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Someone please answer me this.....

posted 9 years ago by Degree7
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I could have sworn that the opening scenes to this movie, where Patton is giving a speech in front of the American flag, is actually revealed to have him speaking to a bunch of coffins. As in, he finishes his speech, and the camera pans to show that there's nothing there but numerous flag-draped caskets.

Was I imagining this as the result of the Mandela Effect, or was this an extended version of the scene?

~ I'm a 21st century man and I don't wanna be here.

[–] silvercometred1 9 years ago

Was I imagining this

I think you were - if you watch the scene again you can hear an off screen officer calling men to attention and the sound of chairs moving and hundreds of men coming to their feet.

[–] Degree7 9 years ago

That is bizarre. Thanks.

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[–] gary_w_trott 9 years ago

You must be thinking of some other movie...or maybe some parody video/pictorial of it. I saw Patton a couple of times in the theatres when it first came out and numerous times since and never saw any coffins.

[–] roreyking 9 years ago

Why would they write a scene where a general tells a bunch of coffins that he'd be proud to lead them into war, etc., etc.

Mandela effect? Perhaps something less extravagant, like too much grass?

[–] Degree7 9 years ago

Too much grass, haha! What a knee slapper!

~ I'm a 21st century man and I don't wanna be here.

[–] roreyking 9 years ago

Hmm. Okay.