St. Patrick's Event and Movie: The Quiet Man

Program Type:

Film

Age Group:

Adults
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Event Details

Join us for refreshents at 12:30 pm and a movie, "The Quiet Man," at 1:00 pm The Quiet Man is an American romantic comedy-drama film directed by John Ford.  It stars John Wayne, Maureen O'Hara, Barry Fitzgerald, Ward Bond and Victor McLaglen. The film features Winton Hoch's lush photography of the Irish countryside and a long, climactic, semi-comic fist fight. It was an official selection of the 1952 Venice Film Festival. John Ford won the Academy Award for Best Director and Winton Hoch won for Best Cinematography. In 2013, the film was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant".

Co-Sponsored by the Simsbury Public Library and Simsbury Senior Center. *Register through the Senior Center. Free!