In a letter to the Motion Picture Academy, he stated that he did not feel himself to be in competition with other actors. However, regarding this second rejection of the Academy Award, Scott famously said elsewhere, "The whole thing is a goddamn meat parade. I don't want any part of it." The Best Picture Oscar for Patton was given to the George C. Marshall Foundation Library at the Virginia Military Institute in Lexington, Virginia, the same institution that generations of Pattons attended, by producer Frank McCarthy a few weeks after the awards ceremony, and is on display there. Scott accepted the New York Film Critics Award. His then-wife Colleen Dewhurst said, "George thinks this is the only film award worth having".
In a letter to the Motion Picture Academy he stated that he did not feel himself to be in competition with other actors However regarding this second rejection of the Academy Award Scott famously said elsewhere "The whole thing is a goddamn meat parade I don't want any part of it" The Best Picture Oscar for Patton was given to the George C Marshall Foundation Library at the Virginia Military Institute in Lexington Virginia the same institution that generations of Pattons attended by producer Frank McCarthy a few weeks after the awards ceremony and is on display there Scott accepted the New York Film Critics Award His then-wife Colleen Dewhurst said "George thinks this is the only film award worth having"