It's a Wonderful Life

It's a Wonderful Life1946

Director: Frank Capra
Stars: James Stewart, Donna Reed, Lionel Barrymore, Thomas Mitchell, Henry Travers
Genre: Drama, Family
Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Runtime: 130 minutes

Now perhaps the most beloved American film, It's a Wonderful Life was largely forgotten for years, due to a copyright quirk. Only in the late 1970s did it find its audience through repeated TV showings. Frank Capra's masterwork deserves its status a… more »



George:
What is it you want, Mary? What do you want? You want the moon? Just say the word and I'll throw a lasso around it and pull it down. Hey. That's a pretty good idea. I'll give you the moon, Mary.

Mary:
I'll take it. Then what?

George:
Well, then you could swallow it, and it'd all dissolve, see? And the moonbeams'd shoot out of your fingers and your toes, and the ends of your hair... Am I talking too much?

Old Man:
Yes! Why don't you kiss her instead of talking her to death?

George:
How's that?

Old Man:
Why don't you kiss her instead of talking her to death?

George:
Want me to kiss her, huh?

Old Man:
Ah, youth is wasted on the wrong people!

The first line of this dialogue is sampled in the McFly song "Love is Easy" (2012)

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