Frank Capra’s 1946 film “It’s a Wonderful Life” has become, alongside Charles Dickens’s A Christmas Carol, a staple of the holiday season. And while a certain oh-so-modern mindset is ready to sneer at the film as a “terrifying, asphyxiating story about growing up and relinquishing your dreams,” most Americans recognize in the film a set of values whose absence in contemporary society hurts.
As A Christmas Carol was written not for children but as a gift book that adults shared and pondered; neither is “It’s a Wonderful Life,” just for children. Art and literature were once thought to be as much for edification as education: as you watch the film for the umpteenth time this December, here’s my David Letterman top five list of “It’s a Wonderful Life” values worth recovering this Christmas season:
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While reading this I can't help but wonder how this movie would have been if Jimmy Stewart had not been casted as George Bailey.Henry Fonda and Cary Grant were both given the opportunity to play the role,but declined for various reasons.Personally I think God made the final decision,but that's just my opinion.
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