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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: $6.76
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Avg. Customer Rating:  (274 reviews)
Sales Rank: 840
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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 Great movie February 15, 2008
0 out of 2 found this review helpful
Loved this classic movie, had an old VHS copy that was bad. This is a great gift!
THE QUIET MAN OF THE EMERALD ISLE. February 10, 2008
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
WHILE VISITING IRELAND WITH MY MOTHER AND LIFE-PARTNER IN 2002 THE LOCALS STILL SPOKE OF THIS 1952 FILM AND ITS CREW THAT CAME AND MADE THIS WONDERFUL MOVIE. MY MOTHER KNEW OF IT BUT I BEING BORN IN 1965 DID NOT BUT I KEPT IT IN THE BACK OF MY MIND FROM THEN ON. WATCHING AND SINCERELY LOVING THIS OLD MOVIE NOW TAKES ME BACK TO THIS MAGICAL LAND AND ITS PEOPLE AND ALL OF ITS BEAUTY AND TOGETHER WITH MY MOTHER AND PARTNER HELPS US REVISIT THIS WONDERFUL LAND WE LOVED AND ENJOYED IN 2002 ANYTIME WE LIKE. IT WAS ALSO SO NEAT TO SEE JOHN WAYNE IN SOMETHING OTHER THAN A WESTERN OR WAR MOVIE. HE INBODIES THE QUIET MAN CHARACTER IMPRESSIVELY. MAUREEN O'HARA, HAVING COME FROM THE DUBLIN, IRELAND AREA WAS PERFECT AND VERY BEAUTIFUL AND VERY IRISH IN THIS ROLE, JUST AMAZING THE CHEMESTRY THEY HAD OVER THE FEW FILMS THEY CO-STARRED IN TOGETHER. LOVE THE EXTRAS ON THIS DVD WHICH GIVES A VERY NICE BEHIND THE SCENE LOOK AT THE MOVIE AND THE STARS AND ITS CREATOR JOHN FORD AND THE STORY OF HOW LONG THIS LOVELY LITTLE PIECE TOOK TO ACTUALLY BECOME A FILM. I SINCERELY LOVED WATCHING THE MOVIE AGAIN WITH MAUREEN'S COMMENTARY, VERY INTERESTING. THIS IS WHAT MOVIE MAGIC IS AT ITS BEST AN ESCAPE FOR THE VIEWER FROM OUR DAILY ISSUES IN TODAYS WORLD. I WOULD LOVE TO SEE A REMAKE OF THIS PIECE WITH MAUREEN, BEING THE SOLE SURVIVOR NOW OF THE ADULT CAST, IN IT AS THE WIDOW CHARACTOR. ANYTIME I CAN REVISIT MY BELOVED IRELAND OTHER THAN IN DREAMSTATE IS WELCOMED IN MY HOME. "CEAD MILE' FAILTA" GAELIC FOR 100 THOUSAND WELCOMES TO THIS MOVIE AND IT STARS AND CREATOR. LOVED IT!!!! A MUST HAVE FOR YOUR LIBRARY OF MOVIES. THIS VERSION IS WORTH THE LITTLE EXTRA AND THE FILM IS DONE AND PRESERVED FANTASTICALLY. SLAN.(GOODBYE)
No Patty Fingers If You Please January 22, 2008
I would like to preface my review by saying that this is a horrible transfer of an indispensible film. Why doesn't the AFI ever list it with the top 100 American films?! A film of this magnitude deserves the full Criterion treatment and not the shoddy way it's presented here by Artisan. For sure there were a lot of trademarks to John Ford's films not leastly the whimsical humor in this Valentine to the people and land of Ireland. Ford's irrepressible stock company (Ward Bond, Victor McLaglen, Mildred Natwick) have never been better and are complemented by the brothers Barry Fitzgerald and Arthur Shields. This film has always been my father's favorite since I was a kid not ever really understanding why. Revisiting it as an adult I saw something in "The Quiet Man" that would have flew over my head as a kid: an innocent sensuality. Purists can have Bogie and Bacall or Tracy and Hepburn but for my tastes the most combustive screen couple there ever was were John Wayne and Maureen O'Hara. View the scenes of them together. For sure there is certain level of combativeness. There's also a suggested longing between the two that the makers of today's more explicit love stories just wouldn't understand. Three scenes stand out in my mind. Firstly, the scene where Wayne's Sean Thornton seductively holds out Holy Water for O'Hara's Mary Kate Danaher can dip her pinkies in. Secondly, the scene where Thornton and Mary Kate embrace at the graveyard during a rainstorm. Lastly, the films closing scene where Mary Kate devilishly whispers something in Thornton's ear and they run back to the cottage grinning ear to ear. Like the closing shot of Ford's "The Searchers" this is the perfect bookend to a cinematic treasure.
 this is a copy January 19, 2008
1 out of 4 found this review helpful
this was not a good purchase...The Quiet Man was a copied DVD. I was very dissappointed. I also ordered another movie, and it was fine. but the QuietMan DVD was not good.
One of the best movies ever! January 12, 2008
1 out of 3 found this review helpful
This is one of the best movies ever! The product arrived and performs exactly as advertised. I have found that on average, delivery takes a little longer when using the Amazon third-party providers.
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