Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: Ihe atụ kachasị njọ nke atụmatụ a bịara mgbe onye mmeri Herbert Stempel ga-anọchi ya Charles Van Doren, onye nkụzi Bekee na Mahadum Columbia onye ndị na-emepụta ihe chere na ọ ga-ewu ewu karịa ndị na-ekiri ya. Iji wulite atụmanya maka ihe omume ebe Van Doren ga-emeri Stempel, ihe omume mbụ nke egwuregwu ha bụ egwuregwu atọ. Ndị meriri egwuregwu na-enweta $500 maka isi ihe ọ bụla dị n'ime oke mmeri ha, mana ego a na-abawanye site na $500 mgbe egwuregwu ọ bụla. Nkwalite maka ihe omume na-esote mesiri ike na ha ga-egwu maka $ 2,000 kwa isi. Mgbe otu egwuregwu tie ọzọ gasịrị, Stempel tụbara egwuregwu ahụ na Van Doren site na ịza ajụjụ ụfọdụ n'ụzọ na-ezighi ezi. N'ime ha, o hiere ụzọ kwuo na "On the Waterfront" bụ onye meriri ihe nrite nke Best Picture na
Onyinye Academy nke 28. Azịza ziri ezi bụ "Marty", nke bụkwa otu n'ime ihe nkiri Stempel kasị hụ n'anya.