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Feb 12, 2014 · Janet Gaynor and Ryan O'Neal presenting Franklin J. Schaffner with the Oscar® for Directing for "Patton" at the 43rd Academy Awards® in 1971. Accepted by Karl Malden.
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He won the Academy Award for Best Director for Patton (1970), and is known for the films Planet of the Apes (1968), Nicholas and Alexandra (1971), Papillon (1973), and The Boys from Brazil (1978). He served as president of the Directors Guild of America between 1987 and 1989.
Franklin J. Schaffner's "Patton" (1970), released at the height of the unpopular war in Vietnam, was described by many reviewers at the time as "really" an anti-war film. It was nothing of the kind. It was a hard-line glorification of the military ethic, personified by a man whose flaws and eccentricities marginalized him in peacetime, but ...
Apr 2, 1970 · Patton: Directed by Franklin J. Schaffner. With George C. Scott, Karl Malden, Stephen Young, Michael Strong. The World War II phase of the career of controversial American general George S. Patton.
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- Franklin J. Schaffner
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* Directing - Franklin J. Schaffner * Film Editing - Hugh S. Fowler * Best Picture - Frank McCarthy, Producer * Sound - Douglas Williams, Don Bassman
Franklin J. Schaffner was an American director who worked on a number of well-regarded television programs before launching a successful film career that included such classics as Planet of the Apes (1968) and Patton (1970). Schaffner, whose parents were Protestant missionaries, was raised in Japan.
Jul 3, 1989 · Franklin Schaffner; Won Oscar as ‘Patton’ Director. Academy and Emmy award-winning director Franklin J. Schaffner died early Sunday at his home in Santa Monica. Schaffner, 69, died 10 days ...
