In the emotional and entertaining documentary, John Ford: Dreaming The Quiet Man, director Se Merry Doyle explores the tenacity of director John Ford and his twenty-year struggle to bring the classic film The Quiet Man to the screen. The Quiet Man would go on to become a world wide box-office sensation, and win John Ford the Academy Award for Best Director and Winton C. Hoch and Archie Stout an Oscar for Best Cinematography. Doyle's documentary features interviews with film notables including leading lady Maureen O'Hara and directors Martin Scorsese, Peter Bogdanovich and Jim Sheridan, who share the indelible impact that the film has had their lives and influenced their careers. This revealing behind-the-scenes look at the making of Ford's classic is highlighted with rare and never-before-seen home movies documenting the cast and crew's time filming in Ireland.