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movies.go.com - : Marty (Ernest Borgnine) would be the first to agree with the old adage ''nice guys finish last.'' A thirty-four year old bachelor with a stocky frame and ugly mug, Marty knows despite his gentle and conscientious demeanor, he is utterly lacking whatever it is women are looking for. So it's only his mother's nagging and his best friend's pressure to hustle up some week-end action that persuade him to face the heartbreak of the Stardust Dance Hall again. more...
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www.apolloguide.com - : Screenwriter Paddy Chayefsky’s name is so well known you’d think he was responsible for more than ten big-screen efforts (nine actually, as Chayefsky was so incensed by director Ken Russell’s handling of his dialogue in 1980’s Altered States that he refused to have his name appear in the credits). Of course, quality counts for more than quantity, so Chayefsky’s three Academy Awards and the respect he earned for writing screenplays such as Network, The Hospital and Marty more than compensates for his limited output. more...
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www.filmcritic.com - : Marty is one of cinema's most famous nice guy losers -- and he's possibly the winningest one at the Oscars. Originally an hour-long TV movie, Marty was reimagined by writer Paddy Chayefsky as a feature film about his hero, a butcher (Ernest Borgnine) who still lives with his mother and can't find a woman to save his life. Eventually he finally finds a nice girl (Betsy Blair), but getting around society and the all-seeing eye of ma (Esther Minciotti) isn't so easy. Tragicomic and simple, Marty's celebrated status is rightly earned, but it may be a bit to naive and simplistic for today's hard-bitten audiences. more...
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