It's A Wonderful Life isn't the original
The version currently available on Roku isn't the original. This version has a completely different musical score, which makes it like a Hallmark movie. In the opening credits, they removed the "It...
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Totally agree! I saw the difference when the title came up and I watched it for about 5 minutes when I turned it off and found the original classic. Do NOT mess with a classic.
Where were you able to find the original? We checked every free option and all of them had this abomination. We’d be happy to rent it if we could be assured it’s not this fakery!
Download Christmas plus. You have to sit through commercials but that doesn’t bother me.
My wife and I sat down to watch this on Roku channel last night. I immediately said that the music was not right. I was focused on that aspect, so I missed the change of writer and music credits. What a horrible thing to do to a classic film! I do have a DVD version... somewhere... was not able to locate it. Things seemed to magically get shuffled around, it seems, lol. So Amazon had it on streaming for $5 and I bought that. It is the original version. Copyrights aside, it is disturbing that anyone is allowed to make changes like this to classic films. It ruins the film for people who have enjoyed it for so many years.
I'm glad you found the original version. It will be on NBC tomorrow night, Christmas Eve, for anyone with Hulu Live TV or YouTube TV, or just a simple antenna. I wish Roku would remove their alternate version, or make it VERY clear that it's not the original.
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