LOS ANGELES IRISH FILM FESTIVAL Double Feature: DREAMING THE QUIET MAN, 2010, October 1, 2011

Saturday, October 1 – 7:30 PM LOS ANGELES IRISH FILM FESTIVAL
Double Feature: DREAMING THE QUIET MAN, 2010, 90 min. Dir. Se Merry Doyle. This mesmerizing documentary tells the back-story of Irish-born director John Ford’s decision to make the Ireland-set romantic drama THE QUIET MAN. Prestigious filmmakers such as Martin Scorsese, Peter Bogdanovich and Jim Sheridan (to name just a few) weigh in on Ford’s contributions to American cinema.
THE QUIET MAN, 1952, Paramount, 129 min. Dir. John Ford. John Wayne plays a former boxer returning home to his Irish birthplace who falls in love with feisty Maureen O’Hara and butts heads with her big brother (Victor McLaglen).

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