Patton (Two-Disc Collector's Edition)
by Franklin J. Schaffner
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Actor: Carey Loftin, George C. Scott, Karl Malden, Michael Strong, Stephen YoungDirector: Franklin J. Schaffner
Brand: SCOTT,GEORGE C.
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
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: Arabic (Original Language); English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.1; French (Original Language), Dolby Digital 1.0; German (Original Language); Russian (Original Language); English (Subtitled); Spanish (Subtitled)
Format: Color, DVD, NTSC, Special Edition
Picture Format: 2.35:1
Running Time: 172 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2006-05-23
Audience Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Studio: 20th Century Fox
DVD Reviews of Patton (Two-Disc Collector's Edition)
DVD 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. DVD 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.
DVD Review: Patton on blu-ray is a definitive home version
Summary: 5 Stars
There are a plethora of reviews of the movie, but my review is mostly a comparison of the BD vs DVD version. I won't discuss its merits as movie.
I saw Patton as a child in a theatrical release. But since, I've seen it also on VHS tape, 2 DVD versions and finally BD, as different releases were made.
This movie is stellar in BD. It is closer to what I recall as a child in terms of detail available on a large CinemaScope style screen. The sound does not have 5.1 imaging, but its clear and crisp, with dynamic range to make the explosions boom into your living room, while still hearing the dialog among the characters. You'll hear more instruments in the musical soundtrack that are muffled by the lower resolution DVD and VHS sound tracks.
The quality of the transfer is so good, it compares favorably against the just released Star Trek 2009. Patton looks like it was filmed just yesterday.
Having seen several versions it was amazing to see details I've never seen before.
In the opening address of the troops against the American flag, you can see Patton sweat big beads under his neck as his speech progresses. The weave pattern on unit insignias are detailed on uniforms, the amputated limbs among dead soldiers in the opening post battle scene after Kasserin are more ghastly, appreciate the texture of desert sand and its transitions to land as it becomes mixed with gravel, appreciate different types of plants and cacti on the grounds, see a supposed "dead" body flinch as scorpions crawl on his skin, or read the details on prop newspapers read by Montgomery about Patton in Palermo.
In the scene were Patton meets his his new aide after Jensen is killed, you can make out the building's all wood interiors, including lacquer on doors, 1940 era electric light switches with external wiring snaking on the walls, see the notes on the sheet music during the wine-dine session as Patton plans the attack on Sicily, appreciate different clothing materials on all the characters such as woven cotton belts, leather in holsters, cotton ammo cases and bandoleers, to the rust on the toilet seat bowls in the lavatory as Monty plans his Sicily trust.
Its more anachronistic to see 1960s era tanks substitute for 1940 era models, if you know the WWII period technology well. The jeeps used are the larger 1950s version versus the smaller, and lithe 1940s jeep. The vehicle paint strokes and uneven metal forging are so real I felt I was at the Aberdeen tank museum in Maryland, than seeing a movie. In the scene where a US column is blocked by a cart pulled by stubborn mules, you can easily make out paint over rust in the vehicle Patton is on just before shooting the mules.
The movie also comes with a second BD extras disk but it is not in high resolution, and contains much the same material as the extras disk in the 2 disk DVD edition.
DVD Review: Excellent packing, shipping time and quality of AV for DVD
Summary: 5 Stars
I was very satisfied with the 2-DVD set: the mailing time was great and the quality of the audio and visual excellent. It was a purchase for a friend and the friend is totally satisfied. I only "test drove" the DVD to make certain it was playable and I am satisfied.DVD Review: Excellent HD transfer!!
Summary: 5 Stars
Excellent Blu-Ray transfer and second disk has great material! The movie is even better now! All at a fabulous price! Maybe best video deal EVER!!! Grab one now!!
Description of Patton (Two-Disc Collector's Edition)
A critically acclaimed film that won a total of eight 1970 Academy Awards (Including Best Picture), Patton is a riveting portrait of one of the 20th century's greatest military geniuses. One of it's Oscars went to George Patton, the only Allied general truly feared by the Nazis. Charismatic and Flamboyant, Patton designed his own uniforms, sported ivory-handled six-shooters, and believed he was a warrior in past lives. He outmanuevered Rommel in Africa, and after D-Day led his troops in an unstoppable campaign across Europe. But he was rebellious as well insight and poignancy, his own volatile personailty was one enemy he could never defeat.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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