8.8 | / 10 |
Users | 0.0 | |
Reviewer | 3.5 | |
Overall | 3.5 |
George Bailey is a small-town man whose life seems so desperate he contemplates suicide. He had always wanted to leave Bedford Falls to see the world, but circumstances and his own good heart have led him to stay. He sacrficed his education for his brother's, kept the family-run savings and loan afloat, protected the town from the avarice of the greedy banker Mr. Potter, and married his childhood sweetheart. As he prepares to jump from a bridge, his guardian angel intercedes, showing him what life would have become for the residents of Bedford Falls if he had never lived.
Starring: James Stewart, Donna Reed, Lionel Barrymore, Thomas Mitchell (I), Henry TraversFamily | 100% |
Holiday | 75% |
Drama | 47% |
Melodrama | 46% |
Video codec: MPEG-4 AVC
Video resolution: 1080p
Aspect ratio: 1.34:1
Original aspect ratio: 1.37:1
English: Dolby Digital Mono (224 kbps)
French: Dolby Digital Mono
Spanish: Dolby Digital Mono
English, English SDH, French, Portuguese, Spanish
Blu-ray Disc
Two-disc set (2 BDs)
Slipcover in original pressing
Region free
Movie | 5.0 | |
Video | 4.5 | |
Audio | 3.5 | |
Extras | 2.0 | |
Overall | 3.5 |
Paramount has re-released the classic 1946 Frank Capra film 'It's a Wonderful Life' to Blu-ray. This particular edition, hailing from 2016, appears to be identical to the original 2009 issue: it includes both the black-and-white and colorized versions of the film in addition to two extras: a trailer and a making-of. Also of note are these releases through the years: a remastered Blu-ray and a concurrently released UHD (along with a SteelBook packaging variant) from 2019. Paramount is also set to once again release the film to Blu-ray in celebration of its 75th anniversary, bundled with film-themed recipe cards.
For a full Blu-ray video review, please click here.
For a full Blu-ray audio review, please click here.
Other than a change in the outward packaging presentation, this appears to be identical to the 2009 issue in all ways, which includes the on-disc
supplements. The carryover content is listed below; please click here for full coverage. This release does not ship with DVD
or digital copies. Note that the version I received does not include a slipcover or six collectible art cards which may have been exclusive to the original
pressing.
Paramount sent this version over instead of the above-linked version with the recipe cards so...why not throw together a quick review? In 2021, there's really no need to pick this version up unless completists who bought the remastered Blu-ray want the extras on this disc which are not included in that package. For those who simply own the original 2009 disc, there's certainly no reason to buy unless one just wants all things It's a Wonderful Life in their collectible library.
1946
2-Disc Collector's Edition Gift Set
1946
1946
1946
1946
75th Anniversary Edition
1946
1951
1994
2008
Warner Archive Collection
2016
2000
2018
1993
1984
2017
25th Anniversary Edition
1985
1989
2009
2020
Warner Archive Collection
1963
2014
Warner Archive Collection
2015
2005
1938
1985
70th Anniversary Edition
1947