music by Fred Karlin and lyrics by Robb Royer and James Griffin. Coining Attraction: THE FRENCH CONNECTION (20th Century-Fox - 1971). Selected Short Subject: Is IT ALWAYS RIGHT TO BE RIGHT? (Stephen Bosustow Prods./Schoenfeld Films) Oscar® for Cartoon Short Subject 1970. Neil Armstrong PSA (1970).

And the nominees for Best Picture of 1970 were... AIRPORT (Hunter/Universal), FIVE EASY PIECES (BBS Productions/Columbia), LOVE STORY (Paramount), M*A*S*H (Aspen/20th Century-Fox), PATTON (20th Century-Fox) ...and the Oscar went to... PATTON (20th Century-Fox) - New York Premiere at the Criterion on February 4, 1970. Los Angeles Premiere at the Pantages on February 18, 1970. Produced by Frank McCarthy. Directed by Franklin J. Schaffner (Oscar Winner). Screen Story and Screenplay by Francis Ford Coppola and Edmund H. North (Oscar Winners for Story and Screenplay based on factual material or material not previously published or produced). Based on the books Pattern: Ordeal and Triumph by Ladislas Farago and A Soldier's Story by Omar N. Bradley. Cinematography by Fred Koenekamp (Nominated for Cinematography). Film Editing by Hugh S. Fowler (Oscar Winner). Art Direction by Urie McCleary and Gil Parrondo; Set Decoration by Antonio Mateos and Pierre-Louis Thevenet (Oscar Winners for Art Direction). Music Composed by Jerry Goldsmith (Nominated for Original Score). Sound by Douglas Williams and Don Bassman (Oscar Winners). Makeup by Daniel C. Striepeke and Del Acevedo. Mechanical Effects by Alex Weldon (Nominated for Special Visual Effects). Stunt Coordination by Joe Canutt. Senior Military Advisor: Omar N. Bradley. Cast: George C. Scott (Oscar Winner for the role of General George S. Patton, Jr.), Karl Maiden (General Omar N. Bradley), Stephen Young (Captain Chester B. Hansen), Michael Strong (Brig. General Hobart Carver), Gary Loftin (General Bradley's Driver), Albert Dumortier (Moroccan Minister), Frank Latimore (Lt. Col. Henry Davenport), Morgan Paull (Captain Richard N. Jenson), Karl Michael Vogler (Field Marshall Erwin Rommel), Bill Hickman (General Patton's Driver), Patrick J. Zurica (1st Lt. Alexander Stiller), James Edwards (Sgt. William George Meeks), Lawrence Dobkin (Col. Gaston Bell), David Bauer (Lt. Gen. Harry Buford), John Barrie (Air Vice-Marshal Sir Arthur Coningham), Richard Munch (Col. Gen. Alfred Jodl), Siegfried Rauch (Capt. Oskar Steiger), Michael Bates (Field Marshal Sir Bernard Law Montgomery), Paul Stevens (Lt. Col. Charles R. Codman), Gerald Flood (Air Chief Marshal Sir Arthur Tedder), Jack Gwillim (Gen. Sir Harold Alexander), Edward Binns (Maj. Gen. Walter Bedell Smith), Peter Barkworth (Col. John Welkin), Lionel Murton (Third Army Chaplain), David Healy (Clergyman), Sandy Kevin (Correspondent), Douglas Wilmer (Maj. Gen. Francis de Guingand), John Doucette (Maj. Gen. Lucian K. Truscott), Tim Considine (Soldier Who Gets Slapped), Abraxas Aaran (Willy), Clint Ritchie (Tank Captain), Alan MacNaughtan (British Briefing Officer), Brandon Brady (Lt. Young), Hellmut Lange (Maj. Dorian von Haarenwege), Harry Morgan (Senator).

Oscar Fact: Producer Frank McCarthy, a retired brigadier general who had been an aide to General George C. Marshall during World War II, had tried to produce a film of the Patton story for almost twenty years. Rod Steiger, Lee Marvin, John Wayne, Robert Mitchum and Burt Lancaster turned down the lead role and John Huston, Henry Hathaway and Fred Zinnemann all passed on directing. William Wyler was originally set to direct George C. Scott, but they could not agree on the script and Wyler left the project to do another film. With Franklin J. Schaffner fresh from his success with Fox's PLANET OF THE APES, production began on Feb. 3, 1 969, shooting primarily on location in Spain, with additional scenes shot in Morocco, Italy, Greece, Crete, England and on the soundstages of Hollywood. Nearly half the $ 1 2 million dollar budget was spent on soldiers and equipment from the Spanish Army for the battle scenes. Scott fought to make Patton sympathetic and the opening speech, a composite of several speeches Patton made over the years, was shot last with Scott believing it would end the film. After watching the film twice, President Nixon reportedly felt vindicated in his decision, and gave the order to invade Cambodia. Scott, who had announced upon his nomination that he would refuse an Oscar because he felt competition among actors was "demeaning," remained true to his word upon winning. Producer McCarthy accepted the award, but returned it to the Academy the next day.

This 70mm print of PATTON is the result of a 2001 restoration conducted by 20th Century Fox and the Academy Film Archive. Original Poster Art from the Margaret Herrick Library reproduced courtesy of 20th Century Fox. Is IT ALWAYS RIGHT TO BE RIGHT? courtesy of Stephen Bosustow Prods. Academy Awards footage from the Academy Film Archive. THE FRENCH CONNECTION trailer courtesy of 20th Century Fox.

Program produced for the Academy by Randy Haberkamp.