‘Marty’, the film directed by Delbert Mann, and produced by Burt Lancaster and Harold Hecht, was based on a telefilm by Paddy Chayefsky, who also wrote the screenplay. The movie offered a star making role to Ernest Borg-nine, which earned him an Oscar for Best Actor.
‘Marty’ was nominated for eight Academy Awards – and was awarded four – Best Picture, Best Actor, Best Director, and Best Screenplay. It was also the shortest Best Picture winner (91 minutes). The movie also won the coveted Palme d’Or at the Cannes Film Festival. It was the only film based on a TV drama to ever win Best Picture. And it was the second Best Picture Oscar winner to also win the Palme d’Or at Cannes – ‘The Lost Weekend’ (1945) was the first.
The movie tells the story of Marty Pilletti who lives with his mother. At 35, he has resigned himself to a life-time of bachelorhood, while his siblings have families of their own. Everything changes when he meets Clara, a schoolteacher, who has also resigned herself to never finding love. Through each other, they find happiness.
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