The film Marty

As discussed in class, the film MARTY, released in April, 1955, garnered eight academy award nominations, including Best Actress for Betsy Blair and Best Art Director and Best Cinematography. Marty has been described as a “simple and low-budget film usually uncharacteristic of Best Picture awardees, [that] became the shortest film to win the top honor.” Also, Marty won the most awards with four—more than any film that year the awards were presented, 1956. Ernest Borgnine’s stiff competition that year was James Cagney, James Dean, Frank Sinatra and Spencer Tracey. Best Motion Picture Won United Artists (Harold Hecht, producer) Best Director Won Delbert Mann Best Actor Won Ernest Borgnine Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay Won Paddy Chayefsky Closely watch the below links on YouTube, including the entire film. In three or four double-spaced, thoughtful pages, interpret the film in light of what you have learned in Speech 03(intro speech class). You may wish to include topics such as Proxemics, Language, Pronunciation, Dialect, Male Bonding and Gender, Non-Verbal Expression, Grooming, Generational Issues and Values, and Special Interactions. Be certain to directly refer to various concepts and quotes from your Trenholm textbook as you treat this film as a Canvas. Marty -- Trailer https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cEeGnytI_KU Marty – What Are You Doing Tonight? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LyszyKhpc88 Marty – Full Movie https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uby21PXtcIU Marty Winning the Award for Best Picture, in the Academy Award’s 28th Year https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uby21PXtcIU Ernest Borgnine winning award for Best Actor, Academy Awards Grace Kelly conferring the Oscar https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=irB5rrEbZw8 Ernest Borgnine discusses starring in Marty many years later https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8EDKH42GZ1o Wikipaedia Entry https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marty_(film) Ernest Borgnine https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ernest_Borgnine