I wrote the script of Patton. I had this very bizarre opening where he stands up in front of an American flag and gives this speech. Ultimately, I was fired. When the script was done, they hired another writer and that script was forgotten.
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I had a number of very strong personalities in my family. My father was a concert flutist, the solo flute for Toscanini.Francis Ford Coppola
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