The Complete Guide to the Quiet Man.
Author: MacHALE, Des.
Belfast: Appletree Press, 2002. 267 pages. Illustrated. Paperback.
“John Ford’s Oscar-winning film The Quiet Man (1952), based on the story by Maurice Walsh, is one of the best-loved and most popular of all time, and currently also one of the best-selling videos. This new paperback edition of The Complete Guide To The Quiet Man is a celebration of every aspect of the film — the background, the stars, the shooting, the screenplay, the influences, and the many legends and stories that have grown up around it. This book could just as easily have been called “Everything You Ever Wanted To Know About The Quiet Man” — the shooting locations with dozens of detailed maps; a very comprehensive cast and crew list; hundreds of photographs taken by both amateurs and professionals; an in-depth analysis of every word of the dialogue; video timings of all the scenes; and above all the inside story and a thorough discussion of the whole Quiet Man phenomenon, which have all led to one of the greatest cult movies of all time.
Des MacHale was born in Castlebar County Mayo, not far from where The Quiet Man was filmed. He is currently Associate Professor of Mathematics at University College in Cork where he lives with his wife Anne and their five children. He is author of over fifty books ranging from Kerryman Jokes and the best-selling WIT series to a series of lateral thinking puzzles (with Paul Sloane) and a biography of George Boole.”
ISBN: 0862818273