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Patton (UK: Patton: Lust for Glory) is a 1970 epic
biographical film which tells the story of General George S. Patton's
commands during World War II. It stars George C. Scott, Karl Malden,
Michael Bates, and Karl Michael Vogler. It was directed by Franklin J.
Schaffner, and written by Francis Ford Coppola and Edmund H. North. It
won seven Academy Awards, including the Academy Award for Best
Picture.
The opening monologue, delivered by Scott with an enormous American
flag behind him, remains an iconic and often quoted image in film.
Despite the rise of the Vietnam protest movement and a decline in
interest in World War II movies, the film became a success and an
American classic.
In 2003 the United States Library of Congress deemed the film
"culturally significant" and selected it for preservation in the
National Film Registry.
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