Patton (1970)

[nwhyte]

Patton won the Oscar for Best Picture of 1970, and picked up another six - Best Actor was famously declined by George C. Scott as the title character, but its makers took home awards for Best Director (Franklin J. Schaffner), Best Original Screenplay (Francis Ford Coppola), Best Film Editing, Best Sound and Best Art Direction. It lost Best Original

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[lsanderson]

If you can, see M*A*S*H. I've not seen it since it came out, but it's a wonderful movie. And, unlike the TV series, it's shorter than the Korean war.

[nwhyte]

I remember MAD Magazine's utterly unfair comment: "M*A*S*H has now lasted twice as long as the real Korean war. But it is only half as boring."

[redfiona99]

If you do watch M*A*S*H I will be fascinated to hear what you think. It's so very much of it's time (in a way the book and the TV show also are, but in different ways). I really enjoyed it and so did Mum. She saw it in German with my Dad once and was told that "a nice well-brought up lady wouldn't laugh at that joke."

Airport is very much of the epic disaster movie era and remarkably good at doing what it does, despite it's reputation.

[kalimac]

I remember Patton consisting largely of tedious bureaucratic meetings in which generals sit around and discuss their battle plans. Is that inaccurate?

[nwhyte]

Yes, though there is some fighting in between.