Marty DVD

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 friends finally convince him to go to a local dance with them and try to pick up girls. At the dance 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 dating. 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 alone at home watching television one night, Marty decides he has had enough, and defying his enclosed little world, he picks up the phone and gives Clara a call. 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

Cast Ernest Borgnine as Marty Pilletti Betsy Blair as Clara Snyder Esther Minciotti as Mrs. Pilletti Augusta Ciolli as Catherine Joe Mantell as Angie Karen Steele as Virginia Jerry Paris as Thomas Frank Sutton as Ralph Walter Kelley as The Kid Robin Morse as Joe

Crew Norma - Costume Designer Delbert Mann - Director Alan Crosland, Jr. - Editor Roy Webb - Composer (Music Score) Walter M. Simonds - Production Designer Edward S. Haworth - Production Designer Joseph La Shelle - Cinematographer Harold Hecht - Producer Burt Lancaster - Producer Paddy Chayefsky - Screenwriter

Marty
Marty derives its greatness from Paddy Chayefsky's superb screenplay, which examines the reasons why people needlessly consign themselves to lives of sterile loneliness. The film makes the audience feel the ennui that surrounds Marty (Ernest Borgnine), from his mother's smothering love to the banality of his friends and his job. In one of the screen's great moments of heroism, Marty breaks free of his self-chosen prison and accepts the emotional risk of seeking happiness. There are few closing words more frightening and more hopeful than in the climactic moment when Marty picks up the phone, dials the number of the woman he has met, and says, "Hello, Clara." An oddity among Best Picture Oscar winners in that it was based on a TV drama, Marty transcends its era and speaks to the most basic needs for love and companionship. ~ Richard Gilliam, All Movie Guide
 

Betsy Blair: Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie, Best Supporting Actress (nominated) Betsy Blair: British Academy of Film and Television, Best Foreign Actress (winner) Delbert Mann: Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie, Best Director (winner) Edward S. Haworth: Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie, Best Black and White Art Direction (nominated) Ernest Borgnine: Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie, Best Actor (winner) Ernest Borgnine: British Academy of Film and Television, Best Foreign Actor (winner) Ernest Borgnine: Golden Globe, Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama (winner) Ernest Borgnine: National Board of Review, Best Actor (winner) Ernest Borgnine: New York Film Critics Circle, Best Actor (winner) Joe Mantell: Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie, Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion Pic (nominated) Joseph La Shelle: Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie, Best Black and White Cinematography (nominated) Paddy Chayefsky: Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie, Best Screenplay (winner) Robert Priestley: Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie, Best Black and White Art Direction (nominated) Walter M. Simonds: Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie, Best Black and White Art Direction (nominated)

Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie, Best Picture (winner) British Academy of Film and Television, Best Film - Any Source (nominated) Cannes Film Festival, Palme d'Or (winner) Library of Congress, U.S. National Film Registry (winner) National Board of Review, Best Picture (winner) New York Film Critics Circle, Best Picture (winner)

General Specifications: Language Options: English, French, Spanish Subtitle Options: English, French, Spanish Sound Processing: 5.1: 5 full-range channels. Includes 3 for the front speakers, 2 surround channels for rear speakers, & 1 low-frequency effects (LFE) channel to carry deep bass effects 1: PCM mono Additional Features: Original theatrical trailer English: mono French: mono Spanish: mono French & Spanish subtitles DVD Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1: Pre-1954 Standard MPAA Rating: NR DVD Discs Included: 1 DVD Sides: 1 DVD DVD Region Code: 1 Content Length: 90 min Part of Series: Vintage Classics   DVD Chapters: Side #1 -- 0. Scene Selection 1. Main Title/The Shame [3:23] 2. "Whaddya Feel Like Doin?" [4:12] 3. Mother-In-Law Trouble [9:15] 4. Loaded With Tomatoes [2:37] 5. The Stardust Swap [8:08] 6. "Dogs Like Us" [4:00] 7. The Curse Of The Old Age [5:42] 8. The Chat Machine [11:58] 9. Needed And Committed [4:36] 10. Just A Lousy Kiss [1:14] 11. Mom's Trick Question [4:56] 12. Guilt & Disapproval [7:05] 13. "I Don't Like Her" [9:30] 14. The Spillane Approach [4:11] 15. An Ugly Man's Destiny [5:32] 16. End Credits [2:16]