Double Feature

It’s A Wonderful Life

Gremlins

It’s A Wonderful Life

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After a lifetime of helping others, it’s George Bailey (James Stewart) who now needs saving. Clarence (Henry Travers), a prospective guardian angel, descends from Heaven to intervene in George’s potential suicide after he’s pushed to the brink of personal ruin. Having witnessed all of the heroic and charitable acts he has accomplished over the course of his life, Clarence transports George to an alternate timeline in which he never existed, and he subsequently realizes the impact his actions had on both his family and community. With a renewed sense of self-worth and duty to his loved ones, George must go find what awaits him back home with the firm appreciation that It’s a Wonderful Life.

“Director Capra’s inventiveness, humor and affection for human beings keep it glowing with life and excitement.” – TIME Magazine

“What is remarkable about It’s a Wonderful Life is how well it holds up over the years; it’s one of those ageless movies, like Casablanca or The Third Man, that improves with age. Some movies, even good ones, should only be seen once. When we know how they turn out, they’ve surrendered their mystery and appeal. Other movies can be viewed an indefinite number of times. Like great music, they improve with familiarity. It’s a Wonderful Life falls in the second category.” – Roger Ebert

Kim Morgan discusses It’s A Wonderful Life on the New Beverly blog.

Director
Frank Capra
Writer
Screen play by Frances Goodrich & Albert Hackett and Frank Capra, additional scenes by Jo Swerling, based on a story by Philip Van Doren Stern
Starring
James Stewart, Donna Reed, Lionel Barrymore, Thomas Mitchell, Henry Travers, Beulah Bondi, Frank Faylen
Year
1946
Country
USA
Format
35mm
Running Time
130 minutes

Gremlins

You should know the rules by now: Don’t expose them to bright light. Don’t get them wet. And above all, don’t feed them after midnight. So join Gizmo and all the monstrous Gremlins as they burst off the screen in the greatest small-town holiday adventure since It’s A Wonderful Life! This bonanza of proliferating pests is the beloved result of the remarkable union between director Joe Dante, writer Chris Columbus, and Steven Spielberg’s Amblin Entertainment. Mixing Norman Rockwell sentimentality and anarchic vandalism, this Christmas-comedy-horror classic both lights up and destroys everything you love (and loathe) about the holidays.

“A wildly original roller-coaster ride of hilarious mischief.” – Richard Corliss, TIME Magazine

“Here’s the season’s most delicious and unexpected surprise. Despite the horror-flick title, Gremlins is a movie of wicked wit and startling invention, and it has a heart that’s at least a match for the special effects.” – Peter Travers, People Magazine

“At the level of Serious Film Criticism, it’s a meditation on the myths in our movies: Christmas, families, monsters, retail stores, movies, boogeymen. At the level of Pop Movie-going, it’s a sophisticated, witty B movie, in which the monsters are devouring not only the defenseless town, but decades of defenseless clichés.” – Roger Ebert

Director
Joe Dante
Writer
Chris Columbus
Composer
Jerry Goldsmith
Starring
Zach Galligan, Phoebe Cates, Hoyt Axton, Polly Holliday, Frances McCain, Corey Feldman, Dick Miller
Year
1984
Rated
PG
Country
USA
Format
35mm
Running Time
106 minutes

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