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Post by Miss Retro on Mar 16, 2007 22:10:58 GMT -5
One of the most popular American films of all-time and a perennial holiday favorite, IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE was not a huge hit with either critics or audiences when it debuted in December 1946 but was nominated for five Academy Awards including Best Picture, Best Actor (Jimmy Stewart), and Best Director (Frank Capra). After slipping quickly into obscurity, it began appearing on television occasionally in the late 1950s. But when the film's copyright lapsed in 1973, IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE quickly became a staple of American TV programming between Thanksgiving and Christmas and belatedly earned its rightful place in the lexicon of American popular culture. Ranked #11 on the American Film Institute's list of Greatest Films, IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE is an indisputable movie classic. Jimmy Stewart, Beulah Bondi, and Thomas Mitchell, three co-stars of Capra's pre-war drama MR. SMITH GOES TO WASHINGTON (1939), are reunited on the Bailey's front porch in IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE. For Bondi, the film marked her fifth and final production with Stewart and the fourth film in which she played his mother. "Where's my hat? Where's my ... Oh, thank you, George. Which one is mine?" --Uncle Billy.
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Post by *~Mrs. Cooper ~* on Mar 17, 2007 10:43:16 GMT -5
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Post by Miss Retro on Mar 17, 2007 11:56:41 GMT -5
I know I saw it last night for the first time, I can't believe I hadn't seen it before, it's awesome. I rented at blockbuster. I was in a classics kinda mood (like that's a strange thing) ...lol....so I went to blockbuster and rented a whole bunch of classics....because i don't get my tcm channel til next friday and I couldn't wait that long!!!! I was craving classics!
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Post by Ajax on Mar 17, 2007 18:14:36 GMT -5
I love this movie, especially the scene with the lint...I mean the MOON...THE MOON!
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Post by Miss Retro on Mar 19, 2007 16:09:58 GMT -5
lol
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Post by *~Mrs. Cooper ~* on Mar 19, 2007 17:46:09 GMT -5
LOL, Liiiiiiiiiint! Jimmy! Liiii--moon. This is my second favorite Frank Capra movie of all time, I love it!!
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Post by Ajax on Mar 20, 2007 13:00:55 GMT -5
What is your first favorite Frank Capra movie then? Oh yes, gotta love that scene with the lint! Haha, I love that no one gets that
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Post by *~Mrs. Cooper ~* on Mar 20, 2007 20:57:11 GMT -5
My first favorite F.C film? ;D
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Post by Ajax on Mar 21, 2007 13:18:06 GMT -5
Wow, I had no clue that he even did that one...I don't really know what directors did what films, I just care about who's in it, basically.
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Post by Miss Retro on Mar 22, 2007 12:00:54 GMT -5
yes I'm with megg LOL i never really look at what directors make the movie i just worry about who the actors are LOL hahahah
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Post by *~Mrs. Cooper ~* on Mar 22, 2007 12:14:47 GMT -5
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