Overview:
A holiday favourite for generations... George Bailey has spent his entire life giving to the people of Bedford Falls. All that prevents rich skinflint Mr. Potter from taking over the entire town is George's modest building and loan company. But on Christmas Eve the business's $8,000 is lost and George's troubles begin.| Status: | Released (1946-12-20) |
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| Awards: | Nominated for 5 Oscars. 11 wins & 7 nominations total |
| BoxOffice: | $1,483,643 |
| Screen: | Frances Goodrich, Albert Hackett, Frank Capra |
| Productions: | Liberty Films |
| Production Countries: | United States of America |
| Spoken Languages: | English |
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Casts
- 854: James Stewart - George Bailey
- 17752: Donna Reed - Mary Hatch
- 17753: Lionel Barrymore - Mr. Potter
- 3383: Thomas Mitchell - Uncle Billy
- 7666: Henry Travers - Clarence
- 17755: Beulah Bondi - Mrs. Bailey
- 17759: Frank Faylen - Ernie
Crews
- 82172: Jo Swerling - Additional Writing - Crew
- 2662: Frank Capra - Director - Directing
- 13267: Michael Wilson - Additional Writing - Crew
- 17763: Jack Okey - Art Direction - Art
- 17760: Philip Van Doren Stern - Original Story - Writing
- 2662: Frank Capra - Screenplay - Writing
- 17762: William Hornbeck - Editor - Editing
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Reviews
barrymost
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It's practically an American tradition to watch this film with family at Christmas time each year. I just saw it for the first time myself a couple weeks before last Christmas, and I loved it. It's an uplifting, inspiring, dramatic, and at times laugh-out-loud funny story, with a c ....
Continue reading ->Peter McGinn
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Oh my goodness, I am not going to spend much time describing this gold standard of Christmas movies. If you have seen it, you know what it is. If you haven’t seen it, stop reading this and watch it now. It is funny, tense, sentimental, romantic and downright Capra-esque. I have li ....
Continue reading ->r96sk
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Lovely film. <em>'It’s a Wonderful Life'</em> is enjoyable, hearty and well crafted. It takes longer than I would've predicted to get to 'the event', but it's very much worth seeing the journey that comes before - as we see the arc of James Stewart's George. It all crescendos with ....
Continue reading ->CinemaSerf
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Every now and again you come across a film that just makes you think.... This is one of those. Recently upconverted to 4K and back on a big screen, it's quite simply a joy to watch. Jimmy Stewart is "George" - a man who has spent his adult life tirelessly trying to help those less fo ....
Continue reading ->GenerationofSwine
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I am not one of those snobs that thinks Black and White is always better... but don't watch the colored version of it, there is something about it that just doesn't look right. Maybe it's because the colors are off, maybe because I'm not as used to it, but something doesn't sit righ ....
Continue reading ->aochin
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It's a timeless and great film for everyone, straightforwardly telling us that life is worth living and a good deed is never lost. Frank Capra's films always remind me the world is not so bad. He shows us there is no need to beat or convince evil people to change. You will still h ....
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