<Tr> <Th> Budget </Th> <Td> $12.6 million </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Box office </Th> <Td> $61.8 million (United States) </Td> </Tr> <P> Patton is a 1970 American epic biographical war film about U.S. General George S. Patton during World War II . It stars George C. Scott, Karl Malden, Michael Bates and Karl Michael Vogler . It was directed by Franklin J. Schaffner from a script by Francis Ford Coppola and Edmund H. North, who based their screenplay on the biography Patton: Ordeal and Triumph by Ladislas Farago and Omar Bradley's memoir A Soldier's Story . The film was shot in 65 mm Dimension 150 by cinematographer Fred J. Koenekamp and has a music score by Jerry Goldsmith . </P> <P> Patton won seven Academy Awards, including Best Picture, Best Director and Best Original Screenplay . Scott won Best Actor for his portrayal of General Patton, but declined to accept the award . The opening monologue, delivered by George C. Scott as General Patton with an enormous American flag behind him, remains an iconic and often quoted image in film . The film was successful, and in 2003, Patton was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically or aesthetically significant". The Academy Film Archive preserved Patton in 2003 . </P>

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