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It's a Wonderful Life

It's a Wonderful Life is a 1946 American Christmas fantasy drama film directed and produced by Frank Capra. It is based on the short story and booklet "The Greatest Gift", self-published by Philip Van Doren Stern in 1943, which itself is loosely based on the 1843 Charles Dickens novella A Christmas Carol. The film stars James Stewart as George Bailey, a man who has given up his personal dreams to help others in his community and whose intended suicide on Christmas Eve brings about the intervention of his guardian angel, Clarence Odbody. Clarence shows George all the lives he touched and what the world would be like if he had not existed. Although it was nominated for five Academy Awards, including Best Picture, It's a Wonderful Life initially received mixed reviews and was unsuccessful at the box office. Theatrically, the film's break-even point was $6.3 million, about twice the production cost, a figure it did not come close to achieving on its initial release. Because of the film's disappointing sales, Capra was seen by some studios as having lost his ability to produce popular, financially successful films. Its copyright in the U.S. expired in 1974 following a lack of renewal and it entered the public domain, allowing it to be broadcast without licensing or royalty fees, at which point it became a Christmas classic. It's a Wonderful Life is now considered to be one of the greatest films of all time and among the best Christmas films. It has been recognized by the American Film Institute as one of the 100 best American films ever made. It was no. 11 on the American Film Institute's 1998 greatest movie list, no. 20 on its 2007 greatest movie list, no. 8 on its list of greatest love stories, and no. 1 on its list of the most inspirational American films of all time. In 1990, It's a Wonderful Life became one of 25 films selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress for being deemed as "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant". Capra revealed that it was his favorite among the films he directed and that he screened it for his family every Christmas season. It was one of Stewart's favorite films. A modern remake of the film, written and directed by Kenya Barris, is in development at Paramount Pictures as of January 2024.

Infobox

Directed by
Frank Capra
Screenplay by
mw- Frances Goodrich Albert Hackett Frank Capra Additional scenes: Jo Swerling
Based on
"The Greatest Gift"by Philip Van Doren Stern
Produced by
Frank Capra
Starring
James Stewart Donna Reed Lionel Barrymore Thomas Mitchell Henry Travers Beulah Bondi Ward Bond Frank Faylen Gloria Grahame
Cinematography
Joseph Walker Joseph Biroc
Edited by
William Hornbeck
Music by
Dimitri Tiomkin
Productioncompany
Liberty Films
Distributed by
RKO Radio Pictures
Release dates
December 20, 1946 (1946-12-20) (limited) January 7, 1947 (1947-01-07) (wide)
Running time
131 minutes
Country
United States
Language
English
Budget
$3.18 million[N 1]
Box office
$3.3 million
Release date
December 20, 1946 (1946-12-20)

Tables

· Awards and honors
1946
1946
Year
1946
Award
Best Picture
Result
Nominated
Nominee / Winner
Liberty Films Lost to Samuel Goldwyn Productions – The Best Years of Our Lives
Best Director
Best Director
Year
Best Director
Award
Nominated
Result
Frank Capra Lost to William Wyler – The Best Years of Our Lives
Best Actor
Best Actor
Year
Best Actor
Award
Nominated
Result
James Stewart Lost to Fredric March – The Best Years of Our Lives
Best Film Editing
Best Film Editing
Year
Best Film Editing
Award
Nominated
Result
William Hornbeck Lost to Daniel Mandell – The Best Years of Our Lives
Best Sound Recording
Best Sound Recording
Year
Best Sound Recording
Award
Nominated
Result
John Aalberg Lost to John P. Livadary – The Jolson Story
Technical Achievement Award
Technical Achievement Award
Year
Technical Achievement Award
Award
Won
Result
Russell Shearman and RKO Radio Studio Special Effects Dept. For the development of a new method of simulating falling snow on motion picture sets.
Year
Award
Result
Nominee / Winner
1946
Best Picture
Nominated
Liberty Films Lost to Samuel Goldwyn Productions – The Best Years of Our Lives
Best Director
Nominated
Frank Capra Lost to William Wyler – The Best Years of Our Lives
Best Actor
Nominated
James Stewart Lost to Fredric March – The Best Years of Our Lives
Best Film Editing
Nominated
William Hornbeck Lost to Daniel Mandell – The Best Years of Our Lives
Best Sound Recording
Nominated
John Aalberg Lost to John P. Livadary – The Jolson Story
Technical Achievement Award
Won
Russell Shearman and RKO Radio Studio Special Effects Dept. For the development of a new method of simulating falling snow on motion picture sets.

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