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John Ford: Dreaming the Quiet Man

★ 7.8(3)20121h 32m

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Good to know

Director: Sé Merry Doyle
Release date: 2012-06-15
Runtime: 1h 32m
Language: English
Status: Released
Country: Ireland
Studio: Fís Éireann/Screen Ireland

John Ford: Dreaming the Quiet Man — trailer

About John Ford: Dreaming the Quiet Man

John Ford: Dreaming the Quiet Man is a 2012 movie in the Documentary genre, directed by Sé Merry Doyle, starring Gabriel Byrne, Maureen O'Hara and Peter Bogdanovich. It has a runtime of 1 hour 32 minutes. It holds an average rating of 7.8/10 from 3 viewers. Below you can see where to watch John Ford: Dreaming the Quiet Man in Portugal — across streaming, rental and purchase options — along with the full cast, trailer and viewer reviews.

Synopsis

Dreaming the Quiet Man’ includes interviews with aficionados of Ford like, Martin, Scorsese, Peter Bogdanovicz, Jim Sheridan, William Dowling, and Joe McBride. There is mesmeric archive and rare photographs of the making of the film. The main location of the documentary is Ford’s ancestral homeland of Connemara, on the west coat of Ireland, where his parents were born. We meet Ford’s cousins, the Feeney’s who tell the story of Ford’s parent’s departure from Ireland after the Great Famine and the young Ford’s return to Ireland in 1922 to visit his cousins the Thornton’s and saw their house being burned down by the infamous Black and Tans. Ford, under the pretense of scouting locations for a movie, gave money to the IRA. We travel to Portland Maine where Ford grew up and went on to become a director in the first bloom of Hollywood. The boy made it good but Ireland was always on his mind.

Cast

Gabriel Byrne

Narrator

Maureen O'Hara

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Peter Bogdanovich

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Martin Scorsese

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Jim Sheridan

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filmmaking

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How long is John Ford: Dreaming the Quiet Man?+

John Ford: Dreaming the Quiet Man has a runtime of 1 hour 32 minutes (92 minutes).

Who stars in John Ford: Dreaming the Quiet Man?+

John Ford: Dreaming the Quiet Man stars Gabriel Byrne, Maureen O'Hara, Peter Bogdanovich, Martin Scorsese and Jim Sheridan.

When did John Ford: Dreaming the Quiet Man come out?+

John Ford: Dreaming the Quiet Man is a 2012 movie directed by Sé Merry Doyle.

What genre is John Ford: Dreaming the Quiet Man?+

John Ford: Dreaming the Quiet Man is Documentary film.

Who directed John Ford: Dreaming the Quiet Man?+

John Ford: Dreaming the Quiet Man was directed by Sé Merry Doyle.