Marty

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film romantic drama film

Marty is a 1955 American romantic drama film that won the Academy Award for Best Picture and is renowned for its poignant portrayal of a lonely butcher’s search for love.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf film ⓘ
romantic drama film ⓘ
awardReceived Academy Award for Best Actor ⓘ
Academy Award for Best Director ⓘ
Academy Award for Best Picture ⓘ
Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay ⓘ
surface form: Academy Award for Best Writing, Screenplay

Palme d’Or ⓘ
surface form: Palme d'Or
basedOn Marty (1953 teleplay) ⓘ
basedOnWorkAuthor Paddy Chayefsky ⓘ
blackAndWhite true ⓘ
cinematographyBy Joseph LaShelle ⓘ
colorProcess black-and-white ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
director Delbert Mann ⓘ
distributedBy United Artists ⓘ
distributorRegion United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
editedBy Alan Crosland ⓘ
surface form: Alan Crosland Jr.
era Hollywood Golden Age ⓘ
surface form: Golden Age of Hollywood
filmFestivalAward Palme d'Or at the 1955 Cannes Film Festival ⓘ
filmingLocation New York City ⓘ
genre romantic drama ⓘ
hasTheme family pressure ⓘ
loneliness ⓘ
search for love ⓘ
self-acceptance ⓘ
leadActorAward Ernest Borgnine ⓘ
surface form: Ernest Borgnine won the Academy Award for Best Actor for his role in the film
mainCharacter Marty Piletti ⓘ
mainCharacterOccupation butcher ⓘ
medium theatrical film ⓘ
musicBy Roy Webb ⓘ
notableFor poignant portrayal of a lonely butcher’s search for love ⓘ
notableRecognition one of the few films to win both the Academy Award for Best Picture and the Palme d'Or ⓘ
originalLanguage English ⓘ
plotSummary A lonely Bronx butcher struggles with insecurity and family expectations as he searches for love and companionship. ⓘ
producer Harold Hecht ⓘ
productionCompany Hecht-Lancaster Productions ⓘ
releaseDate 1955-04-11 ⓘ
releaseYear 1955 ⓘ
runningTimeMinutes 90 ⓘ
screenplayType adapted screenplay ⓘ
screenwriter Paddy Chayefsky ⓘ
setInCity New York City ⓘ
setInLocation The Bronx ⓘ
starring Betsy Blair NERFINISHED ⓘ
Ernest Borgnine ⓘ
Esther Minciotti ⓘ
Joe Mantell ⓘ
timePeriodDepicted 1950s ⓘ

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United Artists → produced → Marty ⓘ
Joseph LaShelle → workedOn → Marty ⓘ