Patton [A Salute to a Rebel]

George C. Scott (starring)
Franklin J. Schaffner (director)
Ladislas Farago (biography)
Omar N. Bradley (memoir)
Francis Ford Coppola (screenwriter)
Karl Malden, Stephen Young (starring)

Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox, 1970. Vintage half sheet poster from the 1970 film, here under the working title "Patton: A Salute to a Rebel."

Based on the 1963 biography "Patton: Ordeal and Triumph" by Ladislas Farago, and the 1951 memoir "A Soldier's Story" by Omar Bradley.

An epic and irreverently stylized film biography, focusing on General George S. Patton's career as a tank commander in North Africa during World War II, and progressing through the invasion of Germany and the fall of the Third Reich.

Winner of seven Academy Awards, including Best Picture, Best Screenplay, and Best Director, along with three more nominations.

Selected for the National Film Registry in 2003

28 x 22 inches. Not folded. Very Good plus, with vertical crease and single small closed tear to left margin.

Ebert II.


[Book #119214]