Marty (film)
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | Marty |
| Original title | Marty |
| Country of production | United States |
| original language | English |
| Publishing year | 1955 |
| length | 91 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 12 |
| Rod | |
| Director | Delbert man |
| script | Paddy Chayefsky |
| production | Paddy Chayefsky, Harold Hecht , Burt Lancaster |
| music |
Roy Webb , Joseph Harnell |
| camera | Joseph LaShelle |
| occupation | |
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Marty is an American drama film directed by Delbert Mann from 1955.
action
Marty Piletti, a corpulent Italian-American butcher, is still living with his mother Theresa at the age of 34. His attempts to find a partner have so far been disappointing. Not averse to marriage, but discouraged by his lack of prospects, Marty has come to terms with his bachelorhood and prefers to spend his evenings in front of the television. When his mother urges him to finally look for a wife, he meets the teacher Clara in a dance hall, who was transferred from her date that same evening. The two get closer and spend the next few hours together.
Marty also introduces Clara to his mother, who is initially pleased. But Marty's friends react with mockery and describe Clara as ugly and too old. Marty's mother - influenced by her sister - is suddenly against the acquaintance of her son, as she fears that this will cause her to lose him to the other woman. However, against all odds, Marty decides to continue contact with Clara: He calls her again - just as he had agreed with her the night before.
background
Marty is based on Delbert Mann's 1953 television film of the same name, in which Rod Steiger played the lead role. The script was also written by Paddy Chayefsky. The screen adaptation was produced by Harold Hecht and actor Burt Lancaster . Rod Steiger was not cast again. Instead, Ernest Borgnine was given the lead role, who had already appeared in front of the camera for Damn for Eternity and Vera Cruz with Lancaster.
Filming took place in the fall of 1954 and the budget was about $ 343,000. To date, Marty is the only film whose advertising campaign was spent more money (namely $ 400,000) than on the production itself. On April 11, 1955, the film premiered in New York . It was released in German cinemas on September 2, 1955. In 1959 Marty was shown in the Soviet Union as the first American post-war production . The film was a worldwide success and grossed around three million dollars.
In 1991, Chris Columbus made a remake called Mama, Me and the Two of Us with John Candy in the lead role .
Reviews
“In the hands of director Delbert Mann, the simple, touching, somewhat didactic fable grows into a very sincere picture of the life of the common people in America. Some family dialogues and dreary amusement scenes are film novellistic masterpieces. "
“The actors, under shrewd direction, prove almost everywhere as good as their material. [...] Ernest Borgnine as Marty lives up to all the promise he showed as the sadist in 'From Here to Eternity', and at the same time brilliantly shatters the type-cast he molded for himself in that picture. His Marty is fully what the author intended him to be - a Hamlet of butchers. "
"(The) film is exactly in the context of the environment, psychologically sensitive and played excellently."
“At that time 'Marty' was considered revolutionary in Hollywood, a realistic portrayal of the everyday life of little people. From a distance you can see that this everyday life is tinged with romanticism, the supposed realism is dressed up with a lot of sentimentality. "
Awards
The European premiere of the film took place in the context of the Cannes International Film Festival in 1955 , at which Marty received the Palme d'Or and Delbert Mann an OCIC Award. Marty was the first American production to be awarded a Palm of Gold.
At the 1956 Oscars , the film won Best Supporting Actor (Joe Mantell), Best Supporting Actress (Betsy Blair), Best Black And White Production Design ( Ted Haworth , Walter M. Simonds, and Robert Priestley ), and Best Black And White Cinematography (Joseph LaShelle ) and received awards in the categories of Best Film (Harold Hecht), Best Director (Delbert Mann), Best Adapted Screenplay (Paddy Chayefsky) and Best Actor (Ernest Borgnine).
Delbert Mann was the first director to receive an Oscar for directing for his debut. To date, Marty is the shortest film that has ever received an Oscar for best film and the only one that also won the Cannes Golden Palm.
Ernest Borgnine and Betsy Blair received actor awards at the British Film Academy Awards in 1956, and the film itself received a nomination.
Marty was named Best American Film at the Danish Bodil Awards . The film also received a Directors Guild of America Award, a Writers Guild of America Award, two New York Film Critics Circle Awards for Best Picture and for Best Actor, two National Board of Review Awards for Best Picture and for Best Lead Actor and a Golden Globe Award for Best Actor (Ernest Borgnine) in a Drama.
In 1994 Marty was inducted into the National Film Registry .
Web links
- Marty in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- The television film Marty in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Marty on filmsite.org (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ New in Germany . In: Der Spiegel . No. 39 , 1955, pp. 40 ( online ).