Jimmy Stewart

This scene from It's a Wonderful Life never fails to give me goosebumps. Jimmy Stewart's prayer, alone in Martini's bar, at the end of his rope. Haven't we all felt exactly that way at some point?

 

What makes it even more remarkable: he cried during one take and was never able to recreate the moment. The shot was wide. The director wanted his face in close-up. So Frank Capra projected the wide shot on a wall and filmed that projection just to capture Jimmy Stewart's face in that unguarded moment.

 

A labor of love that has been moving people for nearly 80 years. If you have ever felt like you are falling apart while everyone around you seems fine, you can sit in this scene and not be alone.