Rating: PG
Length: 170 minutes

Widescreen 2.20:1 Color (Anamorphic)

ENGLISH: Dolby Digital 5.1
ENGLISH: Dolby Digital Surround
FRENCH: Dolby Digital Mono
SPANISH: Dolby Digital Mono

English, Spanish

This movie covers the part that George S Patton (Scott) played in World War II as well as who he was as a person. It starts with his role in the battle in Africa and continues to the end of the war.

If it is possible to define Patton in one word, in my opinion that word would be he was an "anomaly". It would have been easy for anyone that either liked or disliked him to do a movie showing only those things that validated their opinion. The brilliance of this movie is that it didn't take sides; it showed him as he was and left the viewers to come to their own conclusions. To set the stage properly, this movie starts with him standing on a stage addressing his troops. The first two sentences in his speech was: "Now I want you to remember that 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." And as most people will agree, George C. Scott was the only person that could play Patton and he did it to perfection: he did, after all, win the 1970 Academy award for "The Best Actor in a Leading Role". This is a movie that didn’t glorify war and should be viewed by all students studying American history and specifically, World War II. In my humble opinion, this is the best World War II movie ever made.

Very "colorful" language and the movie is 170 minutes long (though it does capture your attention so decisively that time flies by quickly).

• All-New Introduction by Francis Ford Coppola
• All-New Audio Commentary by Francis Ford Coppola
• "History Through the Lens: Patton" - A Rebel Revisited Documentary
• "Patton's Ghost Corps" - All-New Documentary
• The Making of Patton Documentary
• Production Still Gallery Accompanied by Jerry Goldsmith's Complete Musical Score
• Behind-the-Scenes Still gallery Accompanied by Audio Essay on the Historical Patton
• Original Theatrical Trailer

If you're not going to buy it, you must rent it. Make sure you take the time to watch the documentaries on disc two. This is one of the few occasions that I would strongly recommend double-dipping; buying this edition even though you already own the original two-disc release.

Franklin J. Schaffner   [Papillon, Planet of the Apes (1968)]

John Barrie - Air Vice-Marshal Sir Arthur Coningham

David Bauer - Lt. Gen. Harry Buford

Lawrence Dobkin - Col. Gaston Bell

Albert Dumortier - Moroccan Minister

James Edwards - Sgt. William George Meeks

[The Manchurian Candidate (1962), Pork Chop Hill]

Bill Hickman - Gen. Patton's driver

Frank Latimore - Lt. Col. Henry Davenport

Carey Loftin - Gen. Bradley's driver

Karl Malden - Gen. Omar N. Bradley

Morgan Paull - Capt. Richard N. Jenson

[Blade Runner]

George C. Scott - Gen. George S. Patton Jr.

[Taps]

Michael Strong - Brig. Gen. Hobart Carver

Karl Michael Vogler - Field Marshal Erwin Rommel

[The Blue Max]

Stephen Young - Capt. Chester B. Hansen

Pat Zurica - 1st Lt. Alexander Stiller