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Summary: dachmuse
Review: What a travesty of a DVD transfer!?!?Here I am expecting to watch a lush restoration of one of the great films from one of the greatest American Filmmakers (had I read the reviews I would have thought twice of buying it for sure!) and I get a shoddy transfer probably done straight from video. These imbeciles at Artisan oughtta be fired, tarred and feathered! Collector's edition my eye! "Pappy" & "Duke" must be doin' backflips in their graves! Even with this major imperfection, it is still a great story and a pleasure to see a great filmmaker at the height of his powers. Still I hope one day that someone gives us a DVD worth the material. Damn shame.
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Summary: Poor Quality DVDs
Review: "The Quiet Man" is one of my favorite films of all time. I was thrilled to find out it was to be on DVD. I was on my third copy trying to get a decent product until I stopped, realizing they must all be defective. They all had the same problem: the images blacked out periodically and what visual there was kept freezing every few seconds. The color wasn't too great either. I figured the manufacturer who transfered the video to DVD goofed terribly. But it was even worst a mistake to allow such poor quality products to make it to the market.
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Summary: Absolutely dreadful DVD of a major classic.
Review: Trust me; The innumerable complaining reviews of this "Special Collector's Edition" of one of John Ford's greatest films are not exaggerating. This is a disgrace of a DVD. I could go on in detail, but just check the previous reviews; There's no point in my repeating their remarks (except to comment that the reviewer who's furious because it isn't in widescreen needed to check the facts before throwing a fit: It wasn't filmed in widescreen, so a widescreen DVD is unlikely). The video quality is mediocre at best (and this is one of the half-dozen most beautiful movies ever shot, which just makes it worse), the audio is lousy, edgy and shrill...Well, you get the idea. It's awful, just plain awful. Whoever the hack was at Artisan who authorized this trashy product needs to be transferred to the unemployment line ASAP. All I can say is, pray for another, genuinely restored DVD somewhere in the future.
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Summary: John Wayne at his best!
Review: It's amazing to me that John Wayne did what I would consider his best work not in westerns or war movies, but in this romantic comedy set in Ireland. A yank former-boxer, John Wayne, meets and is greatly impressed by the beautiful Irish country girl, Maureen O'Hara, but he simply doesn't understand the traditional rules of courtship and marriage in Ireland in the early 1900s. The casting is superb, and the supporting actors make the whole thing come together. O'Hara's on-screen brother is a good match for Wayne during their monumental scuffle. There's nothing quite like a good old knock down drag out Hollywood enhanced fist fight is there? And all for love, face, and honor. Top-notch entertainment. An immensely watchable movie that husbands, wives, and children can enjoy. 5 stars all the way. Alan Holyoak
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Summary: A Movie You'll Watch Over And Over
Review: A true masterpiece, this movie captures the heart and soul of Ireland. That said, not only the Irish will love it. It tells the story of an American, coming home to his mother's beloved Irland. There he meets and falls in love with a beautiful colleen, only to find that her brother is against the affair and basically, out to get him. Shot on location in Ireland, the view is gorgeous, and the plot has everything from exciting fights to tender love scenes. ( My favourite scene is their famous first kiss, when he kisses her in the storm and then she slaps him. Btw, Maureen O'Hara fractured her wrist doing that!) "The Quiet Man" was John Ford's favourite film, and also his most personal one. He cast his favourite actors in it, and it shows. John wayne is just great -whoever thinks he only played himself in every role should see his performance here. For his love interest we have Ford's kind of a woman, the breathtakingly beautiful Maureen O'Hara.She gives a magnificent performance as Mary Kate, and in my opinion should have won the Oscar for it. (She Wasn't even nominated!) Sparks flew when this couple met on screen, and the result is out there for you to witness. Don't wait till the next St. Patrick's Day -see this film now. I promise you won't regret it.
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Summary: A crime to charge money for this DVD
Review: There is a tendency when you really like a movie to gloss over any problems with its transfer to DVD. After all, this is a very good movie by the best director that ever lived - John Ford. STAY AWAY FROM THIS VERSION. If it were a car it would be recalled. Do not let your affection for the material convince you it is acceptable. On my TV, using component video imputes, it has the worst color of any DVD I've seen - with the possible exception of $4.99 bargins. The color saturation varies, going up and down at intervals. The detail is lousy. This looks like a third generation video copy. While the problem gets a little better towards the end, it is still very bad. This kind of treatment for a film that won an Oscar for cinematography? Ah, the profit motive. If you would like to see a great John Ford film on DVD where some care has been spent on restoration, try "My Darling Clementine," "The Searchers" or "The Grapes of Wrath." Leonard Maltin hosts a "making of" short on the DVD. Is his presence a tacit endorsement of the transfer? And if so, does he not carry some responsibility?
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Summary: Poor Quality DVDs
Review: "The Quiet Man" is one of my favorite films of all time. I was thrilled to find out it was to be on DVD. I was on my third copy trying to get a decent product until I stopped, realizing they must all be defective. They all had the same problem: the images blacked out periodically and what visual there was kept freezing every few seconds. The color wasn't too great either. I figured the manufacturer who transfered the video to DVD goofed terribly. But it was even worst a mistake to allow such poor quality products to make it to the market.
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Summary: Absolutely dreadful DVD of a major classic.
Review: Trust me; The innumerable complaining reviews of this "Special Collector's Edition" of one of John Ford's greatest films are not exaggerating. This is a disgrace of a DVD. I could go on in detail, but just check the previous reviews; There's no point in my repeating their remarks (except to comment that the reviewer who's furious because it isn't in widescreen needed to check the facts before throwing a fit: It wasn't filmed in widescreen, so a widescreen DVD is unlikely). The video quality is mediocre at best (and this is one of the half-dozen most beautiful movies ever shot, which just makes it worse), the audio is lousy, edgy and shrill...Well, you get the idea. It's awful, just plain awful. Whoever the hack was at Artisan who authorized this trashy product needs to be transferred to the unemployment line ASAP. All I can say is, pray for another, genuinely restored DVD somewhere in the future.
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Summary: A DVD Worth Owning
Review: Some have found the quality of the DVD to be very bad saying it will lock up and has poor sound quality. I ordered it anyway and have found it to work just great with my DVD player. I'm glad I went ahead and bought it despite the warnings of low quality. It's a fantastic movie, and the special feature of Maureen O'Hara explaining the entire movie is priceless. Unless my copy is different from all the others, it is well worth the cost, and you will be pleased to own it.
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Summary: Quiet Man
Review: John Ford's real name was Sean O'Feeney and this film set in Ireland is one of his best. Sean Thornton (John Wayne) returns to Ireland to live after living most of his life in the states. He sees Mary Kate (Maureen O'Hara) from a distance and is instantly smitten. Later they marry and trouble brews when her brother refuses to pay the dowry. Sean doesn't care, but to Mary Kate it is a point of honor. While in the states Sean was known as Trooper Thornton a boxer who accidently killed a man in the ring. He would rather not fight the brother over the dowry ,but you guessed it, he does and it is one of the greatest fist fights on film. This film has great comedy scenes like the priest trying to land his great fish, Sean walking Mary Kate home from the train station, and the old man,(Ford's brother), on his death bed leaping up when he hears the fight.
Maureen O'Hara had family in Ireland and John Wayne brought his with him, in fact there were family all over the set with a few making it into the film as extras. Most of the actors had worked together a year earlier making "Rio Grande" with Ford because the studio wouldn't make "The Quiet Man" without a western that would make money first. All the film Studio executives felt "The Quiet Man" would never make money.
The film won two oscars including best director and needless to say was a box office success.
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