George Bailey (It's a Wonderful Life) George Bailey (It's a Wonderful Life) George Bailey is a fictional character and the protagonist in Frank Capra's 1946 film "It's a Wonderful Life". The character is a building and loan banker who sacrifices his dreams in order to help his community, to the point where he feels life has passed him by. Eventually, due to a cruel business rival's manipulations, Bailey falls into despair so deep that he contemplates suicide, until his guardian angel, Clarence Odbody, gives him a valuable perspective on the worth of his life. The character was listed ninth on the American Film Institute's 2003 list
Somewhere Over the Rainbow/What a Wonderful World World." In 1993, five years after the original recording, Bertosa played the song for producer Jon de Mello while the two were completing work on "Facing Future", and de Mello decided to include it in the album as "Somewhere Over the Rainbow/What a Wonderful World". "Somewhere Over the Rainbow/What a Wonderful World" reached #12 on "Billboard"'s Hot Digital Tracks chart the week of January 31, 2004 (for the survey week ending January 18, 2004). According to the Israel Kamakawiwoʻole website, Universal Studios first became interested in using the song in the movie and on the soundtrack for "Meet Joe Black"