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It's a Wonderful Life 1946

type: Movie

language: English

duration: 125 min

genre: fantasy

theme: romantic drama

director: Frank Capra

Score: 9 / 10

It's a Wonderful Life is a 1946 American Christmas fantasy drama film produced and directed 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.

Plot

On Christmas Eve 1945, in Bedford Falls, New York, George Bailey contemplates suicide. The prayers of his family and friends reach Heaven, where guardian angel second class Clarence Odbody is assigned to save George in order to earn his wings.

Awards

National Board of Review: Top Ten Films

Cast

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author	Albert Hackett Frances Goodrich Frank Capra Jo Swerling Michael Wilson Philip Van Doren Stern
award	National Board of Review: Top Ten Films
contentLocation	Bedford Falls New York
director	Frank Capra
editor	William Hornbeck
genre	drama fantasy
keywords	alternate timeline auld lang syne bank examiner board of directors building and loan christmas eve christmas tree clarence odbody contemplating suicide drown family business fighter pilot george bailey guardian angel heaven henry f. potter housing development institutionalize insurance policy involuntary commitment jail kamikaze kill librarian life insurance manslaughter married mary hatch medal of honor missing money navy newspaper headline old maid overprice poison river run run on the bank stroke the adventures of tom sawyer tom sawyer trap understand united states navy world tour
musicBy	Dimitri Tiomkin
nomination	Academy Award for Best Actor Academy Award for Best Director Academy Award for Best Film Editing Academy Award for Best Picture Academy Award for Best Sound
producer	Frank Capra
productionCompany	Liberty Films
publisher	RKO Radio Pictures
recordedAt	California
theme	romantic drama romantic fantasy supernatural wish fulfillment