"Marty" (1955), Romantic Drama Written by Paddy Chayefsky, Directed by Delbert Mann, Produced by Harold Hecht and Burt Lancaster

[DonRocks]

I'm breaking recent protocol by posting about "Marty," the Academy Award-winning film from 1955, because I haven't seen it recently; I'm pretty sure all the other movies I've posted about, I saw right before or during my initial post. But I've seen Marty twice, and have seen it within the past couple of years, and I think it's a splendid film - it watches like it could have been adapted from a play, but it wasn't.

"Marty" is the shortest film ever to win the Best Picture award, with a runtime of only 90 minutes. Ernest Borgnine gives a magnificent performance (before Marty, he was known as a "tough guy" in films), and the scene at the dinner table with his mom is one of the saddest things I've ever watched in a movie (I also want to alert you that this scene is in the trailer).

This movie isn't hard to find, and it's not boring *at all*, despite having no action, or guns, or profanity - it's a human drama of the most poignant type, that just about all of us can relate to. Try and find it if you can, and in the meantime, here's the original trailer - if you watch it, you'll have an idea what the film is about, but it won't ruin it for you; nevertheless, I'm going to announce a slight

SPOILER ALERT:

 

[DonRocks]

Ernest Borgnine wins the Academy Award for Best Actor:

Marty wins the Academy Award for Best Picture:

[DIShGo]

What an endearing, simple film, beautifully acted and full of real emotion. I loved it. 

[DonRocks]

The closing theme of "Marty" is cloying and dated with the vocals added; without them, it's a beautiful, flowing, very Viennese waltz. You can just picture a roomful of people spinning around to this charming little song.