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Marty

Oscar™ Best Picture - Winning Movies

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The Philco Television Playhouse (TV Series)

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Marty (TV)

Original title

Marty

Year

1955

Running time

91 min.

Country

United States

Director

Delbert Mann

Screenwriter

Paddy Chayefsky

Cast

Music

Roy Webb

Cinematography

Joseph LaShelle (B&W)

Producer

United Artists

Genre

Romance. Drama | Romantic Drama. Remake

Synopsis

Marty (Ernest Borgnine) is a 34-year-old butcher whose Italian family is constantly after him to get married. He meets plain-looking schoolteacher Clara (Betsy Blair). They are both lonely, unglamorous people who have resigned themselves to their unloved lives. But they manage, in time, to grope their way to love.

Rankings Position

#31 Best Remakes in the history of film
#132 Best Romantic Movies in the history of film

Awards: 1955: 4 Academy Awards: Best Movie, Director, Actor (Borgnine) and Screenplay

1955: Golden Globes: Best Actor - Drama (Ernest Borgnine)

1955: BAFTA Awards: Best Foreign Actor (Borgnine) and Foreign Actress (Blair). 3 Nom.

1955: Cannes Film Festival: Palme d´Or (Golden Palm) - Best Film

1955: Directors Guild of America (DGA): Best Director

1955: Writers Guild of America (WGA): Best Drama Screenplay

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Critics' reviews

"It’s a warm, human, sometimes sentimental and an enjoyable experience."

Ronald Holloway: Variety
"It is a sentimental, heart-warming, simple story of a couple of ugly ducklings who find compensation for their lack of good looks in each other's love."

Kate Cameron: New York Daily News
"'Marty' is a fine film, and an unusually smart and sensitive Hollywood love story."

A.A. Dowd: AV Club
"Paddy Chayevsky's script, adapted from his own TV play, shows his flair for dialogue at its best, and the film manages to be touching, if minor."

Jonathan Rosenbaum: Chicago Reader
"Marty" is a fim remake from a 1953 television play, also written by Paddy Chayefsky. It was telecast live May 24, 1953, on 'The Philco Television Playhouse' with Rod Steiger in the title role and Nancy Marchand.

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"It does have doggy charm and a certain perceptiveness."

Tom Milne: Time Out
"Enormously influential, it spawned Hollywood's interest in smaller scale, prosaic dramas, few of which failed to match its resonance (...) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)"

William Thomas: Empire
"This tender, moving film was a major triumph (…) Rating: ★★★★★ (out of 5)"

Tony Sloman: Radio Times

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