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Marty Details

1955

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Starring	Ernest Borgnine, Betsy Blair, Esther Minciotti, Karen Steele
Director	Delbert Mann
Genres	Drama

Marty

Paddy Chayefsky's Oscar-winning slice-of-life drama is a heartwarming story about Marty Pilletti (Ernest Borgnine), a lonely Bronx butcher. Marty is a burly but gentle man, easing into middle age without much hope for romance or a career. He lives at home with his mother (Esther Minciotti), a kind but life-smothering woman, and a small circle of dead-end friends. Marty has no self-confidence and feels he's dumpy and unattractive. While it takes some doing, Marty's mother finally convinces him to go to the Stardust Ballroom in Manhattan, where he meets a plain-looking schoolteacher named Clara (Betsy Blair), whose life appears to mirror his own. He asks Clara to dance and soon they are smitten with one another. But to Marty's surprise and frustration, his friends put her down and his mother is hostile to her. Swayed by his friends and his mother, he doesn't call Clara back. But sitting at the bar with his friends the next night, Marty decides he has had enough, and defying his enclosed little world, he rushes to a phone booth to call Clara. As Marty shouts to his friends, You don't like her. My mother don't like her. She's a dog. And I'm a fat, ugly man. Well, all I know is I had a good time last night ... You don't like her? That's too bad! ~ Paul Brenner, All Movie Guide

Starring	Ernest Borgnine, Betsy Blair, Esther Minciotti, Karen Steele, Jerry Paris, Joe Mantell
Director	Delbert Mann
Studio	MGM ENTERTAINMENT
Run time	DVD: 1 hr 29 mins
Certificate
Collections	Best Picture Oscar Winners
Genres	Drama
Language	DVD: English
Dubbed	French, German, Italian, Spanish
Hearing-impaired	English, German
Subtitles	DVD: French, Italian, Spanish
Released	Production year: 1955 To Rent: DVD: 03 Feb 2003

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- The first of the filmed teleplays which in the mid-fifties seemed like a breath of spring to Hollywood (they were cheap) and also brought in a new wave of talent. This is one of the best, its new naturalistic dialogue falling happily on the ear; but it ha
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  Likeable, heartwarming love story
  
  The 'Marty' of the title is a lonely, 34-year-old butcher living in the Bronx with his overbearing Italian mother, sad at his bad luck in love and ... read more »
  
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  So Good
  
  So good was this film that I watched it twice in a row. The tale of a 34 year old Italian American butcher desperate for love is probably known to most viewers... read more »
  
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  - 13 Nov 2009 at 11:38
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  Never fades
  
  Was moved by this one when I was 18.
  
  Still am, half a century later.
  
  A timeless classic.
  
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  - The Cotswolds
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  Marty
  
  Very much enjoyed this film. But watched it because i knew it was a classic and wasn't disappointed.
  
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  Paddy Chayefsky's Oscar-winning slice-of-life drama is a heartwarming story about Marty Pilletti (Ernest Borgnine), a lonely Bronx butcher. Marty is a burly but gentle man, easing into middle age without much hope for romance or a career. He lives at home with his mother (Esther Minciotti), a kind ...