Ep 135: It's a Wonderful Life

Episode 135 of The Movie Robcast is a deep dive into Frank Capra’s classic 1946 Christmas favourite, It’s a Wonderful Life, featuring a gallery of lovely guests! 01.28 – Introduction to It’s a Wonderful Life from Robs Daniel and Wallis 17.52 –Sarah Johnson describes why she loves the film, and discusses the film being investigated by the FBI, its time spent in the public domain, and what happened to it during the years of Trump’s presidency 26.58 –Adrian Zak talks about why he thinks It’s a Wonderful Life is the greatest Christmas film of all time, it’s emergence in the UK in the early 1990s as a Christmas favourite, plus, the unfortunate politics of James Stewart 34.49 – Lucy Buglass discusses her love for the film, how it still resonates to this day, and how progressive it was for the time in dealing with mental health issues and the loneliness of Christmas time 46.09 – Next we have Mark and Elaine Gregersen from The Honeymoon Period. Elaine describes seeing the movie for the first time on an early date with Mark, while Mark explains who the film’s true villain is. He goes onto explain why the best Christmas presents always come with caveats 59.00 – Tessa Scott joins us having watched It’s a Wonderful Life for the first time only hours earlier. She tells us her verdict, and her thoughts on Mary, played by the legendary Donna Reed 01.11.32 - Sarah Buddery and MJ Smith from the Let’s Jaws For a Minute podcast join us to round off the episode. One of them has some issues with It’s A Wonderful Life, while for the other it is one of their favourite movies. Rob Wallis also takes the opportunity to unleash his Jimmy Stewart impersonation once again 01.29.42 – The Robs outro the episode… Thanks for listening to our various ramblings this year and have a very Merry Christmas! Guests’ social media info: Sarah Buddery - https://twitter.com/sarahbuddery Details of Let’s Jaws for a Minute can be found here: https://twitter.com/jawsforaminute Lucy Buglass - https://twitter.com/lucyjadebuglass Information on Lucy’s podcast Tea-V-Time can be found here: https://twitter.com/TeaVTimePod Elaine Gregersen - https://twitter.com/alawuntoherself Mark Gregersen - https://twitter.com/mark_greg Details of The Honeymoon Period podcast: https://twitter.com/thehoneymoonpod Sarah Johnson - https://twitter.com/StrappingLass MJ Smith - https://twitter.com/MJSmith891 Details of MJ’s podcast that isn’t Let’s Jaws for a Minute: http://thatreelperspective.blogspot.com/ If you want to check out Rob D’s book on Martin Scorsese’s Cape Fear, click here: https://www.liverpooluniversitypress.co.uk/books/id/55707/ Use the code WINTER21 at checkout to get 50% off if purchased by 31st December! If you like what you hear or have any feedback, why not rate and review us wherever you listen to your podcasts? To follow the podcast, head to: https://twitter.com/MovieRobcast To read Rob D's writing go to: https://www.electric-shadows.com/ To read Rob W’s writing go to: http://ofallthefilmsites.com/