May 10, 2010

Movie Review : It’s a Wonderful life - English

George Bailey is an owner of Bank, who dreams to travel around the world see the world. On a Christmas evening he is in trouble and he is planning to commit suicide. But, his wife and children pray to god to get him out of his trouble. As a result Joseph, the head of the angels calls a second degree angel to save George. If the second degree angel Clarance succeeds saving George by stopping him to commit suicide he would be promoted to first degree angel position and the wings. So, the angels tell the story of George Bailey.

George Bailey saves his brother Harry from drowning in ice water while playing when he was at the age of nine. Although Harry survives, he will lose hearing for one of his ear. George also saves his boss accidentally poisoning child medicines as a result he will be saving many children from poisoning and his boss from sentence to imprisonment. George who always dreams to travel around the world waits for his brother to get graduated and assign him a Job of handling the bank ownership to him. But Harry surprises George by marrying a girl already and getting by getting a Job. So, George sacrifices his dream. George then marries Mary, who loves George from her childhood. When they will be traveling for their honeymoon they will find that their bank is in great danger of getting collapse due to shortage of money to pay for its depositors. Potter, the meanest business man in the town offers "50 cents a dollar" for the share in bank. But George rejects the offer. Mary and George pays depositors the money they were about to use for their honeymoon until the money is restored from the people who has taken the loan. George and Mary settle down in an old house and they will have four kids.

Because of the George's effort people in the town would be building their own house instead of in a rented house of Potter. So, a cemetery will be turned in to a nice residential layout. So, Potter offers George a Job paying 20000 dollars a month traveling opportunities which George always dreamt of. But, George will reject the offer since he would lose the Bank for this offer.

Harry serves in army. When the war breaks out and save a warship, saves many American troops and kills many enemies. So, he will be awarded with the Medal of Honor and this will be front page news in the local news paper. Uncle Billy who will be serving as an accountant in Bailey's bank, accidentally gives Potter bank's money along with the news paper to Potter while showing the news about honoring Harry on a Christmas Eve. A bank verification officer visits the bank to check the bank records. Since Billy has lost the money, now George and Billy would be sent to jail for bank fraud and the fear of bankruptcy of his bank.

George then pleads Potter for help. But Potter rejects to offer him a loan. George then feels he is worth being dead more than alive since he has an insurance of 15000 dollars. George shows his frustration on his family and his family fells George is in some sort of trouble. George decides to commits suicide and his family prays god to save him from his trouble.

Watch the movie to know, how Clarance, second degree angel saves George from committing suicide and how could George come out of his trouble.

This movie tops the "AFI's 100 years 100 cheers" America's most inspiring movies list of 2006.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AFI%27s_100_Years%E2%80%A6100_Cheers

The movie ends with the message "...no one is a failure who as friends". It’s a must watch movie.



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