Editing John Huston (section)

=== 1967–1969: Involvement with the Irish film industry===
{{blockquote|I think the politicians who supported building the studio can take consolation in the fact that it's brought a lot of money to Ireland. We're spending more than a million dollars in Ireland and we wouldn't be here if it weren't for Ardmore.
|author = John Huston
|source = in an interview on RTÉ<ref name= Eireannach>John Huston: An t-Éireannach. Directed by Brian Reddin, interviews with Anjelica Huston, Louis Marcus, and Ann Fahys, TG4, 1996.</ref> }}

While working on ''[[Casino Royale (1967 film)|Casino Royale]]'' (1967), Huston took interest in the Irish film industry, which had historically struggled to attain domestic or international success. There were rumours that he would buy Ireland's premiere film location, [[Ardmore Studios]] in Bray, County Wicklow. In 1967, Huston gave [[Taoiseach]] [[Jack Lynch]] a tour of Ardmore and asked to form a committee to help foster a productive Irish film industry. Huston served on the resulting committee with Irish filmmakers and journalists.<ref name=Eireannach />

Lynch also ultimately agreed to offer tax breaks to foreign production companies if they shot on location in Ireland, and signed the Film Act of 1970.<ref>{{cite news | title=Irish Film: The Force is with us | work=[[Irish Independent]] | first=Joe | last=O'Shea | date=August 3, 2014 | url=http://www.independent.ie/entertainment/movies/movie-news/irish-film-the-force-is-with-us-30478303.html | access-date=February 7, 2017}}</ref>

Huston was interviewed in Irish journalist [[Peter Lennon]]'s ''[[Rocky Road to Dublin (film)|Rocky Road to Dublin]]'' (1967), where he argued that it was more important for Irish filmmakers to make films in Ireland than for foreign production companies to make international films.<ref>Lennon, Peter. ''Rocky Road to Dublin''. Cinematography by Raoul Coutard, May 17, 1968.</ref>

In 1969, he shot ''[[Sinful Davey]]'' in Ireland using a mixed Irish and British cast.