The Quiet Man (60th Anniversary Special Edition) - January 2013

[Wookalar]

Amazing that Maureen O'Hara has outlived so many of her co-stars, even the younger ones--John Candy, Natalie Wood (imdb says she's the ONLY person on the credits list of Miracle on 34th Street who's still alive). And still looking good. Great documentary on the DVD of the Quiet Man hosted by her.

[Blu-Velvet]

Originally Posted by Duke_45

Actually, his first should have been for Red River

Actually I liked him better in RIO GRANDE than either RED RIVER or SHE WORE A YELLOW RIBBON (or even FORT APACHE or THE SEARCHERS)... and Olive has a great-looking Blu-ray of RIO GRANDE that's just as good as Warner's Blu-ray of FORT APACHE. Lots of great Wayne titles on Blu-ray already, and I'm anxiously awaiting THE QUIET MAN, the best of his career.

I'm also really hoping Olive will bring to Blu-ray another severely underrated Wayne non-western for Republic, A MAN BETRAYED (1941), and this being election month would have been an ideal time to release it.

[JGD]

Originally Posted by Wookalar

Amazing that Maureen O'Hara has outlived so many of her co-stars, even the younger ones--John Candy, Natalie Wood (imdb says she's the ONLY person on the credits list of Miracle on 34th Street who's still alive). And still looking good. Great documentary on the DVD of the Quiet Man hosted by her.

There were two DVD's released for "The Quiet Man". The second release, if I recall correctly, had the documentary by her and also her running commentary for the entire length of the film on an alternate audio track. It was extremely informative about the movie and all of the cast. Hold on to that DVD because the extras probably won't be on the Blu-ray.

Maureen O'Hara also does a nice commentary on the Legend Films release of "Miracle on 34th Street". Again, she may be the only surviving cast member. The Legend Films release has the black and white original but also the colorized version of the film on the DVD. I know lots of people don't like colorization but I actually prefer it and besides the b/w version is in the case as well.

[MTRodaba2468]

Wonderful news...

[Gey Blabby]

This comes out the same week as my birthday and I couldn't ask for a better present. The film won't disappoint me, of course, and I just hope the transfer is worthy of it.

[GrailVanGogh]

Great comedy/drama.
I pre-ordered it from Amazon and am hoping for a pleasant surprise.

[Atreyu]

Olive Films seems to have a pretty good track record.

[JGD]

Originally Posted by Blu-Velvet

Actually I liked him better in RIO GRANDE than either RED RIVER or SHE WORE A YELLOW RIBBON (or even FORT APACHE or THE SEARCHERS)... and Olive has a great-looking Blu-ray of RIO GRANDE that's just as good as Warner's Blu-ray of FORT APACHE. Lots of great Wayne titles on Blu-ray already, and I'm anxiously awaiting THE QUIET MAN, the best of his career.

I'm also really hoping Olive will bring to Blu-ray another severely underrated Wayne non-western for Republic, A MAN BETRAYED (1941), and this being election month would have been an ideal time to release it.

If you like Wayne films you might want to check out "Legend of the Lost" from 1957. The DVD looked great if I recall but I just picked up the blu-ray from Germany and it looks fantastic. I don't know it if will ever get released here so I went ahead and got it. It plays in my Panasonic so I think it is Region A as well as B.

[JMK]

The Quiet Man Blu-ray Review

[tama]

Excellent. Can't wait to pick up this release.

[Dubliner1]

Owned this on a few different DVDs so hope to see a huge improvement in picture quality...a bit disappointed with the lack of extras and single layer BD25 disc instead of a dual layer BD50.
Price is a bit high too.

[Arkadin]

Originally Posted by Dubliner1

Owned this on a few different DVDs so hope to see a huge improvement in picture quality...a bit disappointed with the lack of extras and single layer BD25 disc instead of a dual layer BD50.
Price is a bit high too.

wow, if you're disappointed in this release I feel sorry for you.
I mean we are talking about an important classic film that has always looked like 100% dogsh%^t on dvd.
this new bd is one of the best catalog releases in the history of the format imo.
sure more extras would be great, but I mean gimme a break about being "disappointed"
this film has now been rescued for eternity--simple as that.
Olive deserves all the praise in the world imo.
(If only they could do the same for Nashville)

[bluknight1]

Originally Posted by Arkadin

wow, if you're disappointed in this release I feel sorry for you.
I mean we are talking about an important classic film that has always looked like 100% dogsh%^t on dvd.
this new bd is one of the best catalog releases in the history of the format imo.
sure more extras would be great, but I mean gimme a break about being "disappointed"
this film has now been rescued for eternity--simple as that.
Olive deserves all the praise in the world imo.
(If only they could do the same for Nashville)

+1
The only complaint I might raise is the registration problem in the first capture shown in the review tab. The Duke's hand is outlined in red, which indicates misalignment of the 3-strip Technicolor records. This is entirely correctable with todays technology. However, I still am buying this release. It's probably (based on screenshots) the best work Olive has done yet.

[NoirFan]

Originally Posted by Dubliner1

Owned this on a few different DVDs so hope to see a huge improvement in picture quality...a bit disappointed with the lack of extras and single layer BD25 disc instead of a dual layer BD50.
Price is a bit high too.

All Olive releases have been single-layer so far, except for the lengthy films like 1900, and they typically have few or no extras. I too wish they'd use dual-layer discs and/or a higher bit rate on some of their releases (as well as porting over all DVD extras), but the overall results have been pretty solid, and in this case look to be spectacular. As for price, Import CDs is where most people here buy their Olive (and Kino discs) - they're all $15.69 shipped, plus they occasionally have sales and/or 10% coupons.

[NoirFan]

I believe this is their first release with a booklet - hopefully they'll get around to updating their catalog insert as well!

[Sinbad75]

Just waiting for a review like this! SOLD! Now let's hope Olive does as good a job with the Betty Boop cartoons!

[NoirFan]

Originally Posted by Sinbad75

Now let's hope Olive does as good a job with the Betty Boop cartoons!

Have those been confirmed as Blu-rays?

[Akijama]

Wow, a perfect score for PQ Kudos to Olive!

[Abdrewes]

Originally Posted by Sinbad75

Just waiting for a review like this! SOLD! Now let's hope Olive does as good a job with the Betty Boop cartoons!

Hell yes! I tried to watch this several years back but the Picture quality on the DVD was atrocious.

[Sinbad75]

Originally Posted by NoirFan

Have those been confirmed as Blu-rays?

That's my understanding. Can't wait!