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New movie based on Quiet Man shoot to be filmed in Ireland
18. 02. 2010 | 51 reads
By Patrick Cooper from Irish Central
A new movie based on 'The Quiet Man' is to be filmed in Cong, the same village near Connemara where the original took place in 1952.
Former James Bond actor Roger Moore, Aidan Quinn and Geraldine Chaplin will star in the movie called 'Connemara Days,' which will chronicle the arrival of famed Hollywood director John Ford into the little Irish village.
Stacy Keach, star of 'Escape from LA,' will play Ford, who arrived in Cong in 1952 accompanied by John Wayne and Maureen O'Hara. The movie, a romantic comedy, will focus on the impact that Ford and his crew had on the local scene.
Roger Moore is also executive producer of the movie, which will be directed by Kevin Connor who also directed Marco Polo and Black Beard.
The 'Connemara Days' plot concerns a young local girl, Heather O'Dea, who falls in love with one of Ford's assistant directors.
Roger Moore says he is delighted to be associated with the film.
"The Quiet Man was undoubtedly the best movie John Ford ever directed. It is also one of my all-time favorite films,” he told The Irish Times.
“The opportunity to revisit the time when Hollywood arrived in Ireland to shoot it was simply too delicious an opportunity to miss.”