“Every time a bell rings, an angel gets its wings.” Featuring the talents of two AFI Life Achievement Award honorees – director Frank Capra and star James Stewart – IT’S A WONDERFUL LIFE (1946) was twice named by the American Film Institute among the greatest films of all time, as well as among the top ten fantasy films in the art form’s history. The beloved holiday classic appears on AFI’s lists of the art form’s most iconic love stories and inspiring triumphs – with both Stewart’s George Bailey and Lionel Barrymore’s Mr. Potter also included among cinema’s greatest heroes and villains, respectively.
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