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Though Fran Caracillo, Seneca Falls’ former city planner, had long noticed similarities between his hometown and Bedford Falls, it wasn’t until December of 1995 that Craig Fox, a reporter for the Geneva, NY-based Finger Lake Times, wrote a story indicating that the real town had inspired the cinematic one. 9 to 11, is the biggest yet: three of the four Bailey kids will be there, including Grimes, Jimmy Hawkins (Tommy) and Carol Coombs (Janie). As befits a 70th anniversary, this year’s three-day fest, from Dec. For the past 20 years, Seneca Falls has hosted a celebration of both the film and the town’s possible place in its legend. Which brings us to Seneca Falls, New York, the small town that inspired Frank Capra’s vision of quaint Bedford Falls. It feels authentic to those of us who grew up in those places.
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And this movie captures something in its ozone. That’s the way Frank Capra designed it: “Anybody who grew up in a small town in the 1940s can easily believe that Bedford Falls is their hometown,” Basinger said. They’ve already been made.George and Mary Bailey, played by Donna Reed, mid-embrace after receiving news via a phone call from Sam. So take heart, everyone worried about a sequel to It’s a Wonderful Life. By merely existing, they complicate the history of a classic property and claim a kind of birthright as its descendants. Clarence and It Happened One Christmas are already cultural artifacts that we’ve largely left behind, but they’re still worthwhile to check out (not to actually watch) in that they represent minor talents trying to take on an Oscar-worthy tale with their own vinegar.
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It’s not a horror from beyond, just a person who’s been dead for a while.Īt any rate, it should be fun to see whether The Rest of the Story goes the distance or ends up on ABC Family in a nod to its predecessors. Remember that the next time a spectral fetus tries to teach you a life lesson. Make sure you know where your Ambien is before you roll that around in your head.Īll of that will have to compete on the weirdness scale with Clarence’s schlocky explanation for the titular angel going from an elderly Henry Travers to a youthful Carradine: angels age backward in Heaven.
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Leave behind the very fact that productions already attempted continuing the George Bailey story (and that we erased them from our memories), and you’ve still got a gender-swapping attempt co-starring Orson Welles next to a post- Revenge of the Nerds Robert Carradine as a young, future Clarence the angel.įirst up, a pair of commercials for Clarence:Ī trailer for It Happened One Christmas (whose title “borrows” from yet another Capra flick) was harder to find, but the full movie appears to be online (copyright issues questionable): But at the very least, they can offer people slapping their foreheads hope that The Rest of the Story too shall pass. Granted, both were made-for-TV movies (calling into question their true sequel status, if you’re nasty) and neither were particularly noteworthy for their art. Those pulling their hair out over the announcement of the sequel project might appreciate a terrifying reminder that this particular “sacrosanct” piece of culture has already had two sequels that exactly no one remembers. That is, if you don’t count 1990’s Clarence as a true sequel. If It’s a Wonderful Life: The Rest of the Story actually gets made, it will best Bambi II in creating the longest gap between a feature film and its sequel with at least 68 years spanning between Frank Capra’s joyfully depressing experiment and whatever the rest of the story will be.