we all recall george c. scott's portrayal and that really cemented the patton legend. that was a pretty decent portrayal of much of what has the 11 was like. scott got the right look. maybe a bit more swagger than the real patton had because they had to convince 60 years into a two hour movie but one thing i found interesting was the voice of george c. scott, the command voice which we associate at which every film portrayal has used as its model of the archetype george patton, here is the commanding voice of the hollywood hadn't -- patton. >> i don't want to get any messages say we are holding our position. we are not holding anything. we are advancing constantly and we are not addressed it in holding anything except the enemy. we are going to hold on to those and catch them in the act. >> that is the gruff gravel voice george patton but the real patton had a command voice that was slightly different. here are some remarks patton made to the third infany

one thing i found interesting was the voice of george c. scott, the command voice which we have associated and which every film portrayal has used as its model of the architect george patton. here is the commanding voice of the hollywood patton. and see if we can bring it up. [inaudible] all right. that is the gravel voice. but the real patten had a commanding voice that was slightly different. here are some remarks that he made to the third infantry division after the capture of one of the high point

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