It's a Wonderful Life is a 1946 American Christmas family fantasy drama film produced and directed by Frank Capra, based on the short story and booklet The Greatest Gift, which Philip Van Doren Stern self-published in 1943 and is in turn 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, in order to help others in his community, and whose imminent suicide on Christmas Eve brings about the intervention of his guardian angel, Clarence Odbody. Clarence shows George how he, George, has touched the lives of others and how different life would be for his wife Mary and his community of Bedford Falls if he had not been born. 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.
| Director | Frank Capra |
| Produced by | Frank Capra |
| Screenplay by | Frances Goodrich, Albert Hackett, Frank Capra |
| Starring | James Stewart, Donna Reed, Lionel Barrymore, Thomas Mitchell, Henry Travers, Beulah Bondi, Ward Bond, Frank Faylen, Gloria Grahame |
| Music | Dimitri Tiomkin |
| Cinematography | Joseph Walker, Joseph Biroc |
| Edited by | William Hornbeck |
| Production, company | Liberty Films |
| Distributed by | RKO Radio Pictures |
| Released | December 20, 1946 |
| Running time | 131 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $3.18 million |
| Box office | $3.3 million |
| Netflix ID | 644637 |
About It's A Wonderful Life
Christmas fantasy film directed by Frank Capra based on a short story called The Greatest Gift. In the movie, an angel shows a frustrated businessman what life would have been life had he never existed.
Achievement of It's A Wonderful Life
The film was nominated for five Academy Awards but won none of them. It became one of the most critically acclaimed films ever made.
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Latest information about It's A Wonderful Life updated on July 28 2021.
