Below are some facts about Marty from 1955. At the end of the article you can find the list of sites where you can stream this movie from, and their prices.
1955 was a great year at the Oscars. According to the Academy members, Marty was the Best Picture of the year 1955 and in total it won 4 Oscars, including Best Picture, Best Actor and Best Director.
Did you know that during World War 2, the statuettes handed out to the winners were made of plaster? These could be traded in with the regular gold-plated ones after the war. The US Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has been awarding Oscars since 1929. The Best Picture Oscar is regarded as the most important award at the Academy Awards.
Wikipedia describes the movie Marty like this:
Marty is a 1955 American romantic drama film directed by Delbert Mann. The screenplay was written by Paddy Chayefsky, expanding upon his 1953 teleplay of the same name. The film stars Ernest Borgnine and Betsy Blair.
Some actors and actresses who took part in the award-winning movie Marty were:
- Joe Mantell as Angie
- Karen Steele as Virginia
- Frank Sutton as Ralph
- Betsy Blair as Clara
- Ernest Borgnine as Marty Piletti
- Jerry Paris as Tommy
- Augusta Ciolli as Aunt Catherine
- Esther Minciotti as Mrs. Piletti
Marty has a Rotten Tomatoes critics score of 100%. The Rotten Tomatoes audience score for this movie is 88%. Here is what TIME Magazine said about the movie Marty:
Ernest Borgnine as Marty lives up to all the promise he showed as the sadist in From Here to Eternity, and at the same time brilliantly shatters the type-cast he molded for himself in that picture.
More information about the movie can also be found at IMDB.
Marty won these awards:
- Academy Award for Best Actor for Ernest Borgnine for his role as Marty Piletti at the 28th Academy Awards in 1955
- Academy Award for Best Director at the 28th Academy Awards in 1955
- Academy Award for Best Picture at the 28th Academy Awards in 1955
- Academy Award for Best Screenplay at the 28th Academy Awards in 1955
- BAFTA Award for Best Foreign Actor for Ernest Borgnine for his role as Marty Piletti at the 9th British Academy Film Awards in 1956
- BAFTA Award for Best Foreign Actress for Betsy Blair for her role as Clara at the 9th British Academy Film Awards in 1956
- Golden Globe Award for Best Actor for Ernest Borgnine for his role as Marty Piletti at the 13th Golden Globe Awards in 1955
According to Findable.TV, Marty can be streamed immediately from 3 on-demand sites. In the UK, some of the options for watching this movie online are as follows.
Sites where you can rent Marty:
Sites where you can buy Marty:
Check out Findable.TV's special page for Marty, where you can find up-to-date information about where it can be watched online, including latest prices at each site.
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