Any new news on "The Quiet Man" yet? (1 Viewer)

[Ivy Mike]

Sorry to get your hopes up Bob with the thread resurrection. Hopefully Paramount gets its act together on this film (and countless others) - I guess they don't feel there is enough financial incentive to get a lot of these films out on DVD (let alone high def). Just picked up the current DVD release knowing full well it was a weak transfer, but I would happily pick up a proper SE.

 

The Quiet Man ( "Q.M.") Movie Has a Countless and evergrowing Number of fans Worldwide, with a Strong FanClub Alive and Well and Based in CONG,COUNTY MAYO,IRELAND. Is it not possible for Accredited Representative(s) of the Various Official " QM" Organisations to LOBBY/PETITION/CANVASS/HARASS the Powers that be at Paramount to Move this Restoration Forward to Birth.It's been almost 60 Years since John Ford and his (Stock)Company Filmed this Minor Opus in the Connemara. 2001 marked the 50th Anniversary and The ARTISAN DVD Special Package gave Fans some GREAT EXTRAS such as Commentaries by The Technicolor Queen herself,Maureen O'Hara and Stephanie Powers and Andrew V.McLaglen.

 

WE ALL KNOW WHAT "WE ALL" CAN DO. WHY DON'T WE START THE BALL ROLLING,GUYS.

 

James Kennedy

Maghera

County Down

N.Ireland

 

[John Hodson]

'Minor' opus?

 

Seriously, The Quiet Man desperately needs someone, somewhere to throw some real weight behind this (help us Obi-Wan Scorsese, you may be our only hope...). I was a little astonished to read Tag Gallagher say that the current appalling DVD is a transfer from UCLA restoration? I'd been pinning my hopes on UCLA holding something that didn't need too much work to make it look as breathtaking as it should do in the digital realm...

 

[PaulaJ]

Er, resurrecting this old thread... The Quiet Man is the featured film at this year's John Wayne birthday celebration: http://www.johnwaynebirthplace.org/birthday/ Also, has anyone seen the Japanese DVD version of The Quiet Man, released by (I think) Tohokushinasha Film Corp? Wondering how that DVD looks.