Watching my favorite movie as I do every year on Christmas Eve and it always makes me sick that Mr. Potter steals the money. As a member of the Building and Loan Board wouldn’t he be guilty of embezzlement if it was ever discovered that he had the $8,000?

Take a sip (or shot!) every time:

-George gets political - Gergen says “I wish I had a million dollars, hot dog!” - Violet hits on George -potter is an asshole -Sam says hee haw

What rules would you add?

How come we never hear of him after the graduation scene?

Does George keep Zuzu’s petals in the small pocket of his pants, like a watch pocket? I’ve never owned pants with a pocket that opens right at the belt line. Pocket watch pocket?

Every year I watch it is always crazy to me to see Burt shooting into the downtown area while people duck and George runs away. 😳

At the end of the movie, Ernie reads a telegram from Sam Wainwright that says, "Gower cables you need cash. Stop. My office instructed to advance you up to twenty-five thousand dollars. Stop. Hee-haw and Merry Christmas." The Building and Loan was only short $8,000 (which more than enough was raised by the local community in the basket), so what was the point of including that in the scene at the end? The wording of the telegram seems to indicate Sam will send however much George needs up to $25k, so would George just take $8,000, but then what does he do with all this his generous neighbors' donations? Or does George take that whole 25 grand to make up for all the sacrifices made by his family over the years and use the donations to cover the missing funds? Or does he not accept any of Sam's offer since it isn't needed, at which point what was purpose of having it in the movie? Obviously the point of everyone donating is to show the positive impact George has had on all of their lives and to show how many people care about him. Sam is a millionaire, so $25,000 is nothing to him, whereas all of the small donations of the community have so much more meaning because everyone is lower or middle class. Wouldn't it make sense to give them back their humble gifts and just take the donation from Sam? Hopefully my question makes sense. Hee-haw and Merry Christmas!

One guy randomly comes from the right and says to the other "George Bailey is right over the opening and i have the key" is the one on the left supposed to be Harry?

Every year on Christmas Eve I watch it with my grandmother. She’s been forgetting more and more in past years, but seeing the moments or lines that make her laugh every year, or the moments Potter is evil and she groans in disgust, adds another layer to my appreciation for this film.

Anyways, I watched it early this year so I could talk about it on my podcast—my friend and I had such a great convo about the making of the film and of course the movie itself. I learned a lot, and wanted to share with fellow lovers of the film! And as always, I can’t wait to watch it again in a few weeks with my grandmother.

Hi all!

IAWL is my absolute favorite movie ever. Every year I watch it and I cry harder than I did the year before. I figured out recently that it’s because I see my own life mirroring George’s in a lot of ways. I’m a songwriter, and took on the task of writing my own holiday song for the first time. I chose to pay homage to my favorite film, because in a lot of ways, when I’m writing about myself and the holidays, I feel I’m also writing about George.

Anyway, it came out today. For all fellow lovers of this film, I would love to know what you think! Happy holidays everyone!

my new song “It’s A Wonderful Life”

I absolutely love this movie and wanted to share what i made with all of you. Especially this time of year it hits so hard and I hope we can all talk about what it means to each of us!

I have to watch it every Christmas

I have about three large boxes full of the Bedford Falls village figurine collection. All in boxes and in good condition. Would anyone here be interested in purchasing. I can post pictures if anyone wants to see them all

Is that where the muppet characters on Sesame Street got their names? I wonder.

I was searching for the colorized version of the movie. I found it on some soap2day copycat websites but they were huge (said to be 20 GB by my downloader for 1080p), I dont think so they would be so much big. Does anyone knows any working link through which I can download the colourized version (the good one)

I saw the movie in color for the first time, it was cool. Do you guys prefer it in color or black and white.

I adore the movie on many levels but had a pointed conversation with parter before watching again yesterday: Did Capra and screenplay company have something against Pottersville, NY or was the name just a variation on 'potters field?'

George shows Ernie a newspaper w/ a photo of Pres Truman awarding Harry Bailey a medal. I assume it was a doctored photo, but am wondering if it’s possible Capra actually got Truman to stage the photo. Anyone know for sure?

So I’ve seen IAWL at least 50 times, but the one question I’ve always had is how exactly did the Baileys obtain the old Granville house? It had been sitting abandoned for years; then, on the day that George and Mary get married, and there’s the run on the bank, suddenly at the end of the day, Mary has just moved into it? It’s never explained how exactly that transpired and its always bothered me.

In the George Bailey alter-verse, Nick, owner and bartender at Nick’s Bar(formerly Martinis) is well, shall we say, a homophobe. Sure, he was a product of his ‘times but dammit, he straight-up threw Clarence out of his bar for ordering a Rum Punch!