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Your support makes all the difference.4 December: Frank Capra's seasonal chestnut-warmer, It's a Wonderful Life (right), has its detractors - notably Peter Weir, director of The Truman Show, who used it to comment on his hero's imprisonment in a world of small-town narrow-mindedness. Often dismissed as a patronising mulch of sentimental Americana, it actually deals with some intensely awkward issues. It tugs at the heart-strings, sure, but has a tough, melancholy message about social responsibility, plus a performance from James Stewart that contains a whole world of quiet tragedy.
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