Marty
US (1955): Drama
This icon of the '50s was first seen as Paddy Chayefsky's teleplay for "Goodyear Playhouse" two years earlier. Ernest Borgnine, in an Oscar-winning performance, plays a lonely Bronx butcher who discovers that, even though he doesn't look like Tyrone Power, he can still find love. Produced at the time when Hollywood was fighting television with wide-screen formats and stereophonic sound, Marty's naturalistic dialogue and modest humanistic story were revolutionary in their own quiet way. Produced by Harold Hecht and Burt Lancaster, who were pioneers in the 1950s at successfully making films outside the studio system. Marty was the first American film to win the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival, and it was the first American film to be exhibited in the Soviet Union. Awarded the Golden Globe for Best Actor in a Drama: Borgnine, and selected as a National Film Registry Outstanding Film. (amctv.com)
8 nominations, 4 Awards
· Best Picture 1955: Harold Hecht - Producer (Hecht-Lancaster, UA)
· Actor 1955: Ernest Borgnine
· Directing 1955: Delbert Mann
· Writing (Best Screenplay) 1955: Paddy Chayefsky
· Supporting Actor 1955: Joe Mantell
· Supporting Actress 1955: Betsy Blair
· Art Direction/Set Decoration (Black and White) 1955: Edward S. Haworth & Walter Simonds - Art Direction, Robert Priestley - Set Decoration
· Cinematography (Black and White) 1955: Joseph La Shelle