Making Ryan's Daughter - Paul Benedict Rowan Filmmaking Taking the premise and title

Taking the premise and title from reporter Gerald Walker's novel

In 1870 the Japanese ambassador and his entourage travel by train to Washington to deliver a valuable sword to the President of the United States

Using Chaplin’s old Hollywood studios in 1920

Disc 1: 'The Final Cut' with new and archival featurettes

Melancholic comedy/satire

Making Ryan's Daughter - Paul Benedict Rowan Filmmaking Taking the premise and title'Making Ryan's Daughter: The Myths, Madness and Mastery' by Paul Benedict Rowan (New Island Books 338 page paperback) Painstakingly researched over fifteen years, with in depth, one on one interviews with major cast and crew members, Making Ryans Daughter charts the tumultuous filming of one of Irelands most iconic pieces of cinema.