The play is narrated by Anthony Hopkins, starring Jim Carrey as the eponymous character, Taylor Momsen, Jeffrey Tambor, Christine Baranski, Bill Irwin and Molly Shannon Play a supporting role. The film centers on the Grinch, a misanthropic green creature who lives in a cave near Crumpet Mountain and who despises the festivities and attempts to sabotage their plans for a holiday in Whoville.

"How the Grinch Stole Christmas" is produced by Imagine Entertainment and released in the United States by Universal Pictures on November 17, 2000. Although Jim Carrey's performance received positive reviews, reviews from critics were mixed. The film ranked No. 1 in the United States for four weeks and grossed $345.8 million worldwide, making it the sixth-highest-grossing film of 2000. At the time, it also became the second highest-grossing film of all time. Second only to Home Alone (1990), it was not until the third film based on the story in 2018 that it surpassed both films. It won an Academy Award for Best Makeup and was nominated for Best Art Direction and Best Costume Design.

million dollars and took three months to shoot in New York and Hollywood. Murray, who is returning to movies after a four-year hiatus following the success of "Ghostbusters," feels the film's success is unstoppable. Murray worked with Glazer and O'Donoghue to revise the script before agreeing to join the project. The production was chaotic as Murray and Donner had different visions for the film. Murray described his time on the film as "painful", while Donner called Murray "extremely creative, but sometimes difficult". Along with Murray's three brothers Brian, John and Joel, Scrooge made numerous celebrity guest appearances. 

One hundred million U.S. dollars. The film received a positive response from test audiences, but upon its release received mixed reviews from critics, who felt it was either too mean-spirited or too sentimental. It was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Makeup, but lost to the fantasy comedy film Beetlejuice. 

Since its release, Scrooge has become a regular TV Christmas feature, with some critics calling it an alternative to traditional Christmas movies, while others believe Scrooge was ahead of its time, making it a popular Modern times have great significance. It appears on various lists of best Christmas movies.

Fred is sliding on the ice on the pavement on Christmas Eve in century London. He met Peter Cratchit and Tim Cratchit, the sons of Bob Cratchit, his uncle Ebenezer's clerk. When Fred reveals his identity, the children run away in terror. Fred soon arrived at the counting house of his stingy uncle Ebenezer Scrooge. After declining his nephew's invitation to have dinner with him on Christmas Day, Scrooge turns down two gentlemen who were raising money for charity. That night, Scrooge reluctantly allowed his employee Bob Cratchit to take paid Christmas leave, but ordered him to return early the next day. Later Bob accidentally knocks Scrooge's hat off with a snowball. Scrooge fires Bob and withholds a week's wages to compensate for his damaged hat, demanding shillings to make up the difference. Bob spent his last paycheck on Christmas dinner for his family.

At Scrooge's home, he encounters the ghost of his late business partner Jacob Marley, who warns Scrooge to repent of his evil ways or he will be condemned like Marley in the afterlife. He tells Scrooge that he will be haunted by three ghosts.

, the young Ghost of Christmas Eve visits Scrooge and takes him back to his early life. Scrooge is shown to be unhappy when he is left at school alone to spend the holidays, and is happy when his sister Fran comes to take him home for Christmas. The ghost reminds Scrooge that Fran, who has been dead for many years, is his nephew's mother. Scrooge shows his early career in business and moneylending, when he was an employee of Fezziweg.

At two o'clock, Scrooge meets the jolly Ghost of Christmas Present, who shows Scrooge how others celebrate Christmas. During a church service, Fred and his fiancée Beth appeared happy and in love. Due to Fred's financial situation, the couple must wait to marry, and the spirit observes that perhaps they will not marry at all and their love may end, just as Scrooge lost his fiancée at a young age. Scrooge is then taken to Cratchit's house. Although Bob appears cheerful for the sake of his family, he is deeply troubled by the loss of his job, although he confides in no one except his daughter Martha. The ghost hints that Bob's youngest son Tim will die of a serious illness at the same time next year if things don't change.

point, the Ghost of Christmas Eve arrives, appearing as a silent, cloaked figure. The spirit shows Scrooge what will happen if he doesn't change. Scrooge finds Tiny Tim dead and his family mourns him. Scrooge also discovers that his own death will not be mourned. Scrooge promises to repent and returns home on Christmas Day to wake up in his own bed.

Scrooge was a changed man. He asked a boy on the street to buy him a large turkey from the butcher shop window, intending to take it to the Cratchit family. When he met two people who asked him for charity on Christmas Eve, Scrooge gave them a large donation. He visits Fred and makes him his new partner, then goes to the Cratchit house, where he gives everyone gifts and rehires Bob, increasing his salary.

Reverend Henry Biggs is the pastor of a troubled small African-American Baptist church in a poor neighborhood in New York City. Membership was dwindling, Henry was torn by the needs of his parishioners, and the church's finances were in trouble. Henry was under intense pressure from real estate developer Joe Hamilton to sell the church property so Hamilton could build luxury apartments on the site. Henry also began to neglect his wife Julia and son Jeremiah. Julia is worried that her marriage will fail. Unsure of his ability to make a difference in the lives of his parishioners and beginning to lose his faith, Henry prayed to God for help,

As Christmas approaches, Henry's schedule becomes increasingly hectic, and Darcy begins to spend most of his time with Julia and Jeremy. Henry's secretary, Beverly, becomes defensively and aggressively suspicious, believing that Darcy is there to replace her in her job. Julia's acerbic mother, Margaret, also harbors suspicions about Darcy, fearing that the newcomer will disrupt her daughter's marriage. Darcy and Julia go ice skating and then spend an evening at the jazz club where Julia used to perform. After a confrontation with Henry, Darcy realizes that he has fallen in love with Julia. As a result, Darcy shifts his focus to Hamilton and manages to sabotage his plan to have Henry sell the church. Henry now realizes that his family is the most important thing in his life, and he is determined to become a better husband and father. At the Christmas celebration in the church, Henry finds that his faith in God has been renewed, and his connection with his family has been restored.

After the work was completed, Dudley gave the Biggs family a beautifully decorated Christmas tree as a gift. Dudley subsequently erased all memories of himself from everyone he met, and although he attended morning services on Christmas Eve, no one recognized him. However, Jeremiah, with his childlike faith, still remembers Dudley and wishes him a Merry Christmas.

A subplot throughout the film focuses on Julia's singing talent. Once a popular nightclub singer, now she's the star of the church choir. This subplot provides several set pieces performed by the choir, in which gospel music plays an important role. It also provides comic relief in the form of the overbearing choir member, played by Huston's real-life mother Cece.

The film was released on November 11, 1994, and grossed $190 million at the box office. It received positive reviews from critics and became a holiday staple for audiences. Its success led to two sequels, "Santa Clause 2" (2002) and "Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause" (2006). While the reception of the former was mixed, and the latter received negative reviews, both sequels were financially successful. The sequel series, "Santa Clause," premiered on Disney+ on November 16, 2022.

Premiere. The film was originally intended for release under Hollywood Pictures, but after children's test screenings, it was moved to Walt Disney Pictures.

is the marketing director for a toy company in Lakeside, Illinois. A divorced father prepares to spend Christmas Eve with his son Charlie. Scott wants Charlie to keep his faith in Santa Claus, even though he doesn't believe it himself. Scott's ex-wife Laura and her psychiatrist husband Dr. Neil Miller stopped believing in Santa Claus when they were young, and they felt it was time for Charlie to do the same.

After a peaceful night at Danny's house (Scott accidentally burns the family's dinner), Scott and Charlie are awakened that night by a noise on the roof. During his investigation, Scott scares Santa Claus on the roof, who then slips and falls off the roof to his death in the snow below. Santa's body disappears, leaving behind a red suit and business card that says if anything happens to Santa, the responsible party should put on his suit and continue his mission. Scott and Charlie are surprised to find Santa's sleigh and reindeer on the roof. At Charlie's request, Scott reluctantly dons the suit and spends the night delivering the gifts before the reindeer take them to the North Pole.

Chief Elf Bernard explains that by donning the deceased's costume, Scott is bound by a legal technique called the "Santa Clause" and accepts all the duties and responsibilities of the deceased Santa Claus. Bernard gave Scott eleven months to settle his affairs before returning to the North Pole on Thanksgiving Day. Confused and overwhelmed, Scott changed into the pajamas provided to him and fell asleep.

The next morning, Scott wakes up in his bed, convinced that the events of the previous night were a dream, but realizes that he is still wearing the pajamas given to him. As Charlie recalls what happened, he becomes convinced that his father is the new Santa Claus, and his proud expression arouses suspicion and concern from Laura, Neil, and the school staff. Not wanting to destroy Charlie's newfound enthusiasm, Scott asks him to keep their trip to the North Pole a secret. Over the next year, Scott underwent a drastic and unexplainable transformation; he gained a lot of weight and developed an increasing fondness for sweets, especially milk and cookies. He developed a thick white beard that grew back immediately after shaving, and despite attempts to dye his hair, his hair continued to turn gray. During a meeting with the company, Scott bristled at a proposal to promote a toy military tank by showing Santa Claus riding it. He'll also start saying the names of "naughty" and "nice" kids when he sees them. After Laura and Neil witness the children trying to sit on Scott's lap at Charlie's soccer game, they believe Scott is deliberately misleading Charlie and decide to have a judge suspend Scott's visitation rights. On Thanksgiving night, a devastated Scott went to Laura and Neil's house to see Charlie for the last time. Desperate to help Scott realize how important he is to the children of the world, Charlie shows Scott a magical snowball given to him by Bernard, ultimately convincing Scott that he really is Santa Claus. When Laura and Neil allow Scott to talk to Charlie alone for a minute, Bernard appears and transports him and Charlie to the North Pole. Laura and Neil thought Scott had kidnapped Charlie and called the police.

Then wait for him on the sleigh. The elves sent a team to break him out of prison. Scott sends Charlie home and insists that he spend Christmas Eve with Laura and Neil. He speaks to Charlie about the importance of everyone in the family, leading Laura and Neil to believe that he is Santa Claus. Laura burned the court documents suspending Scott's visitation rights and told Scott he could visit at any time. Bernard appears and tells Charlie that every time he shakes his magic snowball, his father will appear. Before leaving, Scott gave Laura and Neil two Christmas gifts they had never received as children, making them suspicious of Santa Claus. Scott took off from the roof and identified himself to police and a group of witnesses outside the house.

Shortly after Scott leaves, Charlie calls him back with Snowball, and Laura agrees to let Charlie ride the sleigh with Scott to complete the gift delivery.

Hughes conceived Home Alone while on vacation, and Warner Bros. originally intended to finance and distribute the film. However, Warner Bros. shut down production after exceeding its designated budget. Twentieth Century Fox took responsibility after secret meetings with Hughes. Columbus and Culkin were hired quickly. Taken in

"Home Alone" premiered in Chicago on November 10, 1990, and was released in the United States on November 16. While the film's initial reception was mixed, in later years the response was generally positive, with praise for its cast, humor, and music. . "Home Alone" grossed $476.7 million worldwide, becoming the highest-grossing live-action comedy before "The Hangover Part 2" (2011) and launching Culkin as a child star. In addition, it was the second-highest-grossing film of 1990, behind "The Last Day Out." [3] It was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture Musical or Comedy, Culkin was nominated for Best Actor in a Motion Picture Musical or Comedy, John Williams won the Academy Award for Best Original Score, and The Movie won Best Original Score Song nomination. Somewhere in my memory". Since then, Home Alone has been considered one of the best Christmas movies. A sequel, Home Alone 2: Lost in New York, was released in 1992.

The McAllister family is preparing to spend Christmas in Paris, and the night before departure, they gather at Kate and Peter's home in a Chicago suburb. Kate and Peter's younger son Kevin is often teased by his cousins, especially his older brother Buzz. After a brief scuffle between Kevin and Buzz, Kevin inadvertently ruins the family dinner, Kevin's plane ticket is accidentally thrown away, and Kate sends him to the loft. Kevin scolds his mother for letting his family bully him and wants his family to disappear. During the night, strong winds caused a power outage, the alarm clock failed to work, and the family overslept. In the chaos and rush to the airport, Kevin accidentally gets left behind.

Kevin woke up to find the house empty and the family car still in the garage, unaware that they had rented a van to take them to the airport. Thinking that his wish had been fulfilled, he rejoiced in his newfound freedom. Later, Kevin is terrorized by his next door neighbor, "Old Man" Marley, who is rumored to be a serial killer who murdered his family. The McAllister home soon became the target of the "Wet Bandits" Harry Lime and Marv Murchins, a pair of burglars who had been breaking into other vacant houses nearby. Kevin tricks them into thinking his family is still at home, forcing them to postpone their plan to rob the McAllisters' house.

During the flight, Kate realizes that Kevin has been left behind. Upon arriving in Paris, the family discovers that all flights for the next two days are fully booked, and the phone lines at their Chicago home are still down. Peter and the rest of the family stay in his brother's apartment in Paris, while Kate, concerned for Kevin's safety, manages to catch a flight back to Scranton, Pennsylvania. She attempts to find a flight to Chicago, but all of them are booked. Gus Polinski, the lead singer of the traveling polka band, overhears Kate's predicament and offers her a ride in their moving truck to Chicago. Meanwhile, on Christmas Eve, Harry and Marv finally realize that only Kevin is at the McCallister home. Kevin, who overheard their plan to break into the house that night, starts to miss his family. He asks a local Santa Claus impersonator if he can bring his family back for Christmas. Kevin goes to the church to watch a choir performance and encounters Marley again. Marley refutes the rumors about him and mentions that he won't see his granddaughter because she is the daughter of his estranged son. Kevin advises Marley to reconcile with his son. Back at home, Kevin sets up traps in the house. Harry and Marv break in, triggering the traps and suffering various injuries. As they chase Kevin around the house, he calls the police and lures them into a vacant neighboring house they had previously broken into. Harry and Marv ambush Kevin and prepare for revenge, but Marley intervenes, knocking them down with a snow shovel. The police arrive, arrest Harry and Marv, and identify everyone involved.

On Christmas Eve in Europe in 1944, at the height of World War II, former Broadway star Captain Bob Wallace and aspiring performer Private Phil Davis performed for the 151st Division Soldiers perform. These men had just received news that their beloved Major General Thomas F. Waverly had been relieved of command. Waverly arrives and gives an emotional farewell. He was farewelled in a stirring chorus of "The Old Man". After Waverly leaves, enemy bombers attack the area and everyone goes into hiding. Phil pulls Bob away from the collapsing wall and is injured by debris. Bob asks how he can repay Phil for saving his life, and Phil suggests they do a double act. Bob didn't like the idea, but felt compelled to agree.

After the war, the pair rose to fame, first as performers and later as producers, with the hit musical Playing Around. They receive a letter purportedly from their old mess sergeant, "Freckled" Ben Haynes, asking them to watch his sisters perform. They watch Betty and Judy sing at a Novello, Florida, nightclub. Phil, who enjoys playing matchmaker, notices Bob's interest in Betty. After the performance, the four met and Phil and Judy hit it off. However, Betty and Bob argue over Bob's cynicism and the fact that the letter was actually written by Judy and not Ben.

Phil learns from Judy that the girls' landlord falsely accused them of carpet damage and even called the police to demand money, and Phil gives them the tickets he and Bob bought for Christmas in New York. . Bob and Phil improvise to buy the girls time, then escape to the train where they now have to sit in the club car, much to Bob's chagrin.

The girls convinced Phil and Bob to abandon New York and spend Christmas with them in Pine Tree, Vermont, where they were booked as performers. Upon arriving in Vermont, they discovered that all the tourists had left due to a lack of snow and unseasonably warm weather. They arrive at the empty Columbia Hotel and are surprised to find that General Waverly is the hotel's landlord, who has invested his life savings in it and is on the verge of bankruptcy. Phil and Bob decided to invite "

Later, Bob discovers that Waverly has received a humiliating rejection letter asking him to rejoin the Army. Bob decides to prove to the general that he hasn't been forgotten, and calls another old Army buddy, Ed Harrison, who now has his own variety show, for help. Ed suggests that they put the General on the show to play up his misfortune and Bob's kindness, which would be free advertising for Bob and Phil. Bob was strongly opposed to the idea. Unfortunately, the first half of the conversation was overheard by Emma, the housekeeper. She relays Ed's thoughts to Betty, who suddenly becomes cold to the confused Bob.

Phil and Judy faked their engagement, believing that Betty was trying to avoid romance because she didn't want Judy to be unprotected. However, this backfires when Betty accepts a gig in New York and leaves. Phil and Judy admitted the truth to Bob, who was furious and rushed to New York to tell Betty. They partially reconcile, but Bob meets with Harrison before she has a chance to find out what's really bothering her. Betty sees Bob attending Harrison's show and surprises General Waverly by inviting the entire 151st Division to join him in the Pines secretly, at Bob and Phil's expense. Betty realized her mistake and returned to Vermont in time to attend the show.

When General Waverly arrived at the show on Christmas Eve, the soldiers once again surprised him with a rousing chorus of "Old Man" that moved him to tears. During the show, Betty and Bob got engaged, and Judy and Phil decided to continue their engagement. As everyone sang "White Christmas," a thick snow finally covered Vermont.

On Christmas Eve, an orphan climbed into Santa's bag after seeing a teddy bear and was inadvertently taken from the orphanage to the North Pole. After discovering the baby in the workshop, the elves named him Buddy after the brand label of his diapers.

On Christmas Eve, an orphan climbed into Santa's bag after seeing a teddy bear and was inadvertently taken from the orphanage to the North Pole. After discovering the baby in the workshop, the elves named him Buddy after the brand label of his diapers. Buddy is accepted into the elf community and as an adult believes he is an elf, although he is twice the size of the other elves and is not good at making toys, but soon overhears that he is human. Daddy Elf explains to him that he was the son of Walter Hobbs and Susan Wells, who gave him up for adoption before she died. Walter now works for a publishing company in the Empire State Building in New York and is unaware of Buddy's existence. Santa reveals that Walt was put on the naughty list for being selfish, but suggests that Buddy can help him atone with some Christmas spirit.

Buddy travels to New York and finds Walt at work, but Walt mistakes him for the Christmas gift deliverer and evicts him. Walter's security guard sarcastically tells Buddy to go to a local Gimbels department store, where he meets Jovi, an unenthusiastic employee with whom he is instantly smitten. Hearing that Santa Claus would come to the store the next day, Buddy redecorated the store overnight. However, after Buddy discovers that the Kimbell Santa Claus is not real, he unmasks him, sparking an argument that is eventually broken up by the manager.

Tests confirmed that Buddy was his biological son. Dr. Leonard convinces Walter to take Buddy home to meet his stepmother Emily and half-brother Michael. Buddy's strange behavior unnerves Walter and Michael, but Emily insists that they take care of him until he "recovers." After defeating a group of bullies in a snowball fight, Michael develops a crush on Buddy and encourages him to ask Jovi out on a date. During the date, the two fell in love.

Meanwhile, Walter's publishing company is in trouble due to the failure of his latest book. Walt's boss, Fulton Greenaway, wants Walt to have a new book ready by Christmas Eve. Walt and his team meet with best-selling children's author Miles Finch, but Buddy interrupts the meeting and mistakes Finch, who has dwarfism, for an elf. Buddy unintentionally insults Finch, who attacks him and angrily leaves the meeting, prompting Walt to lose his temper and harshly disown Buddy. Heartbroken, Buddy wrote an apology on an Etch-a-Sketch and left Walt's apartment.

After discovering that Finch's notebooks were filled with ideas, Walter and his team scrambled to create a book to market. As Walt prepares to pitch the book to Greenaway, Michael arrives and informs Walt that Buddy has left. Realizing his mistake, Walter quits his job and goes out with Michael to find Buddy. Meanwhile, Buddy sees Santa's sleigh crashing in Central Park, attracting a large crowd. Santa explains that due to the lack of Christmas spirit, the sleigh's engine is missing and it cannot fly without it.

Buddy finds the engine and reunites with Walt and Michael. Walter apologizes to Buddy for the way he treated him and accepts him as his son. After Buddy takes them to meet Santa, Michael takes Santa's list and reads it out in front of the TV news cameras, proving that Santa is real. A group of Central Park rangers, angry that Santa put them on his naughty list, chase the sleigh as Buddy tries to reinstall the engine. Jovi led the crowd and television viewers in singing "Santa Claus Is Coming to Town," sparking enough Christmas spirit to keep the sleigh powered even without an engine.

By the following Christmas, Buddy had written a book about his life, which became a bestseller and led to Walt founding his own publishing company. Buddy also married Jovi and took their newborn daughter Suzy to visit Daddy Elf.

The film was released on November 18, 1983 and received positive reviews from critics. Partly shot in Canada, the film won two Canadian Genie Awards in 1984. In 2012, the film was selected for preservation in the National Film Registry by the Library of Congress for being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant."

"A Christmas Story" was filmed in front of the Parker family house in the Tremont neighborhood on Cleveland's West Side. The interior of the building was restored and reconfigured to match the studio interior and is open to the public as the Christmas Story House.

The film is presented as a series of vignettes, with narration provided by an adult Ralphie Parker. In 1940, when Ralph was a 9-year-old boy, all he wanted for Christmas was a red Ryder carbine-style 200-shot range model air rifle. Ralphie's wish is rejected by his mother, his teacher Miss Shields, and the disgruntled Santa Claus from Higbee's Department Store, who all give him the same warning: "You'll shoot your eye out."

On Christmas morning, Ralphie received some gifts that he liked, but was disappointed not to find a rifle among them. Ralphie's father ("the old man") directs him to the final box hidden in the corner, which contains the rifle. Ralph couldn't wait to run out and give it a try, but when he fired at the metal target he'd set up, the BB bounced and knocked off his glasses. While searching for his glasses, Ralphie accidentally stepped on them and broke them; he made up a story about a large icicle falling and hitting him in the face, which fooled his mother into saving him. Getting into trouble.

That night, Ralphie went to bed with his gun, which as an adult he considered to be the best Christmas gift he had ever received or would ever receive.

Kohl's director of special events Dorey Walker fired Kohl's Santa Claus Tony Farage because he was drunk before attending the Thanksgiving Day parade. She immediately searches for a replacement and finds an old man who has been berating a drunk Santa before the parade. When Dorey asked him to take over, he introduced himself as Kris Kringle. Chris performed so well in the parade that he was immediately hired by Kohl's, even though he clearly believed he was the real Santa Claus.

Chris was praised by children and parents who came to visit him, and his unusual tendency to direct shoppers to other stores where toys could be purchased more cheaply contributed to a successful marketing campaign for Kohl's. Kohl's, which had recently survived a hostile takeover by Victor Landberg, suddenly turned a profit, angering executives at rival Shopper Express, headed by Jim Duff.

Dolly convinces her six-year-old daughter Susan that Santa Claus does not exist and worries about Chris' influence on her. Attorney Brian Bedford, Dorey's boyfriend, did his best to convince Susan. One night, Susan was at Chris's nanny's side and shared with him her Christmas wishes: She wanted a daddy, a house out of Kohl's Christmas catalog, and a baby brother. Chris asked if she would start to believe in Santa if she got all these things, and Susan agreed that she would.

Landberg and Duff realize that Chris believes he is Santa Claus and is leading a conspiracy to destroy his credibility. Duff and his fellow executives paid Farage to confront Chris on the street and feign injury when Chris raised his cane, leading to Chris' arrest. Brian provides Chris with legal support and arranges a court hearing where Chris can present his case. Dorey persuaded the chairman of Kohl's to show solidarity with Chris and won over the public. During a court hearing, prosecutor Ed Collins noted that Chris was mentally unfit for society, allowing him to declare to the court that he was the real Santa Claus.

That night, Judge Henry Harper confided to Brian privately that, despite Chris's sincere good intentions, he felt he had no choice but to declare him insane. The next morning, just before the judge announced his decision, Susan walked up to the judge holding a Christmas card containing a $1 bill. On the back, the words "In God We Trust" are circled. The judge realized that if the U.S. Treasury could pin its official belief in God on U.S. dollars without the necessary evidentiary standards, the people of New York could similarly pin their belief in Santa Claus on U.S. dollars. . Judge Harper dismissed the case, declaring that Santa Claus is real and exists as Kris Kringle.

After the court hearing, Dori and Brian, encouraged by Chris, realized their true feelings for each other and held a small wedding after midnight mass on Christmas Eve.

On Christmas morning, Susan wakes up to the news of her marriage and is delighted to find that she has fulfilled part of her Christmas wish. Susan, Dorey and Brian drive to the catalog store together and discover that Chris - now "overseas" - has arranged for them to purchase the book, which they can now afford thanks to Dorey's large Christmas bonus . Both of Susan's wishes come true, and when Dore asks her what her third wish is, she triumphantly announces that it is a little brother. Dorey and Brian looked at each other in shock, then looked down at Dorey's belly and kissed.

Theatrically, the film's break-even point was $6.3 million, roughly twice its production cost, a figure that was far from reached when it was first released. Due to the film's disappointing sales, Capra was viewed by some studios as having lost the ability to make popular, financially successful films. Although "It's a Wonderful Life" initially received mixed reviews and was a box office success, it became a Christmas classic after its copyright lapsed in 1974 and entered the public domain, allowing it to be broadcast without a license or royalties.

Today, It's a Wonderful Life is considered one of the greatest movies of all time and one of the best Christmas movies. It was nominated for five Academy Awards, including Best Picture, and was named one of the 100 best American films of all time by the American Film Institute. It ranked 11th on the American Film Institute's 1998 Greatest Movies list, 20th on its 2007 Greatest Movies list, and 1st on its list of the most inspiring American films of all time. Capra revealed that it was his favorite of the films he directed and that he screened it for his family every Christmas. This is one of Stewart's favorite movies. In 1990, It's a Wonderful Life was deemed "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant" and added to the National Film Registry at the Library of Congress.

On Christmas Eve that year, in Bedford Falls, New York, George Bailey contemplated suicide. The prayers of family and friends went to heaven, and Grade II Guardian Angel Clarence Obodie was assigned to rescue George in order to earn his wings. Clarence sees flashbacks of George's life. he looked

In 2006, George planned a world tour before going to college. He was reintroduced to Mary Hatch, who had been obsessed with him since childhood. When his father dies suddenly, George postpones his trip to resolve problems with the family business, Bailey Brothers Building and Loans. Greedy board member Henry Porter, who controlled much of the town, tried to dissolve it, but the board voted to keep the building and loan open if George ran it. George acquiesces and works with his uncle Billy, providing Harry with the tuition and the understanding that Harry will run the company after graduation.

Harry returned from college, got married, and received a job offer from his father-in-law, while George resigned to manage the building and the loan. George and Mary rekindled their relationship and got married. They witnessed a bank run and used their honeymoon savings to keep the building and loans solvent. Under George's leadership, the company built Bailey Park, a housing development beyond Porter's expensive slums. Porter lures George with a $20,000-a-year job, but realizing that Porter's true intention is to close the building and take out a loan, George turns him down.

Wrap the cash in Porter's newspaper. Porter found and kept the money, while Billy couldn't remember how he misplaced it. When bank examiners reviewed company records, George realized scandal and criminal charges would follow. George followed Billy's footsteps in vain, scolded him, and took out his frustration on Mary and their children. George asked Porter for a loan, using his life insurance as collateral. Porter mocks George as being worth more dead than alive, refuses to help, and calls the police.

George fled Porter's office, got drunk at a bar, and begged for help. In suicidal depression, he goes to a nearby bridge, but before he can jump, Clarence jumps into the river and George saves him. When George wishes he had never been born, Clarence shows George a timeline in which he never existed. Bedford Falls is now Portersville,