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An exploration of the transatlantic controversies of Ireland’s cinematic existence. An exploration of the cinematic infusion of empty spaces with the ghosts of memory, using the films of Ozu, Ford, Akerman, and more. After spending most of his unhappy life in America, Sean Thornton arrives in the little Irish village of Inisfree to find the ...
About this movie. A tired American ex-boxer returns to his native hamlet in Ireland to win the hand of a spirited young woman. He is confronted by strict local customs and the woman's belligerent brother. Set in the verdant Irish countryside, this lively film has beautiful scenery, brilliant repartee, and local charm.
The Quiet Man. Available on Pluto TV. Martin Scorsese Presents Republic Rediscovered—over 20 rarely seen films from the storied Republic Pictures library, restored and remastered by Paramount and personally curated by Martin Scorsese. The Quiet Man is an essential, Oscar winning John Ford film featuring John Wayne as a retired boxer who makes ...
One of those films that was very successful but is currently struggling to capture new audiences. We are used to seeing John Wayne associated with Western films, yet here is the actor making a small and modest romantic film about a retired boxer with great physical presence who, after returning to the land where he was born, falls in love with a redhead with a strong personality, leading to ...
The Quiet Man is a 1952 American romantic comedy-drama film directed and produced by John Ford, and starring John Wayne, Maureen O'Hara, Victor McLaglen, Barry Fitzgerald, and Ward Bond. The screenplay by Frank S. Nugent was based on a 1933 Saturday Evening Post short story of the same name by Irish author Maurice Walsh, later published as part of a collection titled The Green Rushes.
El inimitable Ford sabe dotar la historia de El hombre tranquilo de una importante carga sentimental, sin hacerse en ningún momento cargante ni empalagoso. Su profundo y suave sentido del humor se hace presente en mil y un detalles, subrayados por el narrador, el católico padre Lonergan (perfecto Ward Bond), que mantiene una cordial rivalidad con el pastor anglicano.
Synopsis. The Quiet Man tells the story of an Irish-American Prizefighter, who after killing an opponent in the ring, returns to Ireland in search of the quiet life. After buying back his ancestral home, he falls out with the local Squire and falls in love with the Squire's sister, which leads to the longest fist fight in cinematic history ...
