The Strange History of the Abridged Version of ‘It’s a Wonderful Life’ that Cuts Out the Movie’s Pivotal Scene

‘It’s a Wonderful Life’ — but a lousy edit — if you click wrong version of holiday classic on Amazon

Prime Video features a few versions of the film, including one that cuts out a key sequence in the life of protagonist George Bailey.

Viewers Upset After Amazon Prime Eliminates ‘The Entire Point’ Of Classic Christmas Film * 100PercentFedUp.com * by Noah

Cultural censorship surrounding Christmas has been on the rise in recent generations, as evidenced by the increased use of secular […]

Why abridged version of ‘It’s a Wonderful Life’ cuts out movie’s pivotal scene

By David Goldman | CNN A soaking wet George Bailey and Clarence, warming up by the fire in the toll house on the bridge, discuss why Clarence jumped into the freezing water. It was to help George, Clarence tells him. “Only one way you can help me,” George says sarcastically. “You don’t happen to have 8,000 bucks on you?” The film then cuts to an elated George running through town, gleefully shouting “Merry Christmas” to the “You are Now in Bedfo…

The strange history of the abridged version of ‘It’s a Wonderful Life’ that cuts out the movie’s pivotal scene

A quirky copyright saga got in the way of viewers hoping to see the full version of the Christmas classic.

Amazon Prime gets an earful over altered Christmas classic 'It’s a Wonderful Life' · American Wire News

Amazon Prime Video got an earful after leaving a critical 22 minutes of the Christmas classic “It’s a Wonderful Life” on the cutting room floor. Viewers said the film’s enduring message that “no man is a failure who has friends” was gutted when the “Pottersville” sequence was left out — the film’s hero, George Bailey, rediscovers his will to live as a result of the excluded portion of the film. More from the New York Post: In that part, Bailey d…

Wonderful Life Edit Has Prime Viewers Perplexed

Holiday purists are incredulous over an Amazon Prime Video version of It's a Wonderful Life , which they say plays like a Christmas movie with its heart surgically removed. The streamer is offering an abridged cut that runs about 22 minutes shorter than the 130-minute original—and it skips the entire...