| Edition |
2-disc collector's set. |
| Description |
2 videodiscs (130 min. each) : sound, black and white and color ; 4 3/4 in. |
| System Details |
DVD ; NTSC, Region 1, full screen presentation. |
| Cast |
James Stewart, Donna Reed, Lionel Barrymore, Thomas Mitchell, Henry Travers, Beulah Bondi, Ward Bond, Frank Faylen, Gloria Grahame, H.B. Warner. |
| Credits |
Screenplay, Frances Goodrich, Albert Hackett, Frank Capra ; additional scenes, Jo Swerling ; photography, Joseph Walker, Joseph Biroc ; editor, William Hornbeck ; music, Dimitri Tiomkin. |
| Note |
Originally produced in 1946, c1947 as motion picture. |
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B & w disc: 60th anniversary (restored) edition, c2006 ; color disc: colorized version, Melange Pictures, c2007. |
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Based on a story by Philip Van Doren Stern. |
| Audience |
Rating: Not rated. |
| Summary |
An angel helps a compassionate but despairingly frustrated businessman by showing what life would had been like if he never existed. A Christmas classic. Features both the black and white and the colorized version. |
| Contents |
[Disc 1] Frank Capra's It's a wonderful life (60th anniversary ed.) -- [Disc 2]. Frank Capra's It's a wonderful life (Color version). |
| Note |
Special features on each disc: The making of "It's a wonderful life" ; A personal remembrance ; Original theatrical trailer. |
| Language |
English or French dialogue with optional English subtitles; closed captioned. |
| Note |
GMD: videorecording. |
| Subject |
Suicidal behavior -- Drama.
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Angels -- Drama.
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Friendship -- Drama.
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Christmas plays.
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| Genre/Form |
Christmas films.
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Feature films.
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Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
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DVD-Video discs.
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| Added Author |
Capra, Frank, 1897-1991.
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Goodrich, Frances.
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Hackett, Albert.
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Stern, Philip Van Doren, 1900-1984.
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Stewart, James, 1908-1997.
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Reed, Donna, 1921-1986.
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Barrymore, Lionel, 1878-1954.
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Mitchell, Thomas, 1892-1962.
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Travers, Henry, 1874-1965.
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Bondi, Beulah, 1892-1981.
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Bond, Ward, 1903-1960.
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Faylen, Frank, 1905-1985.
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Grahame, Gloria.
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Warner, H. B. (Henry Byron), 1876-1958.
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Liberty Films.
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Republic Entertainment Inc.
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Melange Pictures (Firm)
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Paramount Home Entertainment (Firm)
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| Added Title |
It's a wonderful life |
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It is a wonderful life |
| ISBN |
141571908X |
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9781415719084 |
| Standard No. |
097361313849 |
| Music No. |
13138 Paramount Home Entertainment |
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