It's a Wonderful Life [1946] [DVD]

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It's a Wonderful Life is a title that has been milked on home video for all that it was worth in its entire life - with the 1999 Republic/Artisan DVD being its first disc release. Extras: Language(s): English, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Spanish, Hard of Hearing Subtitles: English, Subtitles: English - United States, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, French - Parisian, German, Italian, Japanese, Norwegian, Spanish - Latin American, Swedish, French - Parisian (Forced), German (Forced), Italian (Forced), Japanese (Forced), Spanish - Latin American (Forced), Interactive Menu, Screen ratio 1:1.

A resentment factor can kick in when an audience has waited patiently for one story to shape up, and the movie suddenly takes a brand-new tangent inconsistent with what has gone before.

that Capra had to cobble together bits of establishing shots to make a 'snow falls on the town' montage, tells Savant that the need for the footage wasn't perceived until after his expensive snowy street set was struck and shooting finished. Frustrated by his life, and haunted by an impending scandal, George prepares to commit suicide on Christmas Eve.

They made possible a complete reorganization of It's a Wonderful Life, introducing from the very beginning the whimsical fantasy element and the crucial threat of suicide. For the scene that required Donna Reed to throw a big stone into the window of the Granville House, Frank Capra hired a marksman to shoot it out the window on her cue. The scene on the bridge where Clarence saves George was filmed on a back lot on a day where the temperature was 90 degrees Fahrenheit and if you look closely, you can see that James Stewart is perspiring profusely in a few scenes. He had taken over the management of the building and loan association and was bucking a local Scrooge who had jockeyed him into a position where he could be dealt misery. Special Feature: Trivia Tracks: Here once again you get to view the whole film, but this time I viewed it in Black-and-White.Simple thoughts that were the inspiration for one of the richest, most uplifting, most beloved American films ever made. Smith Goes to Washington’ [1939], ‘Of Human Hearts’ [1938] and ‘Vicious Lady’ [1938], and once in his television series ‘The Jimmy Stewart Show’ [1971]. Frank Capra revealed that the film was his personal favourite among those he directed, adding that he screened it for his family every Christmas season.

This acclaimed favourite has been re-mastered in glorious colour providing you with the option of enjoying the film in its original black and white form and in full colour. With the endearing message that 'no one is a failure who has friends', Frank Capra's heartwarming masterpiece continues to endure, and after 70 years this beloved classic still remains as powerful and moving as the day it was made. Then there is the superb Lionel Barrymore making the town banker even more of a Scrooge than anyone else could have. Hinds, Mary Treen, Frank Albertson, Virginia Patton, Charles Williams, Sarah Edwards, William Edmunds, Lillian Randolph, Argentina Brunetti, Robert J.

Regarded as a cinematic masterpiece and one of the most popular films of all time, ‘It’s a Wonderful Life’ is the very definition of the Christmas feel good family film.