John Ford: Dreaming the Quiet Man (2012)
John Ford: Dreaming the Quiet Man (2012), directed by Sé Merry Doyle, starring Gabriel Byrne and Maureen O'Hara.
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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.
- Sé Merry DoyleDirector
- Stephan WalshWriter
Trivia
- It premiered on June 15, 2012, a Friday.
- It runs 1h32 — a typical feature length.
- This film's quiz has 9 questions — enough to play more than once without repeats.
Production
- StudiosFís Éireann/Screen Ireland, Element Pictures
- CountriesIreland
- LanguagesEnglish, Irish
- StatusReleased
Cast
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Gabriel Byrne
Narrator -
Maureen O'Hara
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Peter Bogdanovich
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Martin Scorsese
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Jim Sheridan
Self
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- Sé Merry Doyle Director
- Stephan Walsh Writer
Questions about this film
What is John Ford: Dreaming the Quiet Man about?
John Ford: Dreaming the Quiet Man: 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 t…
Who directed John Ford: Dreaming the Quiet Man?
John Ford: Dreaming the Quiet Man was directed by Sé Merry Doyle in 2012.
Who stars in John Ford: Dreaming the Quiet Man?
The cast of John Ford: Dreaming the Quiet Man includes Gabriel Byrne, Maureen O'Hara, Peter Bogdanovich, Martin Scorsese and Jim Sheridan.
How long is John Ford: Dreaming the Quiet Man?
John Ford: Dreaming the Quiet Man runs for 92 minutes, or 1h32.
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