|  | Director: Frank Capra
Actors: James Stewart, Donna Reed, Lionel Barrymore, Thomas Mitchell, Henry Travers
Studio: Paramount
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Rating:  593 reviews
Sales Rank: 1950
Format: Black & White, NTSC
Languages: English (Original Language), French (Original Language), English (Subtitled)
Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Region: 1
Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Number Of Discs: 1
Running Time: 130 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.3
Dimensions (in): 7.5 x 5.3 x 0.5
MPN: D960014D
UPC: 097369600149
EAN: 0097369600149
ASIN: B000HEWEJO
Theatrical Release Date: January 7, 1947
Release Date: October 31, 2006
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 An all time crowd pleaser January 6, 2010
Deepak Shadrach
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Got this for my wife as a gift since the only other copy we had was a VHS. So far we have seen the colorized version and it is very pleasing to the eye. An excellent gift idea.
Don't know what 'adychamp' is talking about. Better Transfer & Terrific Color Version December 31, 2009
Joey Redballs (IL)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
"adychamp" wrote that this was the same transfer as the original DVD release. It's not. I actually took screenshots from the same exact scene\frame from each DVD, and compared them side by side. The new B&W transfer is noticeably better. I had a colorized version on VHS years ago that was ghastly. This new colorization is amazing. The color version comes on its own separate DVD. It doesn't stray from the look of early color movies. This colorization has the same color quality of Hitchcock's Vertigo. It looks very natural for older period color films. I imagine the Blu-ray is even better. However, I must note that even the Blu-ray is a square picture like a standard def 4:3 television. That's because that square-ish aspect ratio is the original aspect ratio. Movie theater screens have had many different, distinct shapes over the past 100 years.
Outstanding. December 28, 2009
G.V. (Mexico City, Mexico)
I love this movie, made by obviously good people and yes, so full of good. That said, on my most recent viewing, the following things caught my eye and made me realize IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE would have NEVER been made today:
1) The police try to shoot George for hitting one of them. Talk about police brutality!
2) In George's alternate life, we find that Mary had the very worst possible thing happen to her: she became an old maid!. Her eyesight aapparently also suffered from this as she ended up wearing glasses too.
3) George and Clarence get thrown out of a bar for talking about 200 year old angels. Those Potterville bars sure had high standards for their drunken patron's conversations!
4) I would also question George's sanity for letting Uncle Billy handle a $8,000 deposit which I'm guessing would represent somewhere around $200,000 of today.
5) The simple, even naive way the movie starts with the stars speaking to one other. There you can also hear someone praying to "Jesus, Mary and Joseph". I bet somebody would attack that for being "un-politically correct" these days.
I also noticed for the first time that with all the heavy snowing when George is on the bridge, not a single flake actually sticks to his clothes; Harry's hat in his final scene also seems to be refrigerated as the snow on it stays while that on his shoulders melts. The Christmas decoration switching on and off his arm when he talks to Harry long distance is also very funny.
It's a Wonderful DVD December 28, 2009
Walter Schneider (Rockmart, GA. USA)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I purchased a colorized version, VHS cassette many years ago, and I found some defective areas in the video. I wasn't very happy with the product, but that was the only thing available back then. But now, I found the new two disk set, color and b/w, for those who like the original version. After viewing the color version, I was overwhelmed with the superior quality and vibrant color and sharpness. You won't go wrong with this wonderful classic, and it's at an affordable and unbeatable price. Thank you, Amazon, this one is a real winner.
Outstanding Print December 28, 2009
Pete Rinaldi (Voorheesville, New York United States)
If you have bluray and you enjoy this movie, This is the print for you! The detail is like nothing you have ever seen. the print is clean, and yet there is still a hint of grain form the film. This is the best print by far I have ever seen of this movie. It even blows away the HD version that they play on cable now.
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