Patton [Blu-ray]
by Franklin J. Schaffner
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Actor: Carey Loftin, George C. Scott, Karl Malden, Michael Strong, Stephen YoungDirector: Franklin J. Schaffner
Brand: Fox
Writer: Edmund H. North
Writer: Francis Ford Coppola
Writer: Ladislas Farago
Writer: Omar N. Bradley
Blu-ray: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Subtitled); Spanish (Subtitled); English (Original Language); French (Original Language); Spanish (Original Language); French (Dubbed); Spanish (Dubbed)
Format: AC-3, Color, Dolby, DTS Surround Sound, Dubbed, Subtitled, Widescreen
Picture Format: 2.20:1
Running Time: 172 minutes
Blu-ray Release Date: 2008-06-03
Audience Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Studio: 20th Century Fox
Movie Reviews of Patton [Blu-ray]
Movie Review: Patton on blu-ray is a definitive home version
Summary: 5 Stars
There are a plethora of reviews of the movie, but my review is mostly a comparison of the BD vs DVD version. I won't discuss its merits as movie.
I saw Patton as a child in a theatrical release. But since, I've seen it also on VHS tape, 2 DVD versions and finally BD, as different releases were made.
This movie is stellar in BD. It is closer to what I recall as a child in terms of detail available on a large CinemaScope style screen. The sound does not have 5.1 imaging, but its clear and crisp, with dynamic range to make the explosions boom into your living room, while still hearing the dialog among the characters. You'll hear more instruments in the musical soundtrack that are muffled by the lower resolution DVD and VHS sound tracks.
The quality of the transfer is so good, it compares favorably against the just released Star Trek 2009. Patton looks like it was filmed just yesterday.
Having seen several versions it was amazing to see details I've never seen before.
In the opening address of the troops against the American flag, you can see Patton sweat big beads under his neck as his speech progresses. The weave pattern on unit insignias are detailed on uniforms, the amputated limbs among dead soldiers in the opening post battle scene after Kasserine are more ghastly, appreciate the texture of desert sand and its transitions to land as it becomes mixed with gravel, appreciate different types of plants and cacti on the grounds, see a supposed "dead" body flinch as scorpions crawl on his skin, or read the details on prop newspapers read by Montgomery about Patton in Palermo.
In the scene were Patton meets his his new aide after Jensen is killed, you can make out the building's all wood interiors, including lacquer on doors, 1940 era electric light switches with external wiring snaking on the walls, see the notes on the sheet music during the wine-dine session as Patton plans the attack on Sicily, appreciate different clothing materials on all the characters such as woven cotton belts, leather in holsters, cotton ammo cases and bandoleers, to the rust on the toilet seat bowls in the lavatory as Monty plans his Sicily attack.
Its more anachronistic to see 1960s era tanks substitute for 1940 era models, if you know the WWII period technology well. The jeeps used are the larger 1950s version versus the smaller, and lithe 1940s jeep. The vehicle paint strokes and uneven metal forging are so real I felt I was at the Aberdeen tank museum in Maryland, than seeing a movie. In the scene where a US column is blocked by a cart pulled by stubborn mules, you can easily make out paint over rust in the vehicle Patton is on just before shooting the mules.
The movie also comes with a DVD extras disk that contains the same material as the extras disk in the 2 disk DVD edition.
Summary of Patton [Blu-ray]
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