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I can't remember the first time I saw this film. Probably back in the 70's. Would you believe it was a complete flop when it came out? It was considered too dark and depressing, so much so that when the copyright came up for renewal in the 70's, the studio didn't bother. So it fell into the public domain, and it got picked up by local TV stations as a cheap property to run during the holidays. It slowly started to find its audience, and in the early 80's, stations started running it 24 hours on Christmas Day as a marathon. Then videotapes happened, and it became one of the biggest selling tapes out there, and now of course it's a classic, one of the best of its era. (By the way, that shot at the end where the camera pans over the faces singing Auld Lang Syne is a direct reference to Norman Rockwell's classic Americana art.)
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