Sunday, November 18, 2007
Critic's corner: Jimmy Stewart -- It's a wonderful legacy
Post Gazette: "The museum is putting together a trip to the one-man show 'This Wonderful Life' at the Pittsburgh Public Theater, and Harley says, 'It certainly is interesting that it's 60 years after the debut of the film that a new show is opening in Pittsburgh, and I think it speaks not only to that film, which has become a holiday staple, but ... it speaks to him as an American film icon.'"
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I think the reason this movie has endured is that it is so inspirational, yet not corny. Its easy to turn after school special when you're dealing with morals, but Its a Wonderful Life doesn't. I'm curious what the one man show would be like.
i've been hearing about a lot recently. i wonder if the actor will be able to live up to the high standards set by the film and still make a point and still inspire even though there is only one person in the cast. it seems like a difficult job considering the historical background of the film and its many many many successes... we shall see how this play pans out.
I hate how NBC owns the broadcasting rights. It's like Barbie products, now Toys R' Us owns their production rights and therefore you can't get them anywhere else! (Barbie yes, but not her other products). I agree with the writer that I miss the days when I could flip around and just find the movie. There's just something lackluster about putting the movie in . One thing this article gets me excited about? "This Wonderful Life" coming to Pittsburgh!!
i heard from a friend that it did not work as a one man show and if you hadn't seen the movie going into the production than it did not make sense. the show depended on the fact that the audience had seen the movie.
Jimmy Stewart is one of my favorite actors. It's funny because although I did see him in It's a Wonderful Life first, I was too young to know him as an actor. So then I got to seeing him in many other movies, and only re-realized recently that it was him in the movie.
Holiday movies are great though. I know my favorite one to see on TV all of the time was Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer. And on contrast to the writer of this article, I decided to buy it and watch it whenever I wanted to. Which I found to be a better alternative to waiting for it to show up on TV (which I think I saw It's a Wonderful Life come on about...once). So while I'm sure it's quite a terrible thing to have a network buy up a show, just watch the copy you own. Or listen to holiday music, that's what we always do in my house. But yeah, so worry about spending time with your family this holiday season instead of worrying about which great old movie has been bought up by which network.
It kinda feels like NBC is the Grinch in a way, keeping Its a Wonderful Life all to themself. It's apart of the holiday season, no one should own the exclusive rights to be the only one to air it. It's like hearing holiday songs on the radio, wonderful life should be on tv.
I think that the amount the holiday movie staples have cornered the calendar between thanksgiving and new years is pretty amazing. I mean, how many movies can you run for one day over and over (A Christmas Story) and still make a profit. My family turns the TV on the A Christmas Story and lets it run for the entire day --- it's just part of tradition right now. So I'm not surprised that It's A Wonderful Life is attracting a theater holiday audience. I think it's nice to have the safe shows that are great financial fallbacks and often give organizations the financial comfort to try something more edgy in upcoming productions.
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