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Release Date:
7 January 1947 (USA)
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They're making memories tonight! more
Plot:
An angel helps a compassionate but despairingly frustrated businessman by showing what life would had been like if he never existed. full summary | full synopsis
Awards:
Nominated for 5 Oscars.
Another 4 wins
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Review: Lyceum Theatre Closes Their 2009 Season with Charming Presentation of It's A Wonderful Life - A Live Radio Play
(From BroadwayWorld.com. 16 November 2009, 4:11 PM, PST)
Taproot Theatre Hosts Two Staged Readings of John Longenbaugh’s Sherlock Holmes And The Case Of The Christmas Carol 12/4, 12/5
(From BroadwayWorld.com. 12 November 2009, 4:49 PM, PST)
(From BroadwayWorld.com. 16 November 2009, 4:11 PM, PST)
Taproot Theatre Hosts Two Staged Readings of John Longenbaugh’s Sherlock Holmes And The Case Of The Christmas Carol 12/4, 12/5
(From BroadwayWorld.com. 12 November 2009, 4:49 PM, PST)
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A Great Influence...
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | James Stewart | ... | George Bailey |
 | Donna Reed | ... | Mary Hatch |
 | Lionel Barrymore | ... | Mr. Potter |
 | Thomas Mitchell | ... | Uncle Billy |
| Henry Travers | ... | Clarence |
| Beulah Bondi | ... | Mrs. Bailey |
 | Frank Faylen | ... | Ernie |
| Ward Bond | ... | Bert |
 | Gloria Grahame | ... | Violet |
| H.B. Warner | ... | Mr. Gower |
| Frank Albertson | ... | Sam Wainwright |
| Todd Karns | ... | Harry Bailey |
| Samuel S. Hinds | ... | Pa Bailey |
| Mary Treen | ... | Cousin Tilly |
| Virginia Patton | ... | Ruth Dakin |
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Also Known As:
Frank Capra's It's a Wonderful Life (USA) (complete title)
The Greatest Gift (USA) (working title)
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The Greatest Gift (USA) (working title)
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130 min | Spain:118 min (25 fps) (DVD edition)
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1.37 : 1 more
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Mono (RCA Sound System)
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Canada:F (Ontario) |
Canada:G (Manitoba/Nova Scotia/Quebec) |
South Korea:12 |
Brazil:Livre |
Sweden:15 |
Argentina:Atp |
Australia:PG |
Finland:K-16 |
Germany:6 |
Spain:T |
UK:U |
USA:Approved (PCA #11656)
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Originally ended with "Ode to Joy", not "Auld Lang Syne".
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Continuity: George's pipe disappears when talking to Violet in his office.
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Referenced in "30 Rock: Christmas Special (#3.6)" (2008)
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When Johnny Comes Marching Home
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What are the names of George and Mary's four children?Are Bert and Ernie from "Sesame Street" named after Bert, the cop, and Ernie, the taxi driver, from "It's a Wonderful Life"?
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No movie ever made has influenced me more than this classic. I had the honor of doing a play version of it about 5 years ago. I had seen the film thousands of times, had loved it, but I never really knew what it meant. During the course of the production, I suddenly felt alive. I felt that I wasn't having enough fun. I felt that I wasn't doing enough in my life. Crazy things, like kissing my mother or my father. I hadn't really hugged one of them in a while. It makes you think. It's more of a thinking person's film than a mere Christmas film. If you think it's just a Christmas film, I insist you watch it again and again, until you get the message.
Stewart gives the finest performance of his career, in one of the most difficult characters ever portrayed. A character all of us are familiar with...a person looking to find himself/herself. It's the great struggle for finding what it is in life you really want to do. George Bailey teaches us so lessons throughout the film and in the end he teaches us the most important lesson of all, that life, although a long and winding road, truly is (for lack of a better word) wonderful...