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With: James Stewart, Donna Reed, Lionel Barrymore, Thomas Mitchell, Henry Travers, Beulah Bondi, Frank Faylen, Ward Bond, Gloria Grahame, H.B. Warner, Frank Albertson, Todd Karnes
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Written by: Frances Goodrich, Albert Hackett, Frank Capra, Jo Swerling, based on a story by Philip Van Doren Stern
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Directed by: Frank Capra
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MPAA Rating: Unrated
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Running Time: 130
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Date: 19/12/1946
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It's a Wonderful Life (1946)
Angel Wings
By Jeffrey M. Anderson Buy It's a Wonderful Life on DVD. By now everyone knows Frank Capra's holiday classic and the tears it so effortlessly conjures up year after year -- but it's easy to forget how truly vicious the film is, and how brilliantly James Stewart rises to the challenge. As George Bailey, he reaches into the ultimate depths of despair for a truly wrenching performance that Capra pays off beautifully. Directors Anthony Mann and Alfred Hitchcock noticed this dark side of Stewart and capitalized on it in later films like Winchester '73 and Vertigo. Gloria Grahame is very sexy in an early role as the town hottie ("this old thing? I only wear this when I don't care how I look!") DVD Details: The old It's a Wonderful Life DVD is now out of print and Artisan/Republic's beautiful new one -- mastered in THX from the original film negative -- nicely takes its place.
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