Patton (1970):

[@johndates9827]

"May God have mercy on my enemies; because I won't." - G. Patton

[@SanDeezyBreezy61986]

I wouldn't be surprised if he borrowed this quote from Union General Joseph Hooker, who said, "May God have mercy on General Lee, for I will have none." Patton was definitely a much more successful general than Hooker, however.

[@maxhalsted5381]

We need another General Patton to lead America's Army. Along with another Admiral Bull Hasley to lead the Navy once more and finally there needs to be another Curtis Bombs Away Lemay in the Air Force

[@mortykatz2236]

The way it should be

[@EddieA907]

Amen.

[@bluerisk]

@@maxhalsted5381 Patton was a reckless glory hunter. Eisenhower or Nimitz were the ones who won the war, not these glory hunters.

[@jayzrat]

Whether you’re a hawk or a dove, you would have to admit that this man was fascinating. His belief in reincarnation defined who he was in life, a warrior through the centuries.

[@LordZontar]

Sometimes a general, sometimes nothing more than a lowly trooper-of-foot, churl or psiloi. But always a warrior through multiple lives, regardless of rank or position.

[@TransRoofKorean]

Everyone should know enough Nietzsche to get this far.

[@iffracem]

Yeah, like most people who think they're re-incarnated from earlier heroic people and actions. He was delusional and self absorbed. His belief in his reincarnation shows that.

[@TransRoofKorean]

@@iffracem because it's only insane people who've ever believed in reincarnation

[@NeoNyder]

@@iffracem Yet he lives on, while you already forgotten despite the benefit of life.

[@chrismoses722]

George C. Scott’s performance in this film is easily in the top five greatest performances in the history of film. Absolutely brilliant and powerful.

[@jamesanthony5681]

Easily? Scott was good, but that takes in a lot over 90+ years, with performances by Welles, Brando, and Deniro to quickly name 3.

[@darklordojeda]

@@jamesanthony5681 Why are the others so easily and quickly named in your mind? Arguing the greatest of all time is really a waste of time. Everybody has their opinions and reasons for their opinions.

[@jamesanthony5681]

@@darklordojeda I named the others because they so quickly came to mind and they were in some of the greatest movies of all time. You make a good point.

[@mortykatz2236]

So true a great actor for an even greater role.

[@mortykatz2236]

@@jamesanthony5681 in this movie scott was better then them all

[@HotaruZoku]

That score. Those echoicing trumpets.

[@bloodymary12100]

It is the perfect sound for this scene.

[@jaycharles3121]

Spooky scene w that music.

[@jamesd2128]

The distant sound of the call to arms, brilliant part of Patton's musical score.

[@johnwayne7843]

reminds me of some house of cards moments?!

[@w9gb]

Jerry Goldsmith’s “Triplets”. AFI has this film score in its Top 25.

[@russellbrown7028]

Omar Bradley (Karl Malden) is thinking, "This guy is nuts, but we need him." Great acting by two masters of the art.

[@bclaverenz1]

When the Germans attacked on 17 December 1944 and Bradley completely misunderstood the German’s intentions Eisenhower KNEW right there and then with Patton correctly anticipating the Attack... That MARSHAL was correct in keeping Patton in command of 3rd Army

[@russellbrown7028]

@@bclaverenz1 One of Patton's great strengths as a commander was that he did not underestimate his opponents. Rather, he started with the assumption that they were potentially as aggressive and innovative as he was. Presumably if Patton had been on the other side and in the same predicament as the Germans, a surprise attack on a quiet sector in mid-winter is exactly what he would have promoted.

[@russellbrown7028]

@Anne Asgard George C Scott's portrayal of Patton was excellent, though not quite complete. The real guy would have been a lot more scary, and you get a hint of this in his old newsreels. I'm inclined to believe that Patton was not bluffing when he went to pull a heater on the shell-shocked GI(s) in Sicily.

[@robbenmitchell7949]

The nut cases are usually the brightest ones.

[@russellbrown7028]

Patton certainly knew how to handle the fancy shooting irons that he toted. During the 1916 Punitive Expedition into Northern Mexico, he once went out sightseeing in his spare time with a small detachment, and personally gunned down a Villista suspect he discovered holed up at remote ranch. Two other Mexicans were in the engagement. Could just as easily resulted in a different outcome had there been 30 Villistas at the ranch instead of 3, in which case it may have taken us longer to defeat the nazis three decades later. @@robbenmitchell7949

[@bapi6643]

Some 40 plus years ago friends of ours took their two sons, aged 12 and 6 to Fort Ticonderoga in NY to visit the historic site. As they got out of the car the younger son looked around and said “I died here once”. They got back in the car and drove home.

[@sw5114]

That’s an unexplainable phenomenon. Fascinating.

[@DankHillCometh]

You can only die there once😮

[@giovannidibravato5576]

that is so awesome - thanks for sharing!

[@davidbell1619]

Part of the 43d Highlanders.

[@tonybaloney8401]

​@@sw5114it's called the mind of a child, or a lie, hardly unexplainable

[@digitaldexmaster]

I had a dream once. The sort of dream that comes but once in a man's life, the kind of dream that you cling to and revisit constantly, almost as an expression of faith. I was a Roman legionnaire. Not a Legatus, not a Centurion, but a lowly footsoldier, and we were ambushed by savage men in a heavily wooded area. I know now that it was the battle of Teutoberg Forest, where I met my end at the hands of Germanic tribesmen. I know there is no way to either prove nor disprove this belief, but I feel as if that dream was a window through which I saw the last moments of my previous life, and have continued to hold on to it since.

[@scottfoster3548]

Similarly, I have dreams of encountering what I think are barbarian camps where they are discussing an upcoming siege upon what I used to think as Rome. BUT I have had subsequent dreams where I am close to the walls and they are whitish with a strip exactly like the Constantinople Theodosian walls. WELL each time I am able to offer the tribes some sort of assistance BUT always it fails and there is horrific site where the effort is lost AND a sense of doom and we have to run away. WEIRD that in the dream I know I am dreaming and want to make it last or do something to make sure that the siege works. I REALLY don't know what the intensions are either why do the barbarian tribes want in. THOUGH at the same time dreaming is important AND i can say wake up slowly, don't move and put yourself back there where the dream was for a good memorialization.

[@Markbeb3]

Your nut’s dreams are from Satan

[@m.j.9318]

Hey @Chris A , I want to tell you about my dream that i had only once, and it was horrifying realistic, and suprisingly close to yours. I was also in a roman Legion and i remember being a centurion or maybe a bit higher ranked.. We were also in a heavily woodded area, but we were besieging a wooden fortress ( very close to the wooden fortresses the britons had in brittania) hold by barbarians, but im not sure, it could have been also in gallia or germania. Well, i was there when the romans made an assault on the fortress, andd the fight was very hard. We won, but after the victory i saw sooooo many dead romans lying before the walls, it was a massive phyrric victory. Then i also remember this sense of doom and dread, like my commentator before described it. It was almost nightmarish. The armors.... the mens faces.. the natural looking dark colors....it was so realistic and touchable, i had never a dream like it anymore... I must say i never watched the series "Barbarians" on netflix, and i can confirm that it cant come from the game "rome Total war" because i only played the first RomeTW, and it looks very different than reality. The thing i remember most from the dream was the feeling of sadness from this costly.. so costly assault

[@digitaldexmaster]

@@m.j.9318 bruh. That gave me chills. Wow

[@mdcclxxxi8509]

I had a dream acouple days ago where I was a Berdans Sharpshooter in the American Civil War and we had a small encampment and we were all sitting around the fire and eating and then I could see something moving in the tree line then a group of Confederates opened fire on us from the left and then I shot one with my Sharps rifle and then one came and stabbed me while I wasn’t looking and I just remember seeing my life fade away.

[@TSimo113]

The decision to have only Patton speaking at the battle site was a brilliant choice.

[@TellenJones]

Patton's spirit probably walked in Scott, if you know what I mean.

[@Sparky5]

Patton returns every 2000 years when the world cries out for war.

[@dante666jt]

Y

[@leonandrews7180]

So he’ll come back in the year 3900 AD to fight the space aliens?

[@MrKen-wy5dk]

We need him and and General MacArthur now to deal with Iran. "There's no substitute for victory".

[@stevenm3823]

@@MrKen-wy5dk Patton and MacArthur hated each other

[@frankiejames9971]

He’s here as Trump now

[@ronniebishop2496]

That’s one of the absolute greatest poems I’ve ever read. I was shocked that Patton wrote it. But always me. Wow

[@UTJK.]

I read it too... He was a fine poet. Maybe he had time to master poetry in the many lives he lived... ;-)

[@CLASSICALFAN100]

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Through_a_Glass,_Darkly_(poem)

[@Byzantine41]

Two years ago I flew from U.S. and visited the Roman ruins in Carthage in Tunis, Tunisia & sat for awhile outside in the Roman amphitheatre. Visited the Bardo Museum taking in the largest Roman fresco collection outside of Italy. I can feel a sense of what Patton sort of felt like. Great experience I will never forget.

[@jaycharles3121]

I toured Custers last stand, Montana. Felt very eerie as well. that was 40 y ago but I still remember it easy. Battlefields are something we dont forget.

[@jamescalifornia2964]

@@jaycharles3121 😞 Today there is a _Starbucks_ there ..

[@bloodymary12100]

I remember touring Gettysburg 11 years ago.The experience and the feeling of standing on that ground is unforgettable.

[@hengineer]

Same. Visited Vicksburg and Gettysburg. Its just something about it that you never forget.

[@patpearce8221]

Roman Carthage built in different place from Carthage they conquered.

[@71superbee39]

"A good plan violently executed today is better than a perfect one next week."..Gen. George S. Patton

[@worldcomicsreview354]

No plan survives contact with the enemy anyway

[@virgilio6349]

The Germans heavily respected Patton for his ability to make audacious manuevers they couldn't predict.

[@Vvitm]

virgilio moncada Yes. Good point. And Trump also makes "audacious maneuvers" that no one can predict! 🙂

[@hankkingsley2976]

"L'audace, l'audace, toujours l'audace."

[@laurencelance586]

They also feared him more than any other general...and for VERY good reason.

[@lynnmbascom3583]

@@hankkingsley2976 YES!

[@duncanharrell5009]

What’s that book called?

[@brianfergus839]

This scene really captured my imagination when I saw this in the theater as a little kid. I love those creepy echoing trumpets.

[@williamheyman5439]

Thank you very much for this. I was in the US Army from private to colonel, and seen many of the places, and read some of the books, and thought the movie was absolutely understanding of a certain "military mind." The writing took some actual quotes and I do not believe over-embellished anything. Gen. Bradley was then alive and a "consultant" so his contribution is in the forefront of things, be that as it may. There is no question that Gen. Patton, trained in military history at West Point, and also field trained in "reading terrain," (as I was as a battalion commander in Germany) would recognize old battlefields. Some military history and some geography and anyone can look at the Fulda Gap and know what they are looking at. So this scene makes perfect sense. An old battleground. Picture the enemy over there. We are here. I have been on old battlefields, had the same sense of the past. But I am not so eloquent. So everyone who contributed to this deserves a lot of credit for getting the mood just as it probably was.

[@keiththompson7392]

Thank you for your service.

[@davecrupel2817]

You went from one chevron all the way to a full bird?!?! Holy jumping fvcking sh¡tballs!!!!! That cant have happened much in the history of the military!

[@williamheyman5439]

@@davecrupel2817 It was the late 1950's, and even more into the 1960s that the realization hit that America had a lot of people not represented, especially in officer ranks. For example it was well known that a black joining the navy would be a steward. I was at Boston University, when my parents died and relatives practically forced me into the military. A quick assessment showed that only the army (and I could detail this ) would be open to an enlisted man (no women yet) going up through the ranks. And they wanted that. Maybe in the USAF, if you were a pilot, and the navy was the absolute opposite, with only Harvard grads, unless you were politically connected like a Johnson (politically twanged as a LtCdr) or a Kennedy. Anyway my class mate John Shalikashvilli, went all the way to four-star and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, so a lot in my OCS class went from private to colonel. It was unusual, but maybe a hundred did that.

[@halbos7637]

Outstanding Sir, Outstanding !

[@christennant8690]

This speech never fails to give me shivers every time I see it. Brilliant.

[@trinihammer]

yeah, i totally agree

[@kotabear151]

Through the travail of the ages, Midst the pomp and toil of war, I have fought and strove and perished Countless times upon this star. So as through a glass, and darkly The age long strife I see Where I fought in many guises, Many names, but always me. -George S Patton

[@trinihammer]

absolutely wonderful

[@CLASSICALFAN100]

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Through_a_Glass,_Darkly_(poem)

[@gangasinghrathore4709]

He also famously said we defeated the wrong enemy he was referring to Communists

[@Vvitm]

Turned out that the Russians themselves defeated the Russian Communists. Now we have socialists (communists) trying to take over the US. Maybe Patton finally got his wish. Maybe he took birth as Donald J. Trump in order to finally be able to battle the communists!

[@gangasinghrathore4709]

The Vedic Version in the Movies completely agree with every single word of yours Socialists are trying to terrorise in Europe also and much of west i love trump and the great Right Wing movement which bis going on in European Politics May God Bless President Trump and his fellow Conservatives and also the Right wing Political Parties of Europe and West

[@jclm4188]

GANGA SINGH Rathore isnt the the general view is he was assassinated for that very belief, by the nwo , post war types??

[@stevenm3823]

LOL!!! If Patton was reincarnated as Trump he would have had no problem going to fight communism in Vietnam...but the real Trump is a spineless coward who hid behind a fake "bone spurs" excuse to get out of the draft...and he "falls in love" with communist dictators like Kim Jung Un, happily salutes communist North Korean Generals, and is in the back pocket of former KGB Chief Putin.@@Vvitm

[@c3aloha]

He said you can’t trust Russians because they are not Europeans they are Asiatics and therefore deceitful.

[@davidm2688]

Patton was crazy as hell, but if we had him today, I guarantee this: Our enemies would be truly finished.

[@jasonpalacios2705]

David M Also he would have made the SJW turds change their ways and made them adults.

[@johnthacker5246]

I have read that because Patton was kicked in the head twice by horses, the head traumas changed his personality.

[@geezerdombroadcast]

Bullshit. The whole point is to show that men never learn. Their greed, malice, tribalism, wanton ignorance and stupidity assures the enemy never goes away. It's inside. "The world is but a stage, and we are the players." William Shakespeare

[@Vvitm]

"...if we had him today..." Maybe we do: How about "President Trump?"

[@mikecubes1642]

the deep state would kill him today just like they did back then

[@LP-ow3kd]

I will never forget this scene. Saw it as a kid. I knew exactly what he meant how he felt. I then joined the Army upon adulthood.

[@Vvitm]

What he meant was simple: That he remembered being a warrior on a battlefield in a different body.

[@LP-ow3kd]

I should say I had an experience like Patton did in this clip. I thought I was the only one till I watched this.

[@wilmerbesitan1200]

@@Vvitm didn’t he also say that he was a macedonian soldier and a Napoleon French soldier?

[@Vvitm]

@@wilmerbesitan1200 We've all had many previous lives, but most of us can't remember any of them.

[@amerigovespucci3956]

Was he a Carthage or a Roman ? When he said " I was here "

[@rossjones5741]

When the movie Patton came out in 1970, I was only 7 at the time. My grandfather was with me watching the start of the movie which was the kassirine pass scene. It was a massacre for the U.S.Army. He told me he fought in that battle, he also received a bronze star for it but no one knew about it until he passed away in 83'. My dad asked the Government about it-the said he was in the ONE unit that was doing right when everyone else was screwing up. A tear was in his eye-that and Pearl Harbor. That was something about him I'll never forget, RIP grandfather.

[@lawrencebittke8478]

Ross Jones My Respects and Gratitude for your Grandfather’s Service to our Country. My Father served in a B17 Bomber Command for the US Eighth Army Air Force.

[@rossjones5741]

@@lawrencebittke8478 Thank you for that, however, when I served from 82' to 86' in the Army, we both served in the Calavry as scouts! Small world huh. Of course he served from 36' to 44'. He served in war, whereas I was serving during peace(mostly).

[@laurencelance586]

God bless your grandfather! My uncle was at the Battle of Metz.

[@rossjones5741]

@@laurencelance586 Thank you sir, and the same for your uncle. They are and always be the greatest generation.

[@matthewbratton3825]

George C.Scott was a better Patton than the original. Look up original Patton voice and stature

[@doogalloonni]

One of, if not the most memorable scene in this movie. It tells so much about his life, and ours if we listen... RIP Sir!

[@Carolinacaveman]

I think of Patton and Rommel could have survived the war and met in person they would have been fast friends. They respected each other.

[@michaelbonet3783]

Manfred Rommel was the son of Erwin Rommel, He met and became friends with George Patton IV and David Montgomery, the sons of his father's two principal military adversaries.

[@smithy8356]

I R E A D Y O U R B O O K

[@cisium1184]

@@smithy8356 YOU MAGNIFICENT BASTARD

[@nickrobl]

I kind of agree, there are few other people you can relate to then your greatest adversary, especially at that level of responsibility and stakes. Seven-ish years after Zama (the battle Patton is talking about) Hannibal met with Scipio Africanus, and while the two didn't become friends (I imagine due to a mix of Hannibal's oath and Carthage's punushment) they seemed at least able to carry on a conversation and expressed a level of mutual respect.

[@James-bv4nu]

Helen Patton and Catherine Rommel Met In Nierstein in March of 2017. Grand-daughters.

[@ikaikamaleko8370]

Watched this one weekend as a little kid all by myself, the music and the whole effect....it stayed with me all these years.

[@Coldwarrior7781]

Me too but I'm trying to imagine any young person sitting through it now.

[@headshotsongs9465]

Those who cannot remember history, are doomed to repeat it. Patton knew this.

[@KageMinowara]

It is the doom of men that they forget.

[@agoguy1]

History does not repeat itself, but it sometimes rhymes.

[@SandyCheeks63564]

Seems like he remembered And repeated it

[@Fgway]

Forgetting is what makes new lifetimes work.

[@magicmachine1637]

I would counter with: The only thing we learn from history, is that we do not learn from history

[@thems151]

I love how he goes “do you know who that poet was”.... “ME” hahahaha gets me every time

[@CaminoAir]

I'm a pacifist, but I find the portrayal of Patton in this film fascinating. It's a balanced perspective on his strengths and weaknesses. And Scott really does get across the depth of the man's intelligence. It's the economy of what he says. Thinking of all the possible ways someone could choose to express what he was thinking and it's so measured and precise in detail when he does speak.

[@1984isnotamanual]

What do you mean by pacifist?

[@splashmedzankhomani232]

he that loveth his life shall lose it foolishly but the brave that will stand for whats right even if it means to fight will live forever, name one pacifist that wasnt secretly an evilous berder or closeted rascist or child trafficker or pedo.. etc Ghandi mother teresa need i go on?

[@Franky46Boy]

I watched this movie with a Jehova Witness friend who was of course a pacifist. He said he was fascinated by the person George Patton and the way George Scott made him come alive...

[@roops2939]

Pacifism will lead to Islamic rule

[@BigLisaFan]

That’s a fact.

[@filtonkingswood]

I saw this film when I was twelve years old - Im 63 now and this scene struck a chord with me then as it does now, Perhaps I was there too.

[@markl5562]

rarely was cinematgrophy done this magnificently. the shots here are incredible.

[@asleandere8852]

something just occurred to me. Yes, Goerge C Scott's performance was every bit as magnificent as the plaudits he deservered - but Karl Malden (Omar Bradley) I think the reason he is cast so often as a principal support acting role, observe how he reacts to Patton's speech, his exact level of understatement. It does so much to enhance the lead protagonists' efforts. A career spanning many decades with a number of pivotal roles in many great films.

[@sw5114]

Completely agree with your assessment on Karl Malden . Soft brilliance.

[@2msvalkyrie529]

One Eyed Jacks ? ! ?

[@johndates9827]

I liked his role as the priest in "On the Waterfront".

[@DennisTeti]

'I can smell a battle field!' I love that line! Thanks for this upload. One of my favorite parts. Love the quote, which is really derived from one of his poems. Although I think they may have changed it for copyright reasons. Great high quality upload, too😀🇺🇸

[@Numantino312]

he points the jeep on the right turn; leads them to a completely deserted (tho historic) location; and everybody else is like "what up w this?" if this particular scene occurred in real life as shown here, yet GP were prevented/unable to make it to that deserted battlefield, particularly if overruled by someone else in the jeep, am quite convinced we would have lost that war. that's one thing about the True Greats: you gotta let them stop to do the crazy shit like this

[@modernsophist]

And this line was recycled by Coppola and Milius in “Apocalypse Now”, only it’s about loving the smell of napalm.

[@freedomatlast8756]

Patton was a warrior to respect. Patton was a man of honor, candor and bravery that inspired both Americans and foreigners. May Patton rest in peace.

[@zenga9059]

In peace? Now he is in Syria.

[@briane173]

I suspect he'll never rest in peace; he keeps returning in a different time and place to fight another battle.

[@bloodymary12100]

@@briane173 My thoughts exactly.

[@Thneed2003]

Until we need him again.

[@michaelserebreny454]

Brad was there too; be it a Jeep or a chariot - he's been driving him around for eons.

[@wagie95]

Michael Serebreny Goddamit 😍❤️

[@michaelserebreny454]

@@wagie95 (sorry for the delay).... realized something? 😉

[@Muzical-Man]

You mean a horse?

[@Ruckweiler73]

Patton truly believed in reincarnation.

[@bloodymary12100]

I do to.

[@jorgesantos85]

However, the belief of reincarnation put Patton into several problems, especially when the general insulted and beat the soldier who was experiencing nervous exhaustion. He forgot that not all soldiers like fighting because the fear of death is stronger to those who do not believe in reincarnation.

[@michaelserebreny454]

Reincarnation is not a belief. Either you remember or you don't. Simple as that.

[@alainarchambault2331]

Life doesn't make sense to me otherwise.

[@patpearce8221]

He doesn't believe in reincarnation you idiot, or that he was Scipio Aemilianus come again like Christ, believes he is the spear of a leviathanic entity like Ney, Aemilianus etc. There have been brighter men than Bradley recounting this shit.

[@racebannon7209]

The greatest character moment ever filmed. The perfect triangulation of actor, reality and cinema. Godspeed George C. Scott, General Patton and all your other guises.

[@jamesanthony5681]

Actors, script (Coppola), director (Schaffner) and music (Goldsmith).

[@marisol8454]

I was 9 years old when I saw this movie at the local theater and was with my neighbor and his mother. Her older son was missing in Vietnam at the time and she cried in the scenes where dying and dead soldiers were shown lying in the fields. I remember it like it was yesterday. Very sad.

[@jamesfields2916]

The trumpet music always gives me chills.

[@CLASSICALFAN100]

The great Jerry Goldsmith, who also did the soundtrack for the original "Planet of the Apes": kzbin.info/www/bejne/f3-5ipKGoLqhadE

[@Mike-yu7ku]

That scene was shot in Volubilis Morocco. Close to Fes. I went to see the ruins and saw that arch and remembered the movie.

[@dukephantomx]

This town is called Dougha in 🇹🇳 Tunisia, North Africa, these are the Great Carthage remains, this field has whitenesses the most vicious battles ever between Carthage and Rome, led by the great Carthaginian leader Hannibal Barça ♥️ great History to be proud of as a Tunisian.

[@alienlife7754]

Yeah Hannibal almost changed the history of the west. Carthage was a great and powerful city when Rome was still seven small hilltop towns. Unfortunately history is relentless. All great powers fall eventually. Carthage had her day and Rome had hers. A lot of history there!

[@Rex1987]

did Patton believe in reincarnation? it heavy hinted here.

[@Vvitm]

Yes, and now he's Donald Trump!

[@Rex1987]

haha that was a good one :-) but I am really curious if he did believe in that.

[@Vvitm]

www.google.com/search?q=trump+patton+reincarnation&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8

[@adrianotero7963]

Rex1987 Yes he did......

[@andrewpestotnik5495]

Rex1987 very much so. He believed he was the reincarnation of the Caesars

[@OLE9191]

How can anyone give this a thumbs down? Epic scene.

[@WalterDWormack214]

Very easily. (With sincerest apologies to *Mr George C. Scott, & Mr. Karl Malden. As well as Generals Omar M. Bradley, & George S. Patton* ), *It absolutely, "reeks of Hollywood phoneyness!"*

[@BigLisaFan]

Pacifists.

[@delta30024fly]

Hard to believe that GCS was NOT the first choice for this role, in my opinion the greatest movie ever made and the greatest performance ever caught on film.

[@ajmarr5671]

who was, Frank Sinatra?

[@CLASSICALFAN100]

Robert Mitchum declined the role (along with Gregory Peck & a whole bunch of others). RM told the casting director, "What you need for a script like this is an actor who cares, and I don't care. You know who you ought to call? You ought to call George Scott." And, they did!!

[@michaelhaney3388]

Music was perfect for this scene.

[@michaelhaney3388]

Thanks

[@christopherbayne9061]

Never gets old. I love it.

[@00bikeboy]

Saw this when I was in my teens. It changed my perspective on the military, war, and history. Very powerful. They don't make them like this any more.

[@hankkingsley2976]

And they were trying to make a buffoon of Patton in the movie.

[@la_old_salt2241]

Not only that, they can't make them like this now. Even if they wanted too.

[@M21L35]

@@hankkingsley2976 Obviously!...you can't be referring to THIS movie!

[@alexevanoski4588]

These scenes were awesome. Gives you a idea how much of a solider Patton was. Loved combat, didn’t matter what year or century. He knew his military history.

[@umberct]

One of the best war movies ever made and very close to being a documentary in its accuracy.

[@TelexToTexel]

The cinematography is excellent, non of that hand held shaky-shaky camera we have to suffer today, with cuts every other second. Long still shots, of vast terrain and sky, it is beautiful!

[@jamesanthony5681]

I hear you.

[@mstrut9510]

Best scene in a very good movie. Gives it the existential mystery of the universe.

[@thelonewolf1894]

Best scene in the whole movie. "where I fought in many guises many names but always me"

In my long life of watching movies, this is most memorable scene for me. I remember it from the time when I was a kid. Thank you for clipping it and putting it here!

[@brucequam7416]

The singular thing making Patton exceptional was his position in the patrician class. Patton was born extremely wealthy, but he believed that he had a duty to serve. And serve he did.

[@666toysoldier]

He was NOT born extremely wealthy. His family was refugee Southern gentry. He MARRIED into wealth. His wife Beatric is a fascinating subject herself.

[@CLASSICALFAN100]

@@666toysoldier Hey, thanks for setting us straight! It's really nice to know that there's no shortage of **stuck-up fault finders** out there in KZbin Land...lol

[@prestonorrick3498]

My late Dad's favorite scene from any movie.

[@tomhamilton5261]

One of the greatest commanding performances in cinema.George C Scott was mesmerising in this film.

[@philjeremy2749]

Whilst driving through Arizona to California last year my wife and I alighted on the Patton museum in the desert! It was fantastic, I advise you to go and visit. When he said in the move he trained his men .. he actually did! Great movie and a great man. Im a Brit and my Dad loved him.

[@bluzcompany2293]

One of my all time favorite actors portraying one of my all time favorite Generals ,in one of my all time favorite movies.

[@ObiTrev]

They don't make movies like they used too. Everything is CGI Robots and explosions. This. This right here. Is art in motion.

[@nomadnametab]

his uncanny knowledge of things in history that he used against the Germans show he had to have been there before. in france the germans were holding a road and were dug in. they had to get around them but it was a pile of mud from the rain. he said head out across country. they said , general, there is no way we can get though there. he said , trust me. just go. they did and found that right under a couple of inches of mud was a 2000 year old Roman road. nobody knew it was there. but he did. the germans looked around and there come the Americans. he used his knowledge of roman roads on several occasions to run circles around the germans. that broke their defenses apart. they stand to fight and suddenly find the americans have outflanked them yet again. he was ultimately confident. he had no fear of death. his attitude was, fine. kill me. i'll be back. do a better job next time. more combat experience. gave him that edge that nobody else could match. when he took on the German plane with his pistol showed he was fearless. and being an olympic pistol champ i am sure he hit them. just can't bring down a plane with a pistol. there is no doubt that he just knew things that he had no way of knowing unless he had been there before. i have always had that feeling, this isn't my first time at the rodeo. and when i first saw the movie it resonated with me. his beliefs in our having many lifetimes ,and we can learn, contribute and grow with each one. we don't get just one shot at it. unlike many religions say. i am Hindu in that way. Patton had his purpose. born when we would need his skills and experience, to help save civilization from pure evil. the ultimate warrior. God and the Universe saw to it we had him. and one day he will be back. his soul is ancient, powerful , and war is his purpose to exist.

[@jaymemangano1154]

Very true an totally are right!

[@bobflendorg1064]

Put down the bong, dude.

[@nomadnametab]

interesting response. most eloquent .

[@markmccummins8049]

Put down the bong? So, you disagree with him? You’ll win more friends with honey rather than vinegar. His opinion is as worthy as anyone’s. I disagree, but dcb’s post made compelling reading to me. I am a traditionalist Catholic. But my religion cannot explain every single occurrence in this world. How would it explain the ability of a South Pacific shaman to predict the future? The folks in his village can explain, without the aid of narcotics. We must be open to anyone who peacefully and in good will expresses his belief. Wars have started over finger pointing.

[@mikebarrett2207]

I agree wholeheartedly except the part of Patton shooting at the plane, that was artistic license for the film written by Coppola. The 2 soldiers he slapped with his gloves had both gone AWOL, one of them more than once, dressing in civilian clothes and hiding with an Italian family. They both could've been shot for desertion.

[@rossnelson8433]

This is actually Volubilis in Morrocco. Its an ancient city that was Roman, but also inhabited before and after. Its been largely excavated. I visited it 20 years ago and must have been about the same time of year as when the film was made as it had the same amazing green timeless fields around it. I remember the triumpal arch/gate and the grass through it. Sadly now I think they have gravel there now as I guess they have either excavated further or put the street back or something. It is well worth visiting, amazing position in the countryside for one and an expansive and little frequented roman city.

[@johnl.5303]

I've been to Volubilis, Morrocco. This Patton scene was suppose to refer to someplace in Tunisia. Do you know where?

[@deltonkillen8024]

One of the best sequences in the film I have always thought. It showed the depth of Patton's philosophy and passion for his chosen profession. Another line in the moviesaid, "War will not kill him, but the lack of it".

[@justinkern1804]

I know how he feels, when i visited a village up in the Swiss Alps i got the same exact feeling. Like i knew it before somehow even though i hadn't

[@doozerace]

George c Scott gave one of the greatest performances in motion picture history..

[@homersamson2635]

Astonishing scene, towering and fantastic work from George C. Scott but even the silent little reaction shot from Karl Maldon was perfect.

[@Og-Judy]

This is the BEST scene of the whole damn movie! Patton was a HISTORIAN! He won battles from learning from historical battles of the past!

[@AB-pc6oy]

One of the great scenes ever....

[@captianeddie4554]

Patton..a student of war...his contemporary equal..Mattis... those of us that forget history are doomed to repeat it... Great Men....

[@u686st7]

Patton died in 1945. Mattis was born in 1950. Possibly......?

[@lunarmodule9915]

John Culpepper ...LOL! I agree.

[@lunarmodule9915]

Ian Stallings ...I have been around many military in my huge military town. Even the lowest of officers do not fraternize with enlisted. They are trained that way even in JRROTC in high school. And they ALL have to go to great military schools to even be considered for top positions. Patton was wealthy before he was in the military. Our military was scrubbed of good officers under Obama. Patton was known for his loyalty and tried to do the "right thing" for his country by going in and fighting the Russians. He may have been assassinated for what he thought to be the "right thing" in the end. But he may saved millions of lives and prevented the Cold War. This movie even brings this out to a certain degree. You might want to watch it if you haven't.

[@geraldjohnson4013]

Mattis looks like Patton and I mean a lot like him!

[@lunarmodule9915]

I think you might need glasses. kzbin.info/www/bejne/q4rNn4qOe7mEoa8

[@pinklady6042]

One if my favorite war movie. But I like the beginning of this movie. My great uncle fought under General Patton. The stories my uncle told us. Awesome. He's long gone now. God bless him.

[@laurencelance586]

I have the Unit Citation for the Battle Of Metz, in which my uncle fought.

[@Scyllax]

He said he was reincarnated multiple times, and the last time before was as a general of Napoleon’s Army.

[@BarryMerson-zr1sv]

I know that I was reincarnated several times. The last time as a US Army 2nd lieutenant who was killed in action at thee battle of Saipan in 1944 while serving in the 27th Infantry division. The previous time as a private in the 56th Illinois

[@lyad3618]

Honestly, my favorite scene of the entire movie. It established Geroce C. Scott's commanding presence as General Patton in my humble opinion.

[@wacobob56dad]

Academy Award acting. Best scene of the movie.

[@madmurdock2968]

Karl Malden is spectacular in this scene, just watching G. C. Scott, recite the poem, 1:57 - 2:20, his eyes say everything (because says no dialoge in this powerful scene)..only the look of disbelief and belief..."2,000 years?"

[@greentombdive]

Marvellous scene… left me wanting to know more about him. Subbed.

[@rayslack4120]

George C Scott was one of the best actors that ever lived just amazing talent.

[@solovetsky8213]

I watched this movie on KZbin when I was a kid and this scene has always stuck with me. I keep coming back to it

[@pepelemoko01]

We are all just actors, pushed out onto different stages of history.

[@sturmgewehr70]

One of America's greatest Generals!

[@RW4X4X3006]

Read Patton. He was truly a unique soul.

[@infinitytoinfinitysquaredb7836]

Wrtten by Francis Ford Coppola (The Godfather movies, Apocalypse Now), Patton is an old-school war film with a hippie twist: reincarnation! FFC said the studio originally disliked his script as too "weird," starting with the first scene where Patton gives the speech in front of the flag, but after several years they eventually went with most of it. Coppola used Patton's belief in reincarnation as an "in" to the counterculture which otherwise would have ignored or protested the film.

[@w9gb]

infinitytoinfinitysquaredbitch F.F. Coppola was co-writer of the screenplay, Patton (1970), and won the Academy Award. Unfortunately, Coppola’s request for Patton’s personal diary (as a reference source for writing the screenplay) was made the day after Patton’s widow had died. The family denied access. - The success of the movie and Coppola’s Academy removed some objections for his “Godfather project”.

[@flyboy152]

It’s funny how the studio didn’t want the flag speech scene, and now it’s one of the most iconic movie scenes ever.

[@jamesanthony5681]

The kids and the hippies of the time (1970) could identify with the movie and the character for 2 reasons. One, their fathers and uncles were vets of WW2; and two, Patton was a bit of a rebel, an outlier, in the military that didn't tolerate or sanction that kind of behavior.

[@SandyCheeks63564]

@@flyboy152 Businessmen vs artists

[@carlgriffith4660]

Fantastic performance by George C. Scott, one of his best of many. He made the character of Patton really come alive on the screen. You would have thought you were seeing the real Gen. Patton on the screen. Today we need men like General Patton in positions of responsibility in the government instead of these poor, pathetic excuses we have in leadership now.

[@AconservativeThought]

I love this damn scene! And that music in the background.....brings me back in the dayz, I watched this so many times with my Grandpa when I was little.

[@sw5114]

Tremendous movie. Scott was unparalleled in this role. The scene demonstrates how musical choices invisibly set the scene like nothing else can.

[@RichardASalisbury1]

For me personally, this was probably the most gripping moment in a brilliant film. The background scoring of war trumpets really set the right mood.

[@klavss76]

General Patton on poetry: "You want something done, you gotta do it yourself".

[@marcelmischeaux7256]

This scene from Patton is the greatest part of this movie. George C. Scott's acting and Jerry Goldsmith's music - like hand and glove (from 976-CREOLEMAN).

[@midnightchannel111]

I'm so glad Scott accepted this role. He was reluctant to, as he was also reluctant to join the cast of "Dr. Strangelove", but "Patton" is one of the best films made, certainly one of the best war films.

[@theophilusthistle1988]

Patton's driver (Cary Loftin) also drove the truck of the crazed driver in the movie "Duel"

[@abdullahrules100]

Lol the German officer said about him in this movie that " the absence of war will kill him"😂

[@LordZontar]

"He too will be destroyed. The absence of war will destroy him. The pure warrior. Magnificent anachronism."

[@queencerseilannister3519]

Happens a lot with men who were born to be Military men. Patton was off to the Pacific next if it hadn't been for his dying.

[@Von45Rose]

Absolutely our best War General!!! Rest In Peace

[@jeansouccar3892]

PRÉSIDENT TRUMP RÉINCARNATION OF GENERAL PATTON IS WORKING FOR KING JESUS

[@jenniferlarson6426]

He could smell a battle. Love him or hate him, there was nobody like him.

[@jrcadet4]

I remember watching PATTON on television with my late Dad (who'd served under the real General Patton's command in WW2). It was just as well I'd seen the film in a theatre, because i spent most of the broadcast keeping an eye on my Dad's blood pressure---he admired the film, but he'd encountered General Patton and didn't like him one bit. And after thirty years, he still had 'issues' on the subject.....

[@leftcoaster67]

As the movie said. Our blood, his guts.

[@1chish]

theodore - Its only Hollywood's version of history and the US media of WWII that Patton used to his personal advantage that made him some sort of hero. He was a total liability to anyone that had the misfortune to be anywhere near him. Ask the British Army what THEY think of Patton and the air will turn blue! He abandoned his planned position and ran off to Messina to 'be first there' and left the British 8th Army exposed on both flanks to German armour. Patton was allowed to kill Germans and his own men but not British and Canadians ....

[@1chish]

@colin minhinnick Patton was too arrogant to understand why the British methods of waging war were different. As Omar Bradley observed after the war the UK had suffered huge losses in WWI (Montgomery had witnessed it first hand) and had already been fighting for 3 years before the US Army arrived in North Africa. Monty would go in hard but only when he had reduced the odds against him as best he could. Patton would just charge in (as would other US commanders) as the US had a huge human resource available. Unlike the UK. It didn't make the Brits any less capable its just different methods were deployed. While Patton was running easy across the plains of North West France post D Day (he was kept away from the Normandy landings to avoid him doing something stupid for the US media) British, Canadian and Polish armour were drawing in the strongest SS Panzer divisions into the Caen area to allow that faster American advance. Patton played this to the US media as the Brits inability to fight and his better skills. He fought no one for 2 weeks! What he never discussed was he and Bradley were late arriving at Falaise and they stayed back for fear of 'friendly fire' from the Canadians and Poles who were where they should have been to close the Falaise Gap. 250,000 German troops escaped.

[@1chish]

@colin minhinnick Joke is Patton learned all he knew about tank / armoured warfare from the British after they invented tanks. He studied in the UK as an attached US Army officer!

[@bigsur175]

My dad was in patton's third army he said he was the best

[@thomaswaters4963]

If Patton was alive today,nobody in the world would screw with us and we wouldn't be in the mess that we are in now.💯💣💥👍✊👊💪🙏🖖

[@justincase01]

Gen. N. Schwartzkoff would agree with you. Seems all of our great military leaders are gone, damn unfortunate.

[@thomaswaters4963]

@@justincase01 Sad but true!

[@Pdmc-vu5gj]

What mess militarily? We are dominant. Russia is in free fall.

[@thomaswaters4963]

@@Pdmc-vu5gj What I am saying is if Patton was allowed to do what he needed to do back in WW2,these troublesome countries that are attacking everybody would be no real threat right now.I love our military past and present.

[@billtribble2904]

Know peace 🕊️.

[@chuckbuckbobuck]

Best scene in the movie. Perhaps one of the best scenes in any movie!

[@roadtrip2943]

Movies from 60s 70s so much better than in current times, timeless , artistic, poignant

[@mfvreeland]

This is the scene that cemented this film as one of my all-time favorites.

[@Atrox151]

When I was young, I literally thought that was Patton on screen. At the present, every time I see or read about the real Patton, I still find it difficult to accept. That's how good actor George C. Scott portrayed him, granted I was young and didn't quite understand how movies worked.

[@josephwarra5043]

Patton could have said, "I'll be back!"

[@Cattracks-yf8uv]

The age old strife I see where I fought in many guises many names but always....... always......me Gen. G.S. Patton

[@TheMoni700]

Love Patton.

[@870Rem12gauge]

"The age old strife I see....."

[@chrisparsons2791]

My mother forbade me to see Patton as a young child. When I was in High School I got to see this in my Public Speech class. Our teacher believed the speeches contained in the movie were excellent examples for study. I don't remember much about why they were considered as such, but I was moved by George C. Scott's performance. I rented that video on VHS many times, and even purchased the DVD set. I still watch Patton once each year on the anniversary of the relief of Bastogne.

[@ixman]

We need a Patton in a glass case that says "Break in case of emergency."

[@caiuspostumiusturrinus1024]

He's Donald Trump now but WAS Hannibal before Patton.

[@LordZontar]

@@caiuspostumiusturrinus1024 Patton would slap you silly for comparing him to a coward and traitor like Trump.

[@laurencelance586]

It wouldn't be for another five years ( 1975 ) until Dr. Raymond Moody's ground breaking "Life After Life" documented past lives. Since that time there have been tens of thousands of documented and clinical studies which conclusively show that Gen. Patton's belief in reincarnation was well founded.