"Television is what made It's a Wonderful Life……" — Leonard Maltin

"Television is what made It's a Wonderful Life the classic it is today."

— Leonard Maltin

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36 Quotes by Leonard Maltin

Leonard Maltin has 36 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:

It says something about the curious nature of film, that someone can be so alive on screen, when we're all…
I teach at USC. I have a big class of 360 kids, only about a fifth of whom are film…
Documentarian Laura Poitras has crafted a first-rate Hitchcockian-type thriller telling the story of Edward Snowden.
If you're willing to go along for this farcical ride, you'll find 'Dead Snow 2' to be one terrific zombie…
Two remarkable men -- one young, one old -- fuel each other's spirits in the beautiful documentary Keep On Keepin'…
With massive doses of eye-popping special effects I applaud the visual achievements in 'Dawn of the Planet of the Apes.'
Joe Berlinger's documentary 'Whitey' is so hard-hitting and compelling, you can't take your eyes off the screen.
The subtle performances of the leads, the remarkable Irrfan Khan and the engaging Nimrat Kaur, make 'The Lunchbox' a pleasure…
Shailene Woodley is reason enough to see 'The Fault in Our Stars.'
I can't think of another actor who acquired stardom so quickly, who held it for such a short time, and…
Hitchcock's murder set-pieces are so potent, they can galvanize (and frighten) even a viewer who's seen them before!
Not so much a film as a visual essay, exquisitely directed and photographed (by Sacha Vierny)... Difficult to watch but…

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More Classic Quotes

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This is the precept by which I have lived: Prepare for the worst; expect the best; and take what comes. — Hannah Arendt
I don't think of myself as a metafictional writer at all. I think of myself as a classic writer, a… — Paul Auster
Negotiation in the classic diplomatic sense assumes parties more anxious to agree than to disagree. — Dean Acheson
The person, be it gentleman or lady, who has not pleasure in a good novel, must be intolerably stupid. — Jane Austen
Gerald Boyd was a classic specimen of the self-made man. Born poor, he worked and studied his way up out… — Russell Baker
I love inventive food, but I want the classic dishes to taste like how I remember them. I get a… — Drew Barrymore
I just signed to do my next book with Ecco Press, a new primer or encyclopedia. This will be my… — Mario Batali
Definition of a classic: a book everyone is assumed to have read and often thinks they have. — Alan Bennett
A classic is a book that doesn't have to be written again. — W. E. B. Du Bois
I used to be a classic workaholic, and after seeing how little work and career really mean when you reach… — Mitch Albom
People don't have fortunes left them in that style nowadays; men have to work and women to marry for money.… — Louisa May Alcott
A classic is a book that has never finished saying what it has to say. — Italo Calvino

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