Originally posted by GtoRA2
Will do.
How accurate was the Patton movie?
Pretty darn accurate actually.
there were some minor discrepencies but just about every word was taken out of one person or anothers diary or papers.
the Speach was a little bit off and at the time he made it he was only a 3 star not a 4 star general. But overall it captured the flavor. Here is how it really went down
The Patton Speach And some other odds and ends but its hard to compress a few years into a couple hours.
For example when questioned about his "pearl handled revolvers"
what he actually said was "They're Ivory, only a studmuffingot or a pimp from a cheap New Orleans potatohouse would wear pearl handled revolvers"
And prior to the battle at El guitar the book shown in the movie was named "Tanks in attack-By Irwin Rommel"
the actual title was "Infantry in attack" -By Irwin Rommel
some other assorted odds and ends but nothing too major
whats more important is that everyone that actually knew Patton that saw the movie said George C Scott portrayed the man perfectly. And the Patton family who were originally against the movie were pleased with how they did it.
