A new feature that I added on this blog is embedding full videos from different servers. I figured, if SurftheChannel could do it, maybe I can do it also with a bit of research and coding. In my case, I’ll only put videos that I highly recommend, have seen and can guarantee a clear copy.
This is my very first embedded movie post. It’s a wonderful life – this movie was made way back in 1946 and was originally in black and white. It was the masterpiece of the great Frank Capra. To be honest, this was the first time I heard of him but I now have great respect for him. You can tell that this laid out the foundation for future feel-good movies.
This version has been remastered to full color and they did a great job as you can see below if you decide to watch it.
I found this movie last Sunday when it was raining hard – Storm (Frank) hit the Philippines. I wanted a feel good movie so I did a quick google search – at first, I was hesitant to play this movie because it did take place in the 1940′s BUT it showed up as number one in several search results so might as well right? Anyway, I hope you enjoy this movie as much as I did. A classic feel good and inspiring movie about life, hope and faith. Its also a cozy Christmas movie.
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It’s a Wonderful Life is a 1946 American film produced and directed by Frank Capra and based on the short story The Greatest Gift written by Philip Van Doren Stern.
The film takes place in the fictional town of Bedford Falls shortly after World War II and stars James Stewart as George Bailey, a man whose attempted suicide on Christmas Eve gains the attention of his guardian angel, Clarence Odbody (Henry Travers) who is sent to help him in his hour of need. Much of the film is told through flashbacks spanning George’s entire life and narrated by Franklin and Joseph, unseen Angels who are preparing Clarence for his mission to save George. Through these flashbacks we see all the people whose lives have been touched by George and the difference he has made to the community in which he lives.
The film is regarded as a classic and is a staple of Christmas television around the world, although, due to its high production costs and stiff competition at the box office, financially, it was considered a “flop.” The film’s break-even point was actually $6.3 million, approximately twice the production cost, a figure it never came close to achieving in its initial release.[2] An appraisal in 2006 reported: “Although it was not the complete box-office failure that today everyone believes… it was a major disappointment and confirmed, at least to the studios, that Capra was no longer capable of turning out the populist features that made his films the must-see, money-making events they once were.”[3]
It’s a Wonderful Life was nominated for five Oscars without winning any, but the film has since been recognized by the American Film Institute as one of the 100 best American films ever made, and placed number one on their list of the most inspirational American films of all time.
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/It’s_a_Wonderful_Life
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