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The effects of the Vietnam War tended to diminish the appetite for fictional war films by the turn of the 1970s.

American war films produced during and just after the Vietnam War often reflected the disillusion of the American public towards the war.

Most films made after the Vietnam War delved more deeply into the horrors of war than films made before it ( This is not to say that there were no such films before the Vietnam War ).

Later war films like Catch-22 ( set in WWII ) and the black comedy MASH ( set in Korea ), reflected some of these attitudes.

Another film, Patton ( 1970 ), showed the actions of real life General George S. Patton, but intermixed action with commentary about how he waged war, in North Africa and the Sicilian campaign, showing good and bad sides to a command.

The smash film won seven Academy Awards, including Best Picture and Best Actor George C. Scott ( he refused the Award ).