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| The Quiet Man (Collector's Edition) | 
 enlarge | Director: John Ford
Actors: John Wayne, Maureen O'hara, Barry Fitzgerald, Ward Bond, Victor Mclaglen
Studio: Republic Pictures
Category: DVD
List Price: $14.98
Buy New: $7.38
You Save: $7.60 (51%)
Buy New/Used/Collectible from $6.78
Avg. Customer Rating:  (273 reviews)
Sales Rank: 1076
Format: Closed-captioned, Collector's Edition, Color, Dvd-video, Ntsc
Language: English (Original Language)
Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Media: DVD
Running Time: 129 minutes
Number Of Items: 1
Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.3
Dimensions (in): 7.3 x 5.4 x 0.7
MPN: REPD12528D
UPC: 017153125283
EAN: 0017153125283
ASIN: B00006JMRD
Release Date: October 22, 2002
Theatrical Release Date: August 14, 1952
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Customer Reviews:
 The Quiet Man September 22, 2008
You people have got to be joking haven't you? You sent me the DVD "The Quiet Man" which was not formated to Australia's PAL 4 region and, instead was Region 1 ... you apologise for the mistake and then advise me to keep it rather than pay costs of returning it to you ... which I was very grateful for - then you send me this review request. Are your departments actually going to try working TOGETHER one of these days, pilgrim?
 GREAT MOVIE August 23, 2008
Fantasic movie. One of my favorite John Wayne movies even though it was not a western. The soundtrack is beautiful.
Wait for the UCLA restoration to be released July 16, 2008
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
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. Right now, Lions Gate owns these rights. Until such time as a Blu-Ray version comes out using the UCLA restoration, I would avoid buying this movie on DVD and simply watch the superior version shown by TCM.
The Quiet Man July 14, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
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.
 This movie has never had the transfer it deserves May 29, 2008
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
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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