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DVD Release Date
• R1: Aug 18, 1998
• R2: 29 Nov 2004
Budget $3,180,000
Running Time
2 hours, 10 minutes
Country USA
Production Companies
Liberty Films Inc.
Studio Liberty Films, RKO Pictures
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Other Titles
• It's a Wonderful Life (1946)
• Frank Capra's It's a Wonderful Life
• The Greatest Gift
• Ist das Leben nicht schön? (1962)
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Genre: Fantasy, Romance, Drama, Christmas, Tear Jerker, World War II, Marriage, Fantasy, Ghosts
Tagline: They're making memories tonight!
Plot: A good but slightly ineffectual man tries to off himself after an error that really wasn't his fault. In Christmas carol fashion, his crusty-but-lovable guardian angel shows up to give him a tour of the world without his presence, and it isn't a pretty place. Moral courage, small-town American life, civic cooperation, and family love are glorified; corporate greed and self-involvement are vilified; at the climax, a blanket of snow like spun sugar makes everything pure and clean like redemption itself. The DVD version contains a behind-the-scenes featurette and an interview with director Capra. Academy Award Nominations: Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor (James Stewart), Best Editing, Best Sound.
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Frank Capra
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, Arsenic and Old Lace, It Happened One Night |
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| Frances Goodrich
Father of the Bride, Father of the Bride Part II, Father of the Bride |
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From Here to Eternity, The Picture of Dorian Gray, They Were Expendable |
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Gone with the Wind, High Noon, Mr. Smith Goes to Washington | | Beulah Bondi
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, Robin Hood, Penny Serenade | Frank Faylen
The Lost Weekend, Gunfight at the O.K. Corral, Funny Girl | |
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Dimitri Tiomkin
High Noon, Strangers on a Train, Mr. Smith Goes to Washington | Leigh Harline
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, Pinocchio, The Enemy Below | Leith Stevens
The War of the Worlds, The Wild One, When Worlds Collide | | Roy Webb
Monty Python and the Holy Grail, Notorious, Out of the Past |
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