Excellent price for this, one of the greatest Christmas movies ever. Use code SIGNUP20. Elsewhere delivered:-
Base £11.19
Amazon £11.48
Hive £12.45
Zavvi £12.99
Blackwell £14.99
Frank Capra directs this heartwarming Christmas fantasy. George Bailey (James Stewart) has spent his entire life in the small town of Bedford Falls. Despite his yearning to see the world, George has always sacrificed his personal ambitions for the sake of his family and the local community, settling down to marry his childhood sweetheart, Mary (Donna Reed), and raise a family. However, when a huge amount of money goes missing from the savings and loans company he panics and finds himself preparing to commit suicide. However, he is shown the error of this idea by Clarence (Henry Travers), an angel who has been sent to Earth in order to earn his wings. To this end, Clarence shows George just how badly Bedford Falls and its residents would have turned out had he never been born.
Run Time: Colour: 131 mins approx. Black & White: 130 mins approx.
All comments (27)
kristoff
21 Nov 151#1
It's a wonderful film.
robtallica
21 Nov 152#2
I was umming and ahhing over posting this last night, I even have the tab still open from being part way through the submission.
Undoubtedly hot. I bought this and White Christmas Blu-Ray (£5.10 after code) last night for the princely sum of £11.50. Top post.
Baz417
21 Nov 152#3
Great find. Heat added.
Midge
21 Nov 151#4
A great price if you don't already have this. :smile:
gaswatkins
21 Nov 151#5
Great find
The colour version is fabulous
I really was so impressed yet really wanted to hate it .Let see what others thought
Thanks to poster
jamesyreid
21 Nov 151#6
Brilliant find.
Zolasfoot
21 Nov 151#7
what a film! never tire of watching it
mapleleaf
21 Nov 151#8
Amazing film!!
meherenow
21 Nov 15#9
I would advise everyone to watch the superlative original black & white version.
As my mother points out to me every time the topic of this great movie arises, there's nothing quite as queer as watching the colourised version only to notice that they forgot to do the inside of everyones mouths, so they are all eerily monochrome inside!
edit: I notice there is a THIRD attempt at colouring this great movie (WHY OH WHY?) in 2007, I imagine this will be the go to version now - maybe they remembered to colour in the palate, gums and tongues this time :smile:
Anyway, I think the deal needs expired or the price updated, showing £8 for me now.
LOUGHBORO GUY
21 Nov 15#10
The best film ever made
slipd
21 Nov 15#11
Perfect in nearly every way! Even better at Christmas though...
Heat OP, I recommend sticking to the B&W version though and I've seen both :smiley:
Ingliston
21 Nov 15#12
It's so...so...so Capraesque.
twitwoo
21 Nov 151#13
Great find op.
Livy68
21 Nov 15#14
use the code
cheshire_carper
21 Nov 15#15
This film ABSOLUTELY has to be in bluray. Let's face it, how else can one appreciate true 1946 cinematography unless it is in high definition.
Now where did I put that tongue and cheek kit....
meherenow to cheshire_carper
21 Nov 15#16
No need for that, maybe just the dunces cap, because as any fule kno, the resolution of film is far superior to that of any conventional home Blu-Ray...
meherenow
21 Nov 15#17
Only if you are a new customer though, so really it is £8.00 delivered with the prospect of 20% off - thought a mod would know better really when posting a deal?
GibsonSt19
21 Nov 15#18
Sold out.
furbars
21 Nov 15#19
never seen it :neutral_face:
SFconvert
22 Nov 152#20
Can't you just turn the colour down on the TV if you want to see it in Black and white?
cheshire_carper
22 Nov 15#21
.... And let's hope it's in Dolby Atmos.... Every time a bell rings..... :laughing:
Tha_Likely_Lad
22 Nov 152#22
one of the all time great films - give it a chance
KongDonkey
22 Nov 15#23
Watched it last year for the first time and couldn't see what the fuss was all about.
Jas10
22 Nov 151#24
Superb film btw :wink:
raybond
22 Nov 15#25
Sold out now.
Robbo11
22 Nov 15#26
The ultimate feel-good movie and one of my favourite films up with The Shawshank Redemption, Casablanca, Saving Private Ryan and The Godfather.
Batman2
23 Nov 15#27
I bought this last year, great Christmas film.
I first watched it in black & white and then watched it in colour, I was surprised how nice the colour version looked.
With regards to the discussion of such an old film being put on HD Blu-ray I would say that material shot on 35mm film is equivalent to 4K in terms of resolution, there is a discussion about it in this LINK.
I've got quite a few films on Blu-Ray from the 1930's and earlier like Dracula and they look gorgeous and that's just 1080p.
Here are a few YouTube videos showcasing film restoration of some old classics including Dracula.
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Opening post
Base £11.19
Amazon £11.48
Hive £12.45
Zavvi £12.99
Blackwell £14.99
Frank Capra directs this heartwarming Christmas fantasy. George Bailey (James Stewart) has spent his entire life in the small town of Bedford Falls. Despite his yearning to see the world, George has always sacrificed his personal ambitions for the sake of his family and the local community, settling down to marry his childhood sweetheart, Mary (Donna Reed), and raise a family. However, when a huge amount of money goes missing from the savings and loans company he panics and finds himself preparing to commit suicide. However, he is shown the error of this idea by Clarence (Henry Travers), an angel who has been sent to Earth in order to earn his wings. To this end, Clarence shows George just how badly Bedford Falls and its residents would have turned out had he never been born.
Run Time: Colour: 131 mins approx. Black & White: 130 mins approx.
All comments (27)
Undoubtedly hot. I bought this and White Christmas Blu-Ray (£5.10 after code) last night for the princely sum of £11.50. Top post.
The colour version is fabulous
I really was so impressed yet really wanted to hate it .Let see what others thought
Thanks to poster
As my mother points out to me every time the topic of this great movie arises, there's nothing quite as queer as watching the colourised version only to notice that they forgot to do the inside of everyones mouths, so they are all eerily monochrome inside!
edit: I notice there is a THIRD attempt at colouring this great movie (WHY OH WHY?) in 2007, I imagine this will be the go to version now - maybe they remembered to colour in the palate, gums and tongues this time :smile:
Anyway, I think the deal needs expired or the price updated, showing £8 for me now.
Heat OP, I recommend sticking to the B&W version though and I've seen both :smiley:
Great find op.
Now where did I put that tongue and cheek kit....
Superb film btw :wink:
I first watched it in black & white and then watched it in colour, I was surprised how nice the colour version looked.
With regards to the discussion of such an old film being put on HD Blu-ray I would say that material shot on 35mm film is equivalent to 4K in terms of resolution, there is a discussion about it in this LINK.
I've got quite a few films on Blu-Ray from the 1930's and earlier like Dracula and they look gorgeous and that's just 1080p.
Here are a few YouTube videos showcasing film restoration of some old classics including Dracula.
Dracula
100 Years of Universal
Pride And Prejudice Film Restoration