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The Quiet Man (Collector's Edition)

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When an American prize-fighter kills a man in the ring, he returns to the Irish village where he was born to find peace and there he meets and falls in love with the sister of the village bully.
Genre: Feature Film-Comedy
Rating: NR
Release Date: 22-OCT-2002
Media Type: DVD

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Blarney and bliss, mixed in equal proportions. John Wayne plays an American boxer who returns to the Emerald Isle, his native land. What he finds there is a fiery prospective spouse (Maureen O'Hara) and a country greener than any Ireland seen before or since--it's no surprise The Quiet Man won an Oscar for cinematography. It also won an Oscar for John Ford's direction, his fourth such award. The film was a deeply personal project for Ford (whose birth name was Sean Aloysius O'Fearna), and he lavished all of his affection for the Irish landscape and Irish people on this film. He also stages perhaps the greatest donnybrook in the history of movies, an epic fistfight between Wayne and the truculent Victor McLaglen--that's Ford's brother, Francis, as the elderly man on his deathbed who miraculously revives when he hears word of the dustup. Barry Fitzgerald, the original Irish elf, gets the movie's biggest laugh when he walks into the newlyweds' bedroom the morning after their wedding, and spots a broken bed. The look on his face says everything. The Quiet Man isn't the real Ireland, but as a delicious never-never land of Ford's imagination, it will do very nicely. --Robert Horton

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Date: 2008-05-29
This movie has never had the transfer it deserves
I have owned practically every VHS and DVD release of this film since 1992's "40th Anniversary Edition," and they all appear to have been transferred from the same print. The color saturation is fairly strong, but the detail is indistinct. I would accept that perhaps this film's unusual distribution history (the fact that many distributors have owned the release rights to this movie over the years) may have contributed to the poor quality, but I recall many years ago seeing a featurette on "Dateline" highlighting the restoration of a number of historic Technicolor films, including this one, and the footage in that featurette appeared to be fully restored--or at least superior to all the video transfers I have ever seen.

Given its place in the John Wayne/John Ford filmography, "The Quiet Man" is an important piece of film history, and it deserves better treatment than it has received. It is only because this film is such a gem that I give three stars to this lackluster transfer of a five-star classic.

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Date: 2008-05-26
Nice picture but poor quality
Although the story was fine, I was extremely disappointed in the quality of the picture. It is in NTSC format but I have had other DVDs that have been much better (not as good as PAL). I was looking forward to the glorious scenery however it was not to be. I deliberately bought the "Collectors Edition" as one of the reviewers said the quality in the "John Wayne Collection" was poor. It hasn't been digitally enhanced and must be played in the 4:3 format which is outdated these days. This film was described as a "silly little Irish film" and was only made after the financier was given a promise to make Rio Grande first so that he had the money to make this film. Nobody else was interested in financing the picture because it was expected to make a loss.

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Date: 2008-05-18
The Quite Man
I have really enjoyed this movie. I enjoy the scenery as much as the movie it's self. Of course the actors are simply wonderful. I think the fight was great. I was glad to see it since John Wayne had vowed never to fight again. My Dad and I have watched it many times and will continue to do so.

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Date: 2008-05-08
THE QUIET MAN
IT TOOK A WHILE TO FINALLY RECEIVE THE DVD BUT WORTH THE WAIT. SOME PROBLEM WITH THE SHIPPING BUT THE COMPANIES DID EVERYTHING POBBIBLE TO DELIVER. I WON'T BE WORRIED ABOUT DOING THIS AGAIN.

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Date: 2008-04-26
One of John Wayne's best movies
Sure there is no Ireland like this, but what a nice place to visit! Beautiful to look at and great fun.

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