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...Frank Capra's 1946 movie, It's a Wonderful Life, the angel allows the James Stewart character, George Bailey, to walk through his hometown and see what the town would have been like if George had never existed. George is an American saint. When he and his works are rescinded, the town becomes harsh and evil...
This conviction arises not from any air of promise about them but from their total lack of it. Norman and his charges are such stuff as Rocky Balboa and the Karate Kid are made of -- not to mention old Frank Capra movies. The coach is a Knight-errant, a good man with a blemish on his record that only redemptive labors can expunge. The players are few in number and woefully lacking in any natural gift for the game. Worse, Hickory's only talented hoopster has quit the squad, and the townsfolk do not care for Norman's outsider independence...
PEGGY SUE GOT MARRIED Or: Back to the Future meets The Wizard of Oz. Kathleen Turner is an older Dorothy who is transported to the Emerald City of youth, then ruefully returns to the Kansas of middle age. Francis Coppola plays Frank Capra, and wins...
...stranded too when she returns to the '80s, where the boulevard of possibilities has narrowed to a blind alley. Reconciling with Charlie or starting life over without him seem dour alternatives after her glimpse at the limitless prospects of her youth. Like the Jimmy Stewart character in Frank Capra's 1946 It's a Wonderful Life, she receives the gift of second sight. But Peggy Sue's flashback convinces her that she must treasure what she has lost, not what she has achieved. A bittersweet dream, but it is knowledge to build on. And as played by Turner...
...East Room to receive the new medal and mused on the special ingredients of creators. "The most important thing a government can do is foster the freedom in which the unexpected can happen," he said. Marian Anderson's voice rose from a humble church choir in Philadelphia. Frank Capra, an Italian immigrant, turned film into art when he made Mr. Smith Goes to Washington and You Can't Take It with...