Marty

Marty is a 1955 film directed by Delbert Mann, based on a teleplay by Paddy Chayefsky. It is a romance about a butcher in the Bronx, who finds himself unattractive, and his difficulties in finding the right mate.

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Marty won four Oscars:

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• Academy Award for Best Picture - Harold Hecht, producer
• Academy Award for Best Actor - Ernest Borgnine
• Academy Award for Directing - Delbert Mann
• Academy Award for Writing Adapted Screenplay - Paddy Chayefsky

It was nominated for a further four Oscars:

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• Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor - Joe Mantell
• Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress - Betsy Blair
• Academy Award for Best Art Direction-Set Decoration, Black-and-White - Ted Haworth, Robert Priestley, Walter M. Simonds
• Academy Award for Best Cinematography, Black-and-White - Joseph LaShelle

The film won the 1955 Palme d'Or (Golden Palm) at the Cannes Film Festival.

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The film has been deemed "culturally significant" by the Library of Congress and selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry.

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Chayefsky's script had been produced for television before the movie was made. The television version of Marty starred Rod Steiger.

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"Marty" is the first name of Marty McFly, the protagonist in the hugely popular 1985 film Back to the Future, in which Marty travels back in time to 1955, the year in which Marty was released.

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1955: 1955 is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar....

Film: :This article is about motion pictures. For other uses of "film", see photographic film or film (disambiguation)...

Delbert Mann: Delbert Martin Mann, Jr. (born January 30, 1920 Lawrence, Kansas) American television and film director. He was married from 1941 until his wife's death in 2001....

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