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Patton

Franklin J. Schaffner · 1970 CE · Film · Modern / American · Contemporary

An American general takes command in North Africa, drills a beaten corps back into shape and races Montgomery for Messina, convinced he has fought these fields in earlier lives. A slap delivered to a shell-shocked soldier in a field hospital costs him the command he wants most. Coppola's draft, written while he was unknown, opens with a monologue before an enormous flag that admirers and detractors both claimed.

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Attributes

Genre
WarHistorical
Theme
Ambition & HubrisFame & GloryDuty & HonorWar & Violence
Archetype (Jung / Campbell)
Tragic HeroAnti-Hero
Plot structure
ChronicleRise and Fall
Symbol / motif
The BattlefieldThe Sword
Conflict
vs Personvs Self
Mode / tone
EpicIronic
Culture / tradition
Modern / American

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