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It's a Wonderful Life is an American Christmas drama film produced and directed by Frank Capra. It was based on the short story "The Greatest Gift", written by Philip Van Doren Stern. The movie was released in 1946 and stars James Stewart as George Bailey.It's about a man George whose imminent suicide on Christmas Eve brings about the intervention of his guardian angel, Clarence. Clarence shows George all the lives he has touched and how different life in his community would be had he never been born. It's a Wonderful Life was nominated for five Oscars without winning any. The American Film Institute placed it number one on its list of the most inspirational American films of all time.
生活多美好是一部圣誕節(jié)必看的情景電影，弗蘭克·卡普拉兼導(dǎo)演和制片。電影選自菲力浦·范·多倫·斯特恩的短片小說“最偉大的禮物”。電影上映于1946年，影星詹姆斯·史都華飾演喬治·貝里。電影講述了男主人公想在圣誕前夜準(zhǔn)備自殺，但是天使-克拉倫斯成為了指引他方向的福星。克拉倫斯向喬治展示了讓他感動的生活場面，如果沒有他，很多人的人生將會因此而不同。生活多美好獲得了奧斯卡的五次提名，但最終都沒有獲獎。美國電影學(xué)院把這部影片排在了美國最激勵人心電影的榜首。
It's a Wonderful Life was initially considered a box office flop due to high production costs and stiff competition. However, the film has come to be regarded as a classic and is a staple of Christmas television around the world. Time magazine said, "It's a Wonderful Life is a pretty wonderful movie….Director Capra's inventiveness, humor and affection for human beings keep it glowing with life and excitement." In 1990, the movie was deemed "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant" by the United States Libraryof Congress and selected for preservation in their National Film Registry. In 2002, Britain's Channel 4 ranked It's a Wonderful Life as the seventh greatest film ever made.
起初，人們認(rèn)為生活多美好的票房將不會盡如人意，這是因?yàn)楦偁幖ち业碾娪爱a(chǎn)業(yè)，以及較高的制作費(fèi)用。但是，這部電影卻成為了一部經(jīng)典之作，也是圣誕節(jié)必看的一部電影作品。時代周刊認(rèn)為：“生活多美好是一部精彩的電影，導(dǎo)演卡普拉的創(chuàng)造性、幽默感、情感表達(dá)都使得這部影片充滿了生機(jī)與活力”。1990年，美國國會圖書館認(rèn)為這部影片在文化、歷史以及美學(xué)方面的意義巨大，它也成為了國家電影目錄的保護(hù)影片。2002年，英國第四頻道把生活多美好列入了史上最偉大的第七部電影作品。
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