歐美電影簡介：《生活多美好》

《生活多美好》是由弗蘭克·卡普拉執(zhí)導(dǎo)，詹姆斯·史都華、唐娜·里德、萊昂納爾·巴里摩爾主演的電影。影片講述了主人公喬治在圣誕夜喪失了對生活的信心，準(zhǔn)備自殺。于是，上帝派了一個天使，來幫他渡過這個危機(jī)。在天使的指引下，喬治看到了如果自己沒有來到這個世界，很多人的人生會變得不幸和痛苦。他由此明白了自己生命的價值何在，重新鼓起了生活的勇氣的故事。1946年12月20日于美國上映。2006年，《生活多美好》被美國電影學(xué)會評選為“百年百部勵志電影”榜首。

It's a Wonderful Life is an American Christmas drama film produced and directed by Frank Capra. It was based on the short story "The Greatest Gift", written by Philip Van Doren Stern. The movie was released in 1946 and stars James Stewart as George Bailey, a man whose imminent suicide on Christmas Eve brings about the intervention of his guardian angel, Clarence Odbody (Henry Travers). Clarence shows George all the lives he has touched and how different life in his community would be had he never been born. It's a Wonderful Life was nominated for five Oscars without winning any. The American Film Institute placed it number one on its list of the most inspirational American films of all time.

It's a Wonderful Life was initially considered a box office flop due to high production costs and stiff competition. However, the film has come to be regarded as a classic and is a staple of Christmas television around the world. Time magazine said, "It's a Wonderful Life is a pretty wonderful movie….Director Capra's inventiveness, humor and affection for human beings keep it glowing with life and excitement." In 1990, the movie was deemed "culturally, historically, oraesthetically significant" by the United States Library of Congress and selected forpreservation in their National Film Registry. In 2002, Britain's Channel 4 ranked It's a Wonderful Life as the seventh greatest film ever made.