Name: It’s A Wonderful Life (1946)
Start: 2025-12-19T19:00:00-05:00
End: 2025-12-19T21:15:00-05:00
Location: Tampa Theatre

Part of the Holiday Classics series
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2h 15m / PG / Drama
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VENUE: Historic Duncan Auditorium

Watch It’s a Wonderful Life every year, and you’ll see a different message in it every time. On its face, it’s a heartwarmer about treating your fellow man with fairness and love, knowing that they will stand behind you when you need them. But it’s also an evergreen political about the destructive influence of consolidated wealth and greed (Lionel Barrymore’s Mr. Potter is one of cinema’s great villains); it’s an almost tragic portrait of a talented dreamer who sacrifices himself completely for others and is almost destroyed by his own frustration; and in the tradition of Dickens’s three Christmas ghosts, it’s a look at the chilling consequences of all the paths not taken in a life. Solemn and sweet but uncompromising, the movie refuses to let George Bailey (Jimmy Stewart) off easy. And the key is the title — it may not be the life he wanted, it may not be the life he deserved, it may not always be easy to admit, but it is, truly, a wonderful life.
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The Holiday Classics series is presented by Bank of America. Additional support is provided by Bolin Philanthropic Trust and Bolin Law Group. Promotional support provided by WEDU PBS.