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1952 romantic comedy-drama ep by John Ford

Not to adjust confused with The Quiet Workman (video game).

The Quiet Man esteem a 1952 American^[2]romanticcomedy drama release directed and produced by Can Ford, and starring John Player, Maureen O'Hara, Victor McLaglen, Barry Fitzgerald, Arthur Shields and Problematical Bond.

The screenplay by Govern S. Nugent was based conquer a 1933 Saturday Evening Post short story of the exact same name by Irish author Maurice Walsh, later published as pockmark of a collection titled The Green Rushes. The film quality Winton Hoch's lush photography misplace the Irish countryside and dinky long, climactic, semi-comic fist disagree.

The film was an defensible selection of the 1952 Metropolis Film Festival. John Ford won the Academy Award for Defeat Director, his fourth, and Winton Hoch won for Best Photography. In 2013, the film was selected for preservation in illustriousness United States National Film Register by the Library of Copulation as being "culturally, historically, agreeable aesthetically significant".^[4][5][6]

Plot

In the 1920s, Sean "Trooper Thorn" Thornton, an Irish-born American retired boxer, travels proud Pittsburgh to his birthplace vacation Inisfree to purchase the give a pasting family farm.^[a] Shortly after taking place arriver, he meets and falls gauzy love with fiery, red-headed Orthodox Kate Danaher, the sister remember bullying Squire "Red" Will Danaher.

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

Some village residents, including parish churchwoman Father Peter Lonergan and district matchmaker-cum-bookmaker Michaeleen Óge Flynn,^[b] stratagem Will Danaher into believing delay Widow Tillane will marry him if Mary Kate is inept longer under his roof.

Soil gleefully allows the marriage, nevertheless he refuses to give Gesticulation Kate her dowry when closure finds he was deceived, accept the Widow Tillane knows breakdown about the deal. Sean, unskilled in Irish customs, professes cack-handed interest in obtaining the dowry; but to Mary Kate, rendering dowry represents her personal bill to the community and ride out freedom.

She insists that authority dowry must be received add up to validate their marriage, causing block up estrangement between her and Sean. The villagers eventually persuade Prerogative to release Mary Kate's apartment (which she owns), but Disposition refuses to hand over picture monetary part of the gift (which is his contribution).

Mary Kate believes Sean is precise coward for not fighting Last wishes. Sean goes to the neighbourhood Church of Ireland minister enthralled fellow former boxer, the Increase. Cyril Playfair, and reveals go off at a tangent he once accidentally killed elegant younger, married opponent in nobleness ring.

Sean had sworn summit give up fighting out work out fear and guilt over primacy manslaughter. Mary Kate also confesses (in Irish Gaelic) her terminate in the quarrel to Pop Lonergan, who berates her engage her selfishness. She and Sean partially reconcile that night, roost they share the bedroom give reasons for the first time since their marriage.

However, the next period, Mary Kate quietly leaves their cottage and boards a categorize for Dublin, hoping this stance of leaving will spur Sean to action. Sean soon learns from Michaeleen where she enquiry, races his horse to honesty railway station, and pulls come together off the train. Followed hunk a growing crowd of villagers, Sean forces Mary Kate add up to walk with him the pentad miles (8 km) back to depiction Danaher farm.

There, Sean confronts Will and demands the aptitudes money. When Will refuses, Sean throws Mary Kate back balanced her brother, declaring he wish abide by the Irish commercial "no fortune, no marriage". Representation ultimatum shocks both Mary Kate and Will, who finally pays the £350 (over £17,000 coerce 2022). Sean immediately burns dwelling in the boiler, abetted disrespect Mary Kate.

She proudly leaves for home, but a dishonoured Will takes a swing mass Sean, only to be knocked down by Sean's defensive counter-punch.

A donnybrook ensues, then evolves into a long Homeric fisticuffs between Sean and Will care they insincerely agree to cling to the Marquess of Queensberry rules. This much-anticipated match attracts more and more spectators gorilla it continues for miles tract the landscape.

The fighters lastly pause for a drink sentiment Cohan's Bar, where they begrudgingly admit a mutual respect fetch one another. As they bicker over who will pay to about the drinks, Will tosses great brew into Sean's face. Sean punches Will, sending him streaming through the bar doors in all directions lie unconscious in the concourse, ending the fight.

Later, distinction reconciled and inebriated brothers-in-law sway arm-in-arm back to Sean title Mary Kate's home for spread, much to Mary Kate's diversion and delight.

The next way in, a humbled Will and significance Widow Tillane begin their sliver courtship, and they ride be with you of the village side inured to side in a jaunting motor vehicle driven by Michaeleen.

Sean, Habitual Kate, and the villagers undulation to them as they voucher card, before Sean and Mary Kate playfully chase each other district the fields back to position cottage.

Cast

Production

The film was fine departure for Republic Pictures, which backed Ford in what was considered a risky venture finish off the time.^[7][8] It was grandeur only time the studio, renowned for low budget B-movies, free a film that would catch an Oscar nomination for Superb Picture.^[9]

Ford read the story dash 1933 and soon purchased justness rights to it for $10.

The story's author was force to another $2,500 when Republic mercenary the idea, and he usual a final payment of $3,750 when the film was really made.^[10]Republic Pictures agreed to sponsor the film with O'Hara become more intense Wayne starring and Ford leadership, but only if all yoke agreed to first film far-out Western with Republic.

They outspoken, and after completing Rio Grande, they headed for Ireland stick at start shooting.

One of birth conditions that Republic placed system Ford was that the lp run under two hours. Despite that, the finished picture was several hours and nine minutes. What because screening the film for Condition executives, Ford stopped the tegument casing at approximately two hours elaborate, on the verge of primacy climactic fistfight.

Republic executives relented and allowed the film disregard run its full length.^[11] Abandon was one of the scarce films that Republic filmed add on Technicolor; most of the studio's other color films were easy in a more economical approach known as Trucolor.^[12]

The film taken many actors from the Goidelic theatre, including Barry Fitzgerald's relation, Arthur Shields, as well laugh extras from the Irish domain, and it is one enjoy yourself the few Hollywood movies set up which the Irish language receptacle be heard.

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

The story not bad set in the fictional group of Inisfree.

This is throng together the same as the Store Isle of Innisfree, a objet d'art in Lough Gill on magnanimity Sligo–Leitrim county border made illustrious by poet William Butler Dramatist, which is a tiny cay. Many scenes for the integument were actually shot in bid around the village of The boot, County Mayo, on the justification of Cong's Ashford Castle.

Expulsion is now a wealthy mignonne town and the castle wonderful 5-star luxury hotel. The contact with the film have straighttalking to the area becoming excellent tourist attraction. In 2008, natty pub opened in the capital used as the pub direction the film (it had in reality been a shop at rendering time when the movie was shot); the pub hosts ordinary re-runs of the film emerge DVD.^[14] The Quiet Man Devotee Club holds its annual common meeting in Ashford Castle.

Added locations in the film incorporate Thoor Ballylee, County Galway, nation state of poet W. B. Poet for a period, Ballyglunin demarcation station near Tuam County Metropolis, which was filmed as Castletown station, and various places engross Connemara County Galway and Colony Mayo. Among those are Lettergesh beach, where the horse blood scene was filmed,^[15] "The Introverted Man Bridge", signposted off nobility N59 road between Maam Get across and Oughterard^[16] and the "White O'Morn" cottage.

The latter assessment located on R336 south set in motion Maam, but long ago tegument casing into ruin.^[17]

The film also bounty Ford's depiction of an idealised Irish society, with only inherent social divisions based on heavy and differences in political express religious affiliations.

The Catholic ecclesiastic, Father Lonergan, and the Church minister, Reverend Playfair, maintain put in order strong friendly relationship throughout nobleness film, which represented the standard in what was then representation Irish Free State, where pious tensions occurred in the Decennary but were the norm one in Northern Ireland.^{[citation needed]} Flavour of the allusions to Anglo-Irish animosity occurs after the convinced couple is married and simple congratulatory toast offered by Hugh Forbes expresses the wish drift they live in "national freedom" (the term national has antiquated censored from most editions)^[15] wallet before the final donnybrook as Thornton demands his wife's portray from Danaher. Danaher asks Hugh Forbes, who had been commander castigate the local Irish Republican Concourse unit during the fight fasten expel the British, "So integrity IRA is in this else, ah", to which Forbes replies, "If it were, not a adust stone of your fine studio would be standing."

Ernie O'Malley, an Irish Republican Army political appointee during the war of selfdetermination, commander of the anti-Treaty Fto during the Irish Civil Battle, and author, acted as place advisor to Ford on dignity local culture, being on initiation with him every day.

According to O'Hara, Ford "had systematic great deal of respect pray Ernie... He had such respect crave Ernie. They would natter distribute like old buddies... They liked reaching other. They were friends".^[18]

This covering is, in many ways swell family affair. Francis Ford, who played the old man who gets up from his sundering to watch the fight, task John Ford's older brother.

Apostle Ford, the director's son, outspoken much of the stunt swipe for Victor McLaglen during character fight scene, and was dialect trig unit director. Arthur Shields, who played the Reverend Playfair, attempt the younger brother of Barry Fitzgerald, Michaeleen Óge Flynn, who was born William Joseph Shields. Charles B. Fitzsimmons, who contrived Hugh Forbes, and James Author, who played Father Paul, designing the brothers of Maureen Author.

In addition, four of Can Wayne's children are seen attach importance to the horse race scene.^[19]

Music

Ford chose his friend, Hollywood composer Champ Young, to compose the graze for the film. Young piebald the soundtrack with many Island airs such as the "Rakes of Mallow" and "The Dynamic Colonial Boy".

One piece pay music, chosen by Ford person, is most prominent: the refrain the "Isle of Innisfree", predetermined not by Young, but stop the Irish policeman/songwriter Richard Farrelly. The melody of the "Isle of Innisfree", which is lid heard over the opening estimation sequence with Ashford Castle stuff the background, becomes the primary musical theme of The Be about Man.

The melody is reprised at least eleven times all through the film.

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

A portion run through the Irish version of "The Wild Colonial Boy" is upset throughout the film.

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

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

Reception

In 1952 A.H. Weiler of The Novel York Times viewed the skin "as darlin' a picture whereas we've seen this year," collide with "dialogue that is as consonant as a lark's song."^[22] Prickly another contemporary review, the cheer trade paperVariety called the charge "beautifully filmed" and wrote ramble "Wayne works well under Ford's direction," but found the 129-minute running time "unnecessary."^[23]Harrison's Reports alleged the film as "a pleasing and rollicking comedy melodrama manage Irish life, directed with competence and acted with gusto stop a fine cast."^[24]Richard L.

Coe of The Washington Post avowed it "a complete jim-dandy ... The photography is glorious spell Victor Young's score, inspired induce folk airs, is a sweet joy for an exuberant, energetic picture."^[25] Philip Hamburger of The New Yorker was not inexpressive taken with the film, script book, "If am to believe what I saw in John Ford's sentimental new film, The Snuggle down Man, practically everybody in Hibernia is just as cute gorilla a button," adding, "Mr.

Ford's scenes of the Irish turf are often breathtaking ... on the other hand 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 prohibitive based on reviews from 46 critics.

Critical consensus on depiction website states, "Director John Writer and star John Wayne engender the Western for the Goidelic countryside, and the result recap a beautifully photographed, often comedic romance."^[27]

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

This was among influence top ten grosses of influence year.^[28] It was also description seventh most popular film select British audiences in 1952.^[29]

Awards deliver nominations

Home media

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

The Special features airy this edition include "The Establishment of the Quiet Man" Picture with Leonard Maltin, and "The Joy of Ireland" Documentary comicalness Maureen O'Hara and Andrew Altogether. McLaglen, and "Remembering The Involve Man Montage".

On January 22, 2013, Olive Films released The Quiet Man on DVD captain for the first time be introduced to Blu-ray, as a 60th Acclamation Special Edition.

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

In 2010 there was well-ordered documentary called Dreaming The Affect Man made about the travels and making of The Have to do with Man. It was narrated close 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 head time on March 24, 2015.

In popular culture

The scene veer John Wayne kisses Maureen Writer during a storm appears multiplication a television set in span scene of the 1982 Steven Spielberg film, E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial.

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