Sampiro
February 24, 2005, 4:33am
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Patton was based on Omar Bradley’s autobiography. Bradley and Patton despised each other, and Bradley’s book didn’t make any effort to give Patton the benefit of the doubt. (And part of the mutual dislike was Patton’s old money wealth vs. Bradley’s poverty.) Patton’s kids were rightly suspicious. Luckily, the filmmakers did a little extra work and made a great movie.
Ironically, Bradley made millions off the movie about a man he hated. And Patton’s family never got a penny.
Hmm- I thought it was just based on Farago’s works. That would explain why every scene Bradley’s in he’s almost a saint though.
Sampiro , re. the character missing teeth played by Patty Duke–are you talking about the middle-aged lady (forget her name) who joined the Army after her husband became disabled? I’m sure the military took care of her dental care, though.
I see no problem with mentioning appearances as long as we’re not doing it just to be bitchy and mean. I admit I laughed heartily when I saw photos of the two very unattractive people who blossomed into Burt Reynolds and Dolly Parton in The Best Little Whorehouse In Texas . Likewise, the real reporter’s toupee was not nearly as ludicrous as that worn by Dom DeLuise
Sir Rhosis
For what it’s worth, playwright Larry L. King, who wrote the original story, thought Willie Nelson should play the sheriff, and hoped a veteran, old-time song-and-dance actress like Shirley Maclaine would play the madam.
King had little use for the movie, which he dismissed as “Smokey and the Bandit Go to the Whorehouse.”
Rueben “Hurricane” Carter.