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1952 romantic comedy-drama ep by John Ford

Not to continue confused with The Quiet Adult (video game).

The Quiet Man deference a 1952 American^[2]romanticcomedy drama album directed and produced by Toilet Ford, and starring John Histrion, Maureen O'Hara, Victor McLaglen, Barry Fitzgerald, Arthur Shields and Object Bond.

The screenplay by Govern S. Nugent was based desperation a 1933 Saturday Evening Post short story of the come to name by Irish author Maurice Walsh, later published as vicinity of a collection titled The Green Rushes. The film attributes Winton Hoch's lush photography position the Irish countryside and boss long, climactic, semi-comic fist battle.

The film was an lawful selection of the 1952 Metropolis Film Festival. John Ford won the Academy Award for Outstrip Director, his fourth, and Winton Hoch won for Best Filming. In 2013, the film was selected for preservation in goodness United States National Film Record office by the Library of Intercourse as being "culturally, historically, collected works aesthetically significant".^[4][5][6]

Plot

In the 1920s, Sean "Trooper Thorn" Thornton, an Irish-born American retired boxer, travels let alone Pittsburgh to his birthplace tip off Inisfree to purchase the lie to family farm.^[a] Shortly after advent, he meets and falls interchangeable love with fiery, red-headed Rough idea Kate Danaher, the sister illustrate bullying Squire "Red" Will Danaher.

Will also wants to pay for the old Thornton property, scold is angered when the property's current owner, the wealthy Woman Tillane, accepts Sean's bid alternatively of his. Will then retaliates by refusing consent for Sean to marry his sister.

Some village residents, including parish father confessor Father Peter Lonergan and go out of business matchmaker-cum-bookmaker Michaeleen Óge Flynn,^[b] con Will Danaher into believing meander Widow Tillane will marry him if Mary Kate is pollex all thumbs butte longer under his roof.

Why not? gleefully allows the marriage, nevertheless he refuses to give Agreeable Kate her dowry when oversight finds he was deceived, pointer the Widow Tillane knows stop talking about the deal. Sean, unskilled in Irish customs, professes rebuff interest in obtaining the dowry; but to Mary Kate, blue blood the gentry dowry represents her personal regulate to the community and convoy freedom.

She insists that honesty dowry must be received own validate their marriage, causing inspiration estrangement between her and Sean. The villagers eventually persuade Testament choice to release Mary Kate's rooms (which she owns), but Prerogative refuses to hand over magnanimity monetary part of the settlement qualities (which is his contribution).

Mary Kate believes Sean is top-notch coward for not fighting Option.

Sean goes to the regional Church of Ireland minister captain fellow former boxer, the Increase. Cyril Playfair, and reveals stroll he once accidentally killed out younger, married opponent in justness ring. Sean had sworn break into give up fighting out think likely fear and guilt over representation manslaughter. Mary Kate also confesses (in Irish Gaelic) her quarter in the quarrel to Paterfamilias Lonergan, who berates her help out her selfishness.

She and Sean partially reconcile that night, become peaceful they share the bedroom aim the first time since their marriage.

However, the next dayspring, Mary Kate quietly leaves their cottage and boards a tautness for Dublin, hoping this sham of leaving will spur Sean to action. Sean soon learns from Michaeleen where she give something the onceover, races his horse to honourableness railway station, and pulls turn down off the train.

Followed indifferent to a growing crowd of villagers, Sean forces Mary Kate run walk with him the quint miles (8 km) back to position Danaher farm. There, Sean confronts Will and demands the contribution money. When Will refuses, Sean throws Mary Kate back enraged her brother, declaring he drive abide by the Irish last word "no fortune, no marriage".

Magnanimity ultimatum shocks both Mary Kate and Will, who finally pays the £350 (over £17,000 blessed 2022). Sean immediately burns smidgen in the boiler, abetted emergency Mary Kate. She proudly leaves for home, but a degraded Will takes a swing invective Sean, only to be knocked down by Sean's defensive counter-punch.

A donnybrook ensues, then evolves into a long Homeric fight between Sean and Will back they insincerely agree to cement to the Marquess of Queensberry rules. This much-anticipated match attracts more and more spectators hoot it continues for miles check the landscape. The fighters eventually pause for a drink sentiment Cohan's Bar, where they begrudgingly admit a mutual respect instruct one another.

As they squabble over who will pay ardently desire the drinks, Will tosses straighten up brew into Sean's face. Sean punches Will, sending him tumbling through the bar doors round off lie unconscious in the concourse, ending the fight. Later, influence reconciled and inebriated brothers-in-law tumble arm-in-arm back to Sean contemporary Mary Kate's home for victuals, much to Mary Kate's enjoyment and delight.

The next submit, a humbled Will and honesty Widow Tillane begin their fall over courtship, and they ride give somebody their cards of the village side fail to notice side in a jaunting passenger car driven by Michaeleen. Sean, Use body language Kate, and the villagers clue to them as they decipher, before Sean and Mary Kate playfully chase each other farm cart the fields back to position cottage.

Cast

Production

The film was graceful departure for Republic Pictures, which backed Ford in what was considered a risky venture think the time.^[7][8] It was goodness only time the studio, blurry for low budget B-movies, loose a film that would take an Oscar nomination for Outdistance Picture.^[9]

Ford read the story loaded 1933 and soon purchased rendering rights to it for $10.

The story's author was cause to feel another $2,500 when Republic predatory the idea, and he regular a final payment of $3,750 when the film was absolutely made.^[10]Republic Pictures agreed to insure the film with O'Hara person in charge Wayne starring and Ford directive, but only if all pair agreed to first film great Western with Republic.

They blunt, and after completing Rio Grande, they headed for Ireland line of attack start shooting.

One of probity conditions that Republic placed take the mickey out of Ford was that the vinyl run under two hours. Notwithstanding, the finished picture was combine hours and nine minutes. During the time that screening the film for Government executives, Ford stopped the membrane at approximately two hours counter, on the verge of significance climactic fistfight.

Republic executives relented and allowed the film variety run its full length.^[11] Vision was one of the intermittent films that Republic filmed pavement Technicolor; most of the studio's other color films were beholden in a more economical outward appearance known as Trucolor.^[12]

The film engaged many actors from the Erse theatre, including Barry Fitzgerald's fellow-man, Arthur Shields, as well chimpanzee extras from the Irish turf, and it is one custom the few Hollywood movies dull which the Irish language get close be heard.

Filming commenced logo June 7, 1951.^{[citation needed]} Wrestle of the outdoor scenes were shot on location in Hibernia in County Mayo and Division Galway. The inside scenes were filmed toward the end confiscate July at the Republic Studios in Hollywood.^{[citation needed]} Vawn Corrigan records that Ford made considerable efforts to get the costumes amend for the period with Ó’Maille – The Original House hold Style in Galway tasked shrivel sourcing the costumes.^[13]

The story in your right mind set in the fictional mankind of Inisfree.

This is cry the same as the Stopper Isle of Innisfree, a indecorous in Lough Gill on nobleness Sligo–Leitrim county border made renowned by poet William Butler Poet, which is a tiny refuge. Many scenes for the pick up were actually shot in keep from around the village of Dismissal, County Mayo, on the justification of Cong's Ashford Castle. The old heave-ho is now a wealthy little town and the castle fastidious 5-star luxury hotel.

The relations with the film have roguish to the area becoming capital tourist attraction. In 2008, unembellished pub opened in the goods used as the pub explain the film (it had in reality been a shop at goodness time when the movie was shot); the pub hosts quotidian re-runs of the film contradiction DVD.^[14] The Quiet Man Select Club holds its annual common meeting in Ashford Castle.

Nook locations in the film embrace Thoor Ballylee, County Galway, domicile of poet W. B. Playwright for a period, Ballyglunin borderline station near Tuam County Metropolis, which was filmed as Castletown station, and various places mission Connemara County Galway and Colony Mayo. Among those are Lettergesh beach, where the horse appreciated scene was filmed,^[15] "The Gentle Man Bridge", signposted off rank N59 road between Maam Crucifix and Oughterard^[16] and the "White O'Morn" cottage.

The latter review located on R336 south tip off Maam, but long ago integument into ruin.^[17]

The film also alms Ford's depiction of an unspoiled Irish society, with only hinted at social divisions based on cream and differences in political median religious affiliations. The Catholic holy man, Father Lonergan, and the Christianity minister, Reverend Playfair, maintain trig strong friendly relationship throughout high-mindedness film, which represented the middle in what was then honesty Irish Free State, where spiritual-minded tensions occurred in the Decade but were the norm single in Northern Ireland.^{[citation needed]} Tiptoe of the allusions to Anglo-Irish animosity occurs after the dejected couple is married and unornamented congratulatory toast offered by Hugh Forbes expresses the wish go off they live in "national freedom" (the term national has antediluvian censored from most editions)^[15] favour before the final donnybrook just as Thornton demands his wife's capabilities from Danaher. Danaher asks Hugh Forbes, who had been commander delineate the local Irish Republican Concourse unit during the fight closely expel the British, "So greatness IRA is in this also, ah", to which Forbes replies, "If it were, not a baked stone of your fine detached house would be standing."

Ernie O'Malley, an Irish Republican Army policeman during the war of freedom, commander of the anti-Treaty Provos during the Irish Civil Fighting, and author, acted as exceeding advisor to Ford on nobility local culture, being on place with him every day.

According to O'Hara, Ford "had clean up great deal of respect chaste Ernie... He had such respect storage space Ernie. They would natter hand like old buddies... They liked hose down other. They were friends".^[18]

This pellicle is, in many ways systematic family affair. Francis Ford, who played the old man who gets up from his dividing to watch the fight, report John Ford's older brother.

Apostle Ford, the director's son, blunt much of the stunt go for Victor McLaglen during illustriousness fight scene, and was capital unit director. Arthur Shields, who played the Reverend Playfair, enquiry the younger brother of Barry Fitzgerald, Michaeleen Óge Flynn, who was born William Joseph Shields. Charles B.

Fitzsimmons, who pretentious Hugh Forbes, and James Writer, who played Father Paul, attack the brothers of Maureen Author. In addition, four of Can Wayne's children are seen gratify the horse race scene.^[19]

Music

Ford chose his friend, Hollywood composer Conqueror Young, to compose the correct for the film.

Young blotchy the soundtrack with many Hibernian airs such as the "Rakes of Mallow" and "The Dynamic Colonial Boy". One piece loom music, chosen by Ford actually, is most prominent: the measure the "Isle of Innisfree", meant not by Young, but building block the Irish policeman/songwriter Richard Farrelly. The melody of the "Isle of Innisfree", which is eminent heard over the opening estimation sequence with Ashford Castle affluent the background, becomes the paramount musical theme of The Affect Man.

The melody is reprised at least eleven times in every nook the film.

The upbeat song comically hummed by Michaeleen Oge Flynn and later played legation the accordion is the "Rakes of Mallow".

A portion marketplace the Irish version of "The Wild Colonial Boy" is afflicted throughout the film.

When Maureen O'Hara died in October 2015, her family stated she listened to music from The Subdued Man during her final hours.^[20] Filmmaker George A.

Romero was also said to have athletic listening to the score.^[21]

Reception

In 1952 A.H. Weiler of The Newfound York Times viewed the coating "as darlin' a picture importation we've seen this year," enrol "dialogue that is as easy on the ear as a lark's song."^[22] Bear hug another contemporary review, the diversion trade paperVariety called the extent "beautifully filmed" and wrote roam "Wayne works well under Ford's direction," but found the 129-minute running time "unnecessary."^[23]Harrison's Reports stated doubtful the film as "a alluring and rollicking comedy melodrama medium Irish life, directed with talent and acted with gusto dampen a fine cast."^[24]Richard L.

Coe of The Washington Post proclaimed it "a complete jim-dandy ... The photography is glorious bracket Victor Young's score, inspired incite folk airs, is a draw to a close joy for an exuberant, dynamic picture."^[25] Philip Hamburger of The New Yorker was not and taken with the film, penmanship, "If am to believe what I saw in John Ford's sentimental new film, The Placate Man, practically everybody in Island is just as cute little a button," adding, "Mr.

Ford's scenes of the Irish surroundings are often breathtaking ... on the contrary the master who made The Informer appears to have dishonoured into a vat of treacle."^[26]

On the review-aggregation website Rotten Tomatoes, The Quiet Man in 2023 has a 91% approval rank based on reviews from 46 critics.

Critical consensus on rectitude website states, "Director John Plough through and star John Wayne nativity the Western for the Nation countryside, and the result silt a beautifully photographed, often comedic romance."^[27]

The film was also uncomplicated financial success, grossing $3.8 mint in its first year comment release.

This was among influence top ten grosses of say publicly year.^[28] It was also high-mindedness seventh most popular film suggest British audiences in 1952.^[29]

Awards queue nominations

Home media

It was first unattached on DVD December 14, 1998 by Artisan Home Entertainment. It was also released 4 years closest on a Collector's edition DVD on October 22, 2002, unused Artisan.

The Special features disallow this edition include "The Production of the Quiet Man" Infotainment with Leonard Maltin, and "The Joy of Ireland" Documentary check on Maureen O'Hara and Andrew Absolutely. McLaglen, and "Remembering The Trepidation Man Montage".

On January 22, 2013, Olive Films released The Quiet Man on DVD viewpoint for the first time exoneration Blu-ray, as a 60th Party Special Edition.

It included depiction documentary "The Making of righteousness Quiet Man" with Leonard Maltin.

In 2010 there was a- documentary called Dreaming The Still Man made about the expedition and making of The Frozen Man. It was narrated unresponsive to Gabriel Byrne, and had interviews with Peter Bogdanovich, Martin Filmmaker, Charles F.

Fitzsimons, and Maureen O'Hara. It was released on DVD and Blu-ray for the supreme time on March 24, 2015.

In popular culture

The scene whirl location John Wayne kisses Maureen Writer during a storm appears muddle a television set in clean scene of the 1982 Steven Spielberg film, E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial.

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