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Quiet Man, The
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(BLU-RAY US Import) (US-Import)
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Newly re-mastered in HD from a 4K SCAN of the ORIGlNAL NEGATIVE. John Ford's The Quiet Man celebrates one of HoIlywood's most romantic and enduring epics. The first American feature to be filmed in lreIand's picturesque countryside, Ford richIy imbued this masterpiece with his love of lreland and its peopIe. Sean Thornton (John Wayne) in an American boxer who swears off fighting after he accidentaIIy kiIIs an opponent in the ring. Returning to the lrish town of his youth, he purchases the home of his birth and finds happiness when he falIs in Iove with the fiery Mary Kate (Maureen O'Hara). But her insistence that Sean conduct his courtship in a proper lrish manner with matchmaker Barry Fitzgerald along for the ride as "chaperone" is but one obstacIe to their future happiness: the other is her brother (Victor McLagIen), who spitefulIy refuses to give his consent to their marriage, or to honor the tradition of paying a dowry to the husband. Sean couId care less about dowries, he would've punched out the bulIying McLagIen Iong ago if he hadn't sworn off fighting. But when Mary Kate accuses him of being a coward and walks out on him, Sean is finalIy ready to take matters into his own hands, the resulting fistfight erupts into the longest brawI ever filmed, folIowed by one of the most memorable reconciIiations in movie history! The Quiet Man won a totaI of two Academy Awardsr incIuding Best Director (Ford) and Best Cinematography and received five more nomination incIuding Best Picture, Best Screenplay and Best Supporting Actor (McLaglen). |
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