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🗓️ 17 June 2023
⏱️ 65 minutes
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0:00.0 | War has played a key role in the history of the United States, from the nation's founding |
0:10.8 | right down to the present. War made the U.S. independent, kept it together, increased its |
0:16.5 | size, and established it as a global superpower. Understanding America's wars is essential for understanding American history. |
0:24.0 | Welcome to Key Battles of American History, |
0:26.8 | a podcast in which we discuss American history through the lens of the most important battles of America's wars. |
0:32.8 | Here is your host, James Early. |
0:43.3 | Thank you. host, James Early. Hello and welcome to another episode of key films of World War II in Europe. |
0:48.1 | This is James Early, your host, as always. |
0:50.7 | And of course, I'm accompanied by Sean McIver. |
0:53.3 | In this episode, we are going to discuss |
0:56.1 | a classic, one of the most popular and well-loved war movies of all time, the 1970 classic movie |
1:03.2 | Patton starring George C. Scott in the title role. So as always, before we jump into the plot, |
1:09.5 | let's talk about some of the basics of the film, |
1:12.4 | some of the basic information, and then Sean is going to comment on the movie's production |
1:15.9 | history, the, or anything he wants to. |
1:18.3 | So let's talk about the link. |
1:19.8 | This is not a short movie. |
1:21.2 | This is almost a three-hour movie. |
1:23.6 | It clocks in at two hours, 52 minutes. |
1:26.1 | The average rating on Rotten Tomatoes is 90% by the critics |
1:30.2 | and 93% by the audience. So both critics and audience agree that it's outstanding. The average |
1:36.1 | rating on IMDB is 7.9, which is very good. The director was Franklin Schaffner. And the movie stars, |
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