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The Quiet Man
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Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: VHS Tape
EAN: 9786302320497
Format: Color, NTSC
ISBN: 6302320496
Label: Republic Pictures
Languages: English (Original Language), Analog
Manufacturer: Republic Pictures
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Republic Pictures
Release Date: February 17, 1998
Running Time: 153 minutes
Studio: Republic Pictures
Theatrical Release Date: August 14, 1952
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Editorial Review:
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
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating:  - Wait for the UCLA restoration to be released
One of the greatest movies of all time (AFI and others agree), but ....
The quality of ALL the existing DVD versions in the marketplace are far inferior to even the print used in repeated airings by Turner Classic Movies (TCM).
Several years ago, the UCLA film restoration geniuses created a wonderful new print from the originals that has been seen in Los Angeles and Ireland.
The ownership of the home video rights has passed through several corporate hands. ... Read More
Rating: - The Quiet Man
This and Robin Hood were two of the very few films I've had an irrational desire to actually own rather than simply rent. I read the earlier reviews with care, and thought I was getting a good copy, but this Collector's Edition seems to have been the one copied from a poor VHS tape. I am perplexed how it can even be sold. Maybe one day it will come out in a revived copy, in which case I will buy it again.
Rating:  - 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" ... Read More
Rating: - 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 ... Read More
Rating:  - 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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