Marty (5/10) Movie CLIP - I Got Five Bulls Eyes (1955) HD

CLIP DESCRIPTION:
Marty (Ernest Borgnine) explains to Clara (Betsy Blair) how he got the reputation of being the best shot in his battalion.

FILM DESCRIPTION:
Paddy Chayefsky's Oscar-winning slice-of-life drama originated as a live 1953 broadcast directed by Delbert Mann on The Philco-Goodyear Television Playhouse starring Rod Steiger and Nancy Marchand. The Hecht-Lancaster movie version, also directed by Mann, replaces the two leads with Ernest Borgnine and Betsy Blair (as well as featuring several soon-to-be-familiar faces, including Jerry Paris, Frank Sutton, and Karen Steele, plus Joe Mantell, Nehemiah Persoff, and Betsy Palmer from the TV version). But it remains otherwise intact, telling of 24 very important hours in the lives of two lonely people. Marty is a bittersweet, sometimes funny, sometimes poignant, and always realistic comedy-drama about Marty Pilletti (Ernest Borgnine), a 34-year-old Bronx butcher. Approaching middle-age as a burly, somewhat overweight man who has no illusions about himself or his attractiveness to women, Marty looks forward to just one thing in life -- buying his boss's butcher shop and trying to make a success in business -- and he's even uncertain about that. A gentle, good-natured man, he lives with his mother (Esther Minciotti), a kind but emotionally smothering woman, in a too-large house and spends his time a small circle of dead-end friends (Joe Mantell, Frank Sutton). One Friday night, Marty's mother convinces him to go to the Stardust Ballroom, where he meets a plain-looking schoolteacher named Clara (Betsy Blair), whose life appears to mirror his own -- she lives with her father, and is frightened about the one prospect she has for advancement in her job. Meeting her after witnessing a humiliating rejection by her blind date, Marty acts on his best impulses and asks Clara to dance, and soon they are actually enjoying each other's company. She is as drawn to him as he is to her, but both are so uncertain about putting themselves at risk emotionally, that the evening almost ends badly when he tries to kiss her -- but they agree to go to talk on the phone and go to a movie the next night. But whatever good feelings he has about Clara are soon threatened by his friends' put-downs of her, and his mother's hostility, driven by her sudden panic that if Marty marries, she'll be left living alone. Marty spends the next day alone and never does call Clara, seemingly having decided that it's best to leave well enough alone. That is, until he takes a good long look at his life, and a listen to his friends -- and he suddenly makes the decision to try for true happiness, wherever it leads.

CREDITS:
TM & © MGM (1955)
Cast: Ernest Borgnine, Betsy Blair
Director: Delbert Mann
Producers: Paddy Chayefsky, Harold Hecht, Burt Lancaster
Screenwriter: Paddy Chayefsky

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[caramellopippop]

Love is laughing with someone one minute, looking at them, and laughing all over again.

[danepatterson]

Ernest is such a great actor love him in convoy

[Mr.NoName]

This scene was not part of the script. They were ad libbing or on break, while the camera was still rolling. This worked out so well, it was included in this classic film.

[patron]

That follow up laugh is the best. I’ve been with my girlfriend for less then a year but that laugh gets me.

[williamkearns]

R.I.H Testy Dalmer:(1926-2015)
R.I.P Besty Palmer:(1926-2015)

R.I.P 2015:(January:1-December:31)

[owlcu]

They're not acting, which is what makes it so beautiful.

[Neeva]

I love marty I can relate so much to him <3

[johnpaulgarrett]

Only the BEST actors and actresses can laugh realistically like that...

[MechanizedFnnFntr]

He's right about the kneeling position, hard to hit the broadside of a barn

[AsparagusRealizeda]

Funny enough, my grandad had a similar stories to tell from his time in the Air Force. He had to qualify with the M2 Carbine, but wasn't aware that it was on Fully Automatic Fire. 😅

[williamkearns]

R.I.H Grajan Imagen:(1929-2011)
R.I.P Edston

[zhongwa]

I wonder if Marty ever had to go overseas and serve.