The Quiet Man captivates audiences.
From the first scene to the last, viewers are engrossed in the characters, the
dialog, and the next turn of events. A casual viewing of The Quiet Man will provide entertainment. But you will find that
you can’t casually watch this film. Bits of a deeper story are provided at
every moment. They catch in your mind like fish in a net. And a smile will
creep across your face as you start pulling in the net because you know this is
going to be a sweet haul. The studio’s head honchos wanted John Ford to cut its
length from 129 minutes to 120 minutes based on their assumption that an
audience wouldn’t sit still for longer than two hours. When Ford showed the
honchos the film, the screen went white right in the middle of the climactic
fight scene. Ford informed the studio brass that they were at the 120-minute mark,
and if they were dying to see the rest of the movie, so would the theater-going
public. The studio executives let Ford have his nine minutes.
Watch The Quiet Man, and you’ll be
glad they did.
