Marty - Vita di un timido

Titolo originale: Marty
Regia: Delbert Mann |
Anno: 1955
Origine: United States of America |
Generi: Dramma Romance
Tag: italian american | bachelor | marriage | butcher | teacher | love | crying | dating | overbearing mother | dance hall | lonely | old maid |
Cast: Ernest Borgnine | Betsy Blair | Esther Minciotti | Augusta Ciolli | Joe Mantell | Karen Steele | Jerry Paris | James Bell | John Beradino | Charles Cane | Paddy Chayefsky | John Dennis | Walter Kelley | Doris Kemper | John Milford | Silvio Minciotti | Robin Morse | Kathleen Mulqueen | George Nardelli | Jerry Orbach | Edwin Rochelle | Glenn Strange | Frank Sutton | Hal Taggart | Minerva Urecal | Waclaw Rekwart | Arthur Tovey | Alan Wells | Jack Klugman | Clark Ross |

Marty Piletti ha trentacinque anni, è italoamericano, fa il macellaio e vive con la vecchia madre. Le sue sorelle e i suoi fratelli si sono sposati e se ne sono andati di casa da un bel pezzo. Grosso e timido, teme di non trovare alcuna ragazza che lo sposi e a causa di questo viene assillato dalla madre. Poi, un giorno, conosce una giovane con molte affinità e diventa un altro. Mamma e agli amici però lo preferivano com'era prima.

Approfondimenti

Screenwriter Paddy Chayefsky was inspired to write the source material for this film when he st [...] D
The scene where Marty says good bye to his pals in front of the hardware store might have inspi [...] D
Paddy Chayefsky insisted that Delbert Mann direct the film. D
Marty gets the brush off from Mary Feeney 50 years before the movie "He's Just Not That Into Yo [...] D
United Artists pushed for Harold Hecht and Burt Lancaster to cast Marlon Brando in the title ro [...] D
Equaled Ali (1927) as the shortest-named Best Picture Oscar winner until Gigi (1958) won three [...] D
The fourth American film to win the Cannes Palme d'Or. D
Included on the American Film Institute's 2002 list of the top 100 America's Greatest Love Stor [...] D
The first American film to win the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival. However it was not t [...] D
Another Paddy Chayefsky play, Pranzo di nozze (1956), would the following year be adapted into [...] D
Partway through production United Artists threatened to pull the plug because other Hecht-Lanca [...] D
In the pressbook for the film, Harold Hecht stated, "We departed from the old pattern . . . by [...] D
The screenplay changed the name of the Waverly Ballroom to the Stardust Ballroom. D
The first movie to win the Oscar for Best Picture that was produced by an actor, Burt Lancaster [...] D
Feature directing debut of Delbert Mann. NOTES: (1) He became the first director to win the Bes [...] D
Betsy Blair, who played Clara, was almost not permitted to do the film by Hecht-Lancaster Produ [...] D
United Artists was willing to relegate the film to a second feature, but Paddy Chayefsky insist [...] D
Watching Your Hit Parade (1950) is mentioned as the inevitable end result of the characters' Sa [...] D
Burt Lancaster decided to appear in the film's trailer because he believed that he would have a [...] D
The only time in film history that the producers spent more on a film's award campaign ($400,00 [...] D
The guys talk about heading down to a burlesque show in Union City, NJ. The city would be the s [...] D
It was rumored that producers Harold Hecht and Burt Lancaster financed the movie as a tax-write [...] D
A remake of The Philco Television Playhouse: Marty (1953), with Rod Steiger in the title role. [...] D
Washington lawyer Edward Bennett Williams was offered a 10% ownership in the movie in lieu of a [...] D
Ernest Borgnine's Best Actor Oscar statuette was presented to him by Grace Kelly (RKO Pantages [...] D
Rod Steiger, who had originated the role of Marty in the TV production (The Philco Television P [...] D
The most prominent uncredited role was Ralph, played by Frank Sutton, who was later famous for [...] D
Shot in just 16 days with another 3 days for reshoots. D
The street scene behind the opening credits is Arthur Avenue at 187th Street in The Bronx, in f [...] D
This film has a 100% rating on Rotten Tomatoes based on 36 critic reviews. D
The film, which cost only $340,000 to make and generated rentals of $3,000,000 at the domestic [...] D
Augusta Ciolli's debut. D
Included among the American Film Institute's 1998 list of the 400 movies nominated for the Top [...] D
In the scene where Marty and Clara are dancing, the orchestra is playing the theme to "Marty". [...] D
Nancy Marchand was set to make her big-screen debut in this film as Clara; however, Gene Kelly [...] D
Selected to the National Film Registry in 1994. D
Delbert Mann had no idea who to cast in the lead role, so asked his friend Robert Aldrich. Aldr [...] D
Five students from the film division of UCLA's College of Dramatic Arts were going to attach th [...] D
When reading for his part, Ernest Borgnine moved both screenwriter Paddy Chayefsky and director [...] D
As a result of the Hollywood blacklist, Betsy Blair's career was undone. By the early 1950s, al [...] D
Burt Lancaster had wanted to cast Ernest Borgnine, with whom he had made Da qui all'eternità [...] D
Film historians have credited this film with demonstrating the viability of low-budget, indepen [...] D
Future actress Joi Lansing (then a pin-up model) can be seen on cover of "Girls & Gags," a girl [...] D
This is one of only three movies to win both the Palme d'or at the Cannes Film Festival and the [...] D
Paddy Chayefsky wrote the play (which originally appeared on television) as a starring vehicle [...] D
Unusually for the time, writer Paddy Chayefsky was consulted extensively throughout production. [...] D
Features the only Oscar-nominated performances of Ernest Borgnine (for which he won Best Actor) [...] D
20+ years later, "Saturday Night Fever" would also show the streets of everyday working class N [...] D
Marty drinks Pabst Blue Ribbon Beer. D
First Best Picture Oscar winner to have been based on a TV program (The Philco Television Playh [...] D
Included among the "1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die", edited by Steven Schneider. D
The only Best Picture Oscar nominee that year to be also nominated for its screenplay. D
Film debut (uncredited) of Jerry Orbach. D
Although "Hollywood Reporter" news items include Glenn Strange, Doris Kemper, John Dennis, Marv [...] D
Among the local landmarks used in the film are The Grand Concourse and the IRT Third Avenue El. [...] D
A Moscow screening of the film during a 1959 cultural-exchange program made it the first US fea [...] D
Marty tells Clara that his father died of a heart attack during a card game. Harry Chayefsky, t [...] D
At 90 minutes long, this is the shortest of all films that have won the Academy Award for Best [...] D
Ernest Borgnine's Best Actor Oscar-winning performance was the only nominee in the category in [...] D
The ending song, where Marty's pals are wondering what's become of him, hints that he and his g [...] D
The film was such an unexpected box office hit that United Artists had to order 200 additional [...] D
Paddy Chayefsky won his first of three Academy Awards for Best Screenplay with his work on this [...] D
The film expanded the role of Clara, and subplots about Marty's career and his mother and her s [...] D
Burt Lancaster doesn't appear in the film, but he is in the theatrical trailer as the co-produc [...] D
Esther Minciotti (Mrs. Piletti), Augusta Ciolli (Aunt Catherine), and Joe Mantell (Angie) all r [...] D
Paddy Chayefsky: The character of Leo, who appears in the back of the car when Marty is approached b [...] D