It's a Wonderful Life

It's a Wonderful Life is a 1946 Frank Capra film, released originally by RKO Radio Pictures.

Story

The movie begins in Heaven, where an apprentice angel named Clarence is given his final assignment before becoming a true angel: Help George Bailey (plabed by James Stewart, a man who sacrificed his dreams to help his town and is nearing financial disaster.

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After being fully briefed on George's life, Clarence descends and gives George the opportunity to view how the world would be if George was never born. While going through the world in this state, George learns that his beloved hometown of Bedford Falls came under the control of his longtime nemesis, Mr. Potter, and turned into a hive of corruption and vice. He also discovers that the peopled he loves - his wife, brother, and friends - are all dead or suffering in "Pottersville."

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After experiencing this alternate reality, George decides that life is truly worth living and returns. To his joyous wonder, he finds that the entire town had pitched in to save his bank from going under and himself being arrested, culminating with a rich industrialist friend authorizing a massive advance and his own younger brother leaving his own presidential decoration ceremony early to help his sibling. Due to his work, Clarence was able to "get his wings" and become a true angel.

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