Marty (1955)

Academy Award for Best Picture☆Films (97 movies items)

"    28th Academy Awards (1956)"

The United Artists Story (1955-1959) (222 movies items)

"Released on April 11, 1955 Produced by Hecht-Lancaster Productions Academy Award winner for Best Picture, Best Actor (Ernest Borgnine), Best Director (Delbert Mann) and Best Screenplay (Paddy Chayefsky) "

Movies Viewed in 2021 (630 movies items)

" First Viewing Viewing Date: May 26th Via: Stan. Plot: A middle-aged butcher and a school teacher who have given up on the idea of love meet at a dance and fall for each other. Rating: 7.6/10"

1001 Movies ... my own version (1950's) (98 movies items)

" Notes: After watching the damned thing, the first thing I thought was how interesting it was that such a small and low key feature would actually win the Best picture Academy award. Indeed, do you think it would have a chance against our contemporary epics with a huge budget such as ‘Gladiator’, the Lord of the Rings trilogy, ‘Dance with the Wolves’, or ‘Titanic’? Even if some smaller productions did win the big prize recently like ‘Spotlight’, ‘Birdman’ or ’12 Years a Sl"

1001 Movies Chosen By Johanlefourbe (1001 movies items)

" Notes: After watching the damned thing, the first thing I thought was how interesting it was that such a small and low key feature would actually win the Best picture Academy award. Indeed, do you think it would have a chance against our contemporary epics with a huge budget such as ‘Gladiator’, the Lord of the Rings trilogy, ‘Dance with the Wolves’, or ‘Titanic’? Even if some smaller productions did win the big prize recently like ‘Spotlight’, ‘Birdman’ or ’12 Years a Sl"

Movies Watched in 2021 (153 movies items)

"January 12th Directed by: Delbert Mann Misery loves company. This is a really powerful story, not something I'd expect to see from a major Hollywood movie from the 50's. I kind of didn't think that generation was capable of not believing they were the shit and had the right to take whatever they want. But you see that in the people around the titular character, strangely ahead of it's time, this movie. It's almost like a 2000's indie romance, but without much care put into cinematography... Al"

1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die (1950's) (126 movies items)

" Notes: I wasn’t really sure what to expect from this movie but since it won the Best picture Academy award back in 1955, I was quite eager to check it out. After watching the damned thing, the first thing I thought was how interesting that such a small and low key feature would actually win the Best picture Academy award. Indeed, do you think it would have a chance against our contemporary epics with a huge budget such as ‘Gladiator’, the Lord of the Rings trilogy, ‘Dance with the Wolv"

Best Movie From Every Year (90 movies items)

"1955"

1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die (2020) (1001 movies items)

" Notes: I wasn’t really sure what to expect from this movie but since it won the Best picture Academy award back in 1955, I was quite eager to check it out. After watching the damned thing, the first thing I thought was how interesting that such a small and low key feature would actually win the Best picture Academy award. Indeed, do you think it would have a chance against our contemporary epics with a huge budget such as ‘Gladiator’, the Lord of the Rings trilogy, ‘Dance with the Wolv"

Best Films of 1955 (22 movies items)

" Borgnine nails his role as a hapless romantic in this dialogue-heavy classic."

Aunt and Nephew - Movies (50 movies items)

" Augusta Ciolli Ernest Borgnine"

Small Businessman - Movies (32 movies items)

" Ernest Borgnine as Marty Piletti"