It's A Wonderful Life (DVD)

One of the great things about being a Cineworld Unlimited customer is that I am able to see as many films as I want for £11.99 each month. This includes both new releases, and also re-releases which Cineworld sometimes show. I was really pleased to be able to see GOLDFINGER, BRIEF ENCOUNTER and THE WICKER MAN (the original version with Edward Woodward) on the big screen this summer. However last week I was really impressed to see that Cineworld were showing IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE. This is a Christmas perennial but I've never seen it on the big screen so I was really excited about being able to do so. IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE is a classic movie directed ...

James Stewart stars in this 1946 classic film directed and produced by Italian American Frank Capra. On Christmas Eve 1946 George Bailey is about to end his life, large amount of cash has gone missing from the family run company. George crashes the car while driving at night. Standing by a bridge ready to commit suicide, George sees a man jumping in the river. He saves him, the rescued man introduces himself as Clarence, a second class angel sent to Earth to rescue George. If successful Clarence will earn wings, only given to senior angels. George wishes he was never born. Clarence takes George on a trip, to the past; some of the people have ...

>>>> Synopsis As a child George Bailey (James Stewart) dreamt of becoming an explorer, travelling the world in search of excitement and adventure. But having grown up he is forced to abandon his plans when his father, Peter Bailey (Samuel S. Hinds), suddenly passes away and he is forced into taking over the running of the family business, the Bailey Building and Loan Society, or else selfish and miserly tycoon Henry F. Potter (Lionel Barrymore) will close it down. Stuck in the seemingly dull town of Bedford Falls, in a job he resents, George marries his childhood sweetheart, Mary (Donna Reed), and becomes a pillar of the community as his selfless ...