#How long is it's a wonderful life movie

Bailey will lose it, turn on his family, get punched in a bar, crash a car, run through the snow to jump off a bridge only to be saved by Henry TraversвЂ™ lovable second-class guardian angel, Clarence. And then, that panic, that anger, that suicidal ideation infecting George Bailey, who has been storing up dread and regret and running away fantasies for years. Potter and IвЂ™ve seen it enough to anticipate the moment, but itвЂ™s still horrifying to watch вЂ“ knowing that Christmas Eve-happy Uncle Billy will soon turn to sinking-dread Uncle Billy.

#How long is it's a wonderful life movie

I realize there would be no movie if Uncle Billy didnвЂ™t hand that 8,000 dollars over to evil Mr. In BaileyвЂ™s case, he wished he had never stepped into life. The вЂњwhat if?вЂќ spiral that leads to catastrophizing вЂ“ a вЂњwhat if?вЂќ that will become a grim alternate reality for George Bailey, when one wishes that, one not only never stepped out of the house, but never stepped outside for a week. That moment of recognition in yourself вЂ“ the nightmarish thought of committing some kind of easy blunder that results in consequences so dire, that you wish youвЂ™d never left the house that morning. So, every time I see Uncle Billy smile and fold that newspaper with the money inside and just hand it over to Mr. So evidently Uncle Billy isnвЂ™t allowed to just slightly gloat in this Wonderful Life universe вЂ“ he canвЂ™t even walk away from a party without crashing into something and falling down вЂ“ heвЂ™s a lovably disorganized, slightly kooky guy until heвЂ™s not so lovable вЂ“ at least not to George Bailey anymore. Potter вЂ“ something one fears so much that one might go crazy thinking such fear actually formed itself and happened. ButвЂ¦ donвЂ™t go too far Uncle Billy, for, let me repeat myself вЂ“ he hands over the money to Mr. HeвЂ™s having a good time shoving this in Mr. Uncle Billy folds the deposit money into the newspaper and hands it back to Potter: He continues to exult for the Baileys with a smirk, messing with Mr. Potter doesnвЂ™t give a ratвЂ™s ass (or secretly, he does) and snarls about that вЂњslackerвЂќ George Bailey (I always think of the Senior Lebowski in this moment, even if George Bailey is nothing like the Dude вЂ“ вЂњThe bums lost!вЂќ).

вЂњYou just canвЂ™t keep those Bailey Boys down,вЂќ he says with pride and gloating glee. Nevertheless, Uncle Billy, greets him, and grabs PotterвЂ™s newspaper вЂ“ bragging about GeorgeвЂ™s brother winning the Congressional Medal of Honor, вЂњwritten right there in print.

No one is happy to see that greedy, no-feeling blight on this community. Potter wheeled in by one of his henchman, and bids him a somewhat disingenuous hello. Cheerfully filling out the 8,000-dollar deposit slip in the bank, he notices Mr. Jesus, imagine being Uncle Billy? On that fateful Christmas Eve in Frank CapraвЂ™s ItвЂ™s a Wonderful Life, itвЂ™s Uncle Billy who louses everything up by his innocent mistake вЂ“ losing the deposit money to Lionel BarrymoreвЂ™s rotten Mr. Think of his scene вЂ“ when he canвЂ™t find the money. ItвЂ™s a wonderful nightmare вЂ“ and the nightmare starts rolling downhill and snowballing, not only by James StewartвЂ™s suffering George Bailey, but by Thomas MitchellвЂ™s sweet, absent minded, animal-loving Uncle Billy. вЂњGet me! IвЂ™m giving out wings!вЂќ вЂ“ Nick, the bartender Janie Bailey: Please, God, somethingвЂ™s the matter with Daddy. Bailey.Д«ert: He never thinks about himself, God, thatвЂ™s why heвЂ™s in trouble.Д®rnie Bishop: George is a good guy. Giuseppe Martini: Joseph, Jesus and Mary. Emil Gower: I owe everything to George Bailey.