George c scott patton speech. Scotts greatest role as general george s. George campbell scott october 18 1927 september 22 1999 was an american stage and film actor director and producerhe was best known for his stage work as well as his portrayals of the prosecutor claude dancer in anatomy of a murder 1959 general buck turgidson in stanley kubricks dr. The world war ii phase of the career of controversial american general george s.
Scott gives a rousing and inspired speech to the troops in which he lays out his partriotic values and traditional american virtues. The bilious bastards who wrote that stuff about individuality for the saturday evening post dont know anything more about real battle than they do about fornicating. Patton in the film patton 1970 and ebenezer scrooge in.
Never to be duplicated. Patton to troops of the united states third army in 1944 prior to the allied invasion of francethe speeches were intended to motivate the inexperienced third army for its pending combat duty. This individuality stuff is a bunch of crap.
His voice was actually rather high certainly not the gravelly bass of george c. Directed by franklin j. Now we have the finest food and equipment the best spirit and the best men in the world.
In the speeches patton urged his soldiers to do their duty regardless of personal fear and he exhorted them to. But it was not just a speech it was a performance. Scott in the hollywood movie patton.
But he was a master of the dramatic pause lowering his voice to great effect forcing the audience to listen carefully. Strangelove 1964 general george s. It lives eats sleeps fights as a team.