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Docreed2003

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20. What's wild in those FBI statements is that they totally ignore the fact that Potter wasn't following rules

Reply to thebigidea (Reply #4)

Tue Dec 24, 2024, 06:21 AM

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He stole the eight thousand dollars when he finds Uncle Billy's deposit at the bank wrapped in newspaper and uses that shortfall as an excuse to turn state regulators on Bailey Building & Loan. If that scene doesn't happen, George has no reason to consider suicide in the first place. If Capra had shown Potter as being a wealthy banker with upstanding morals, rather than a man who uses his position of power in the town to leverage more power and money for himself, there would have been no movie.

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I was watching "It's a Wonderful Life" tonight. [View all] dgauss Dec 13 OP

We were a different country, post WW2. And Dwight Eisenhower described it in the 1956 Republican platform. OAITW r.2.0 Dec 13 #1

We had plenty of assholes back then who hated Capra and the message of that movie thebigidea Dec 13 #4

Yeah, the reactionaries have always been with us. OAITW r.2.0 Dec 13 #8

Imagine how the audience would have reacted ReRe Dec 13 #13

Interesting, thanks. dgauss Dec 13 #9

What's wild in those FBI statements is that they totally ignore the fact that Potter wasn't following rules Docreed2003 Tuesday #20

We watch it every year as a family. Bluethroughu Dec 13 #2

It does? choie Dec 13 #5

only in movies for children thebigidea Dec 13 #6

I watch it every year. Dulcinea Dec 13 #3

Love this movie......but so sorry to say...Potter does win the next four years. a kennedy Dec 13 #7

Just saw it tonight at our community cinema and it still works. TheRickles Dec 13 #10

I've thought the same for years. I kept thinking that Potter was Dick Cheney johnnyplankton Dec 13 #11

Funny thing, I posted this image on another site long ago. dgauss Dec 13 #12

I feel the same after watching 'A Christmas Carol'. How can anyone sinkingfeeling Dec 14 #14

And I've watched "Casablanca" many times since I was kid nuxvomica Dec 14 #17

America is Pottersville now. ZonkerHarris Dec 14 #15

The lost ending SocialDemocrat61 Dec 14 #16

We watched the Legend version on Tubi tonight. SleeplessinSoCal Tuesday #18

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I couldn't handle watching it, this holiday season. Paladin Tuesday #21

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That's what Ralph mercuryblues Tuesday #23