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Marty's just about given up on love when he meets plain-looking Clara (Betsy Blair), a 29-year-old teacher who's endured similar cycles of rejection. Much of Marty explores the simple decency of these characters, their admirable qualities and mutual connection, and the slow escalation of self-esteem that will hold them together. Marty is a supremely compassionate film, but it's also an entertaining one, trimmed (like a good butcher's meat) of any dramatic fat. And although Blair (who earned an Oscar nomination) is superb in her role, it's worth noting that she's more conventionally "attractive" than Nancy Marchand (late of The Sopranos), who played Clara with arguably greater authenticity in the original 1953 telecast. --Jeff Shannon
| ACTORS: | Ernest Borgnine, Betsy Blair |
| CATEGORY: | DVD |
| DIRECTOR: | Delbert Mann |
| THEATRICAL RELEASE DATE: | 01 January, 1955 |
| MANUFACTURER: | MGM/UA Video |
| MPAA RATING: | Unrated |
| FEATURES: | Black & White, Closed-captioned |
| TYPE: | Feature Film-drama |
| MEDIA: | DVD |
| # OF MEDIA: | 1 |
| UPC: | 027616862921 |
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Love Is Sometimes Elusive. MARTY was based on a television play written by Paddy Chayefsky. He also did the screenplay.
The story is about two people who manage to meet and fall in love after each has sufferred through years of feeling rejected by the opposite sex. The movie is set mostly in an Italian neighborhood in the Bronx. It is a relatively short film but it packs a powerful message.
Ernest Borgnine is superb as the clumsy bachelor who appears stuck in a hopeless situation with no prospects of finding a suitable wife. Betsy Blair gives an unforgettable performance as the almost thirtyish school teacher who seems totally defeated by her failures to attract a boy friend. Joe Martell is very credible in the role of Marty's buddy Angie.
The movie walked off with several Academy Awards in 1955 receiving Oscars for Best Picture, Best Director (Delbert Mann), Best Actor (Ernest Borgnine) and Best Screenplay. Nominations were received for Best Supporting Actor (Joe Mantell), Best Supporting Actress (Betsy Blair), Black and White Cinematography and Black and White Art Direction. Anna Magnanni won the Oscar for Best Actress in that same year for her appearance in THE ROSE TATOO.
MARVELOUS MARTY WINS EVERYONE'S HEART!
"Marty" is an oddity in Academy Award winning history. It is the first and only time a movie based upon a popular television show has won Best Picture. It stars Ernest Borgnine as the title character, a lonely and shy butcher who finds unlikely romance with wallflower, Betsy Blair (Clara Snyder). The film examines their quiet and unassuming relationship as that of two outcasts in a society where everyone has someone to love except them. Esther Minciotti costars as Marty's mother. Her concern over her son's bachelorhood is quite comical, referring to girls as "tomatoes" and suggesting that her son "pluck one" that is ripe for the picking at a local dance. Joe Mantell and Jerry Paris costar as Marty's well meaning friends, who inadvertently confuse Marty into dropping Betsy because she isn't attractive enough.
MGM/UA has presented "Marty" in a very nice looking full frame transfer. The B&W picture exhibits a relatively solid and stable gray scale that is nicely balanced. Contrast and shadow levels are adequate. Film grain is a bit heavy at times but does not distract. There is a lack of digital anomalies, except for a hint of edge enhancement that crops up now and then. The audio is mono but exceptionally well balanced. Only occasionally does it have a strident or tinny sound. There are no extras.
There is someone for everyone
This romance yarn played out in the Bronx may be dated but has meaning for men and women everywhere who question their self-esteem and doubt their ability to attract members of the opposite sex for a worthwhile relationship. When two lonely people meet and seem to find a balance and sense of belonging with each other, well-meaning relatives and friends find fault with the man's date, dismissing her as a plain Jane and unworthy of his attention. Marty Piletti is torn between his loyalty to his buddy and his feelings for spinster Clara Snyder who he meets at a dance. The irony is that Marty's mother nags at him to get married, and then decides she doesn't like Clara because she isn't a nice Italian girl with whom Marty can settle down. Pal Angie resents Clara for coming between him and Marty and is jealous of Marty because he has a date for Saturday night while he has to prowl the neighborhood looking for girls by himself. Family squabbles also play a part in this drama but Marty knows he has found someone special in the unassuming but sensitive schoolteacher.