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6 feb 1994 · It's a Wonderful Life: Directed by Clifton Ko. With Leslie Cheung, Teresa Mo, Tony Ka Fai Leung, Anita Yuen. A big family faces many life problems, and everyone tries best to find love and happiness in the new year.
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- Comedy, Family
- Clifton Ko
- 1994-02-06
It's a Wonderful Life (大富之家 Daai foo ji ga, literally House of Rich) is a 1994 Hong Kong comedy film directed by Clifton Ko, featuring an ensemble cast. Cast. Leslie Cheung as Roberto; Tony Leung Ka-fai as Tam Kau-kwai; Teresa Mo as Tam Kau-an; Anita Yuen as Ho Sau-kit; Raymond Wong Pak-ming as Tam Kau-fu; Fung Bo Bo as Mrs ...
George, terrorizzato da quanto ha visto, torna tripudiante in famiglia. La gente della città ha raccolto con una colletta il denaro per aiutarlo. Un campanello suona: è Clarence, in cielo, che ha messo le ali.
Franz Kafka's It's a Wonderful Life is a 1993 British short comedy film written and directed by Peter Capaldi. It stars Richard E. Grant as Franz Kafka and co-stars Ken Stott.
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- Adaptations in Other Media
- Sesame Street Urban Legend
- Stephan's Quintet Usage
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. Clarence is shown flashbacks of George's life. He watches 12-year-old George rescue his younger brother Ha...
Famous or memorable uncredited cast members include: 1. Jimmy the ravenas Uncle Billy's pet 2. Stanley Andrewsas Mr. Welch, the teacher's husband 3. Al Bridgeas the Sheriff with the arrest warrant against George 4. Adriana Caselottias Singer at Martini's 5. Ellen Corbyas Bailey Brothers Building & Loan customer, Miss Davis 6. Dick Elliottas the bal...
Background
The original story, The Greatest Gift, was written by Philip Van Doren Stern in November 1939. After it was rejected by several publishers, he had it printed as a 24-page pamphlet and mailed to 200 family members and friends for Christmas 1943.[N 2] The story came to the attention of either Cary Grant or RKO producer David Hempstead, who showed it to Grant's agent. In April 1944, RKO Picturesbought the rights to the story for $10,000, hoping to turn it into a vehicle for Grant. Dalton Trumbo,...
Casting
In his autobiography, Capra recalled: "Of all actors' roles I believe the most difficult is the role of a Good Sam who doesn't know that he is a Good Sam. I knew one man who could play it ... James Stewart. ... I spoke to Lew Wasserman, the MCA agent who handled Jimmy, told him I wanted to tell Jimmy the story. Wasserman said Stewart would gladly play the part without hearing the story." Stewart and Capra had previously collaborated on You Can't Take It with You (1938) and Mr. Smith Goes to W...
Filming
It's a Wonderful Life was shot at RKO Radio Pictures Studios in Culver City, California, and the 89-acre RKO movie ranch in Encino, where "Bedford Falls" was adapted from Oscar-winning sets originally designed by art director Max Ree for the 1931 epic film Cimarron. Covering 4 acres (1.6 ha), the town consisted of a main street stretching 300 yards (three city blocks) with 75 stores and buildings, and a residential neighborhood. Capra added a tree-lined center parkway, built a working bank se...
Critical response
According to a 2006 book, "A spate of movies appeared just after the ending of the Second World War, including It's a Wonderful Life (1946) and Stairway to Heaven (1946), perhaps tapping into so many people's experience of loss of loved ones and offering a kind of consolation." It's a Wonderful Life premiered at the Globe Theatre in New York City on December 20, 1946, to mixed reviews. While Capra thought the contemporary critical reviews were either universally negative, or at best dismissiv...
Prior to its Los Angeles release, Liberty Films mounted an extensive promotional campaign that included a daily advertisement highlighting one of the film's players, along with comments from reviewers. Jimmy Starr wrote, "If I were an Oscar, I'd elope with It's a Wonderful Life lock, stock and barrel on the night of the Academy Awards". The New Yor...
Ownership and copyright issues
Liberty Films was purchased by Paramount Pictures, and remained a subsidiary until 1951. In 1955, M. & A. Alexander purchased the movie. This included key rights to the original television syndication, the original nitrate film elements, the music score, and the film rights to the story on which the film is based, The Greatest Gift.[N 6] National Telefilm Associatestook over the rights to the film soon thereafter. A clerical error at NTA prevented the copyright from being renewed properly in...
Colorization
Director Capra met with Wilson Markle about having Colorization Inc. colorize It's a Wonderful Life based on an enthusiastic response to the colorization of Topper from actor Cary Grant. The company's art director, Brian Holmes, prepared 10 minutes of colorized footage from It's a Wonderful Life for Capra to view, which resulted in Capra signing a contract with Colorization Inc., and his "enthusiastic agree[ment] to pay half the $260,000 cost of colorizing the movie and to share any profits"...
VHS
Throughout the 1980s and early 1990s, when the film was still under public domain status, It's a Wonderful Life was released on VHS by a variety of home video companies. Among the companies that released the film on home video before Republic Pictures stepped in were Meda Video (which would later become Media Home Entertainment), Kartes Video Communications (under its Video Film Classics label), GoodTimes Home Video, and Video Treasures (now Anchor Bay Entertainment). After Republic reclaimed...
DVD and Blu-ray
The film has seen multiple DVD releases since the availability of the format. In the autumn of 2001, Republic issued the film twice, once in August, and again with different packaging in September of that same year. On October 31, 2006, Paramount released a newly remastered "60th Anniversary Edition". On November 13, 2007, Paramount released a two-disc "special edition" DVD of the film that contained both the original theatrical black-and-white version, and a new, third colorized version, pro...
Restoration
In 2017, the film was restored in 4K resolution, available via streaming services and DCP.
The film was twice adapted for radio in 1947, first on Lux Radio Theater (March 10) and then on the Screen Guild Theater (December 29), then again on the Screen Guild Theater broadcast of March 15, 1951. James Stewart and Donna Reed reprised their roles for all three radio productions. Stewart also starred in the May 8, 1949 radio adaptation presen...
It is commonly believed that the characters of Bert and Ernie on Sesame Street were named after Bert the cop and Ernie the cabdriver. However, in a correction for the 1999 "Annual Xmas Quiz" in the San Francisco Chronicle, which made this claim, series writer Jerry Juhl confirmed that, per producer Jon Stone, the shared names were merely a coincide...
The angelic figures depicted at the beginning of the film is an image of Stephan's Quintet, a group of four interacting galaxies.
It's a Wonderful Life showcases outstanding cinematography, important themes, and beautiful messages in a love story which is done justice through a superbly acted film portrayed through heart and humor that mark it as the clear definition of a holiday classic.
It's a Wonderful Life is a film directed by Clifton Ko with Raymond Wong, Leslie Cheung, Teresa Mo, Petrina Fung .... Year: 1994. Original title: Daai foo ji ga. Synopsis:You can watch It's a Wonderful Life through Rent,buy on the platforms: Apple TV.
