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It’s A Wonderful Life premiered in New York on December 20, 1946. It went on to be nominated for five Academy Awards, including Best Picture, and continues to be one of the most critically-acclaimed American films of all time. In this video, Jimmy Stewart, who played George Bailey, talks about how the film was originally pitched to him. His response: “I said, Fran, if you want me to be in a picture about a guy that wants to kill himself and an angel comes down named Clarence and he can’t swim and I save him – When do I start?”

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Clint Eastwood praises Jimmy Stewart for his ability to portray an everyday man just as well as an angry character.

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Actor James ‘Jimmy’ Stewart recalls his first creative meeting with Alfred Hitchcock and describes the unique process of shooting a movie Hitchcock used as a director. Stewart also discusses what it’s like to see himself on the screen in his early films.

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