<P> In 1993, due in part to the confusion of the ownership and copyright issues, Kinesoft Development, with the support of Republic Pictures, released It's a Wonderful Life as one of the first commercial feature - length films on CD - ROM for the Windows PC (Windows 3.1). Predating commercial DVDs by several years, it included such features as the ability to follow along with the complete shooting script as the film was playing . </P> <P> Given the state of video playback on the PC at the time of its release, It's a Wonderful Life for Windows represented another first, as the longest running video on a computer . Prior to its release, Windows could only play back approx . 32,000 frames of video, or about 35 minutes at 15 frames per second . Working with Microsoft, Kinesoft was able to enhance the video features of Windows to allow for the complete playback of the entire film--all of this on a PC with a 486SX processor and only 8 MB of RAM . </P> <P> The film has seen multiple DVD releases since the availability of the DVD format . In the autumn of 2001, Republic issued the movie twice, once in August, and again with different packaging in September of that same year . On October 31, 2006, Paramount released a newly restored "60th Anniversary Edition". On November 13, 2007, Paramount released a two - disc "special edition" DVD of the film that contained both the original theatrical black - and - white version, and a new, third colorized version, produced by Legend Films using the latest colorization technology . On November 3, 2009, Paramount released a DVD version with a "Collector's Edition Ornament", and a Blu - ray edition . </P> <P> The film was twice adapted for radio in 1947, first on Lux Radio Theater (March 10) and then on The Screen Guild Theater (December 29), then again on the Screen Guild Theater broadcast of March 15, 1951 . James Stewart and Donna Reed reprised their roles for all three radio productions . Stewart also starred in the May 8, 1949 radio adaptation presented on the Screen Director's Playhouse . </P>

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