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It’s a Wonderful Life (1946)
(English below)
“It’s a Wonderful Life”
Regjisor: Frank Capra
Viti i prodhimit: 1946
Kohëzgjatja: 135 min.
Gjuha: Anglisht
Titra: Anglisht
Hyrja: FALAS
It’s a Wonderful Life është komedi-dramë amerikane e Krishtlindjes me produksion dhe regji të Frank Capra, e bazuar në tregimin e shkurtë dhe fletushkën The Greatest Gift nga Philip Van Doren Stern.
Në film paraqitet James Stewart si George Bailey, një njeri i cili ka harruar ëndërrat e tij për t’i ndihmuar të tjerëve, dhe përpjekja e vetëvrasjes për Krishtlindje të të cilit sjellë intervenim nga engjëlli, Clarence Odbody (Henry Travers). Clarence i tregon George krejt jetërat në të cilat kishte ndikuar, dhe sa e ndryshme do të ishte jeta në Bedford Falls po që se ai të mos kishte lindur.
It’s a Wonderful Life ishte nominuar për pesë shpërblime Oscar, përfshirë atë për Filmin më të Mirë, dhe është zgjedhur nga Instituti Amerikan i Filmit si filmi më inspirues amerikan i të gjitha kohërave. Capra ka treguar se ky ishte filmi i tij më i dashur që kishte drejtuar, dhe ia shfaqte familjes së tij çdo Krishtlindje.
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“It’s a Wonderful Life”
Director: Frank Capra
Year of production: 1946
Length: 135 min.
Language: English
Subtitles: English
Entrance: FREE
It’s a Wonderful Life is a 1946 American Christmas fantasy comedy-drama film produced and directed by Frank Capra, based on the short story and booklet The Greatest Gift by Philip Van Doren Stern.
The film stars James Stewart as George Bailey, a man who has given up his dreams in order to help others, and whose imminent suicide on Christmas Eve brings about the intervention of his guardian angel, Clarence Odbody (Henry Travers). Clarence shows George all the lives he has touched, and how different life in his community of Bedford Falls would be if he had never been born.
It’s a Wonderful Life was nominated for five Academy Awards, including Best Picture, and has been placed by the American Film Institute as number one on its list of the most inspirational American films of all time. Capra revealed that this was his personal favorite among the films he directed, and that he screened it for his family every Christmas season.