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.Written byDirected byTommy Lee WallaceStarringNarrated byTim ReidTheme music composerCountry of originUnited StatesOriginal language(s)EnglishProductionProducer(s)Mark BasinoAllen S. EpsteinJim GreenCinematographyEditor(s)David BlangstedRobert F. ShugrueRunning time192 minutes (original version)187 minutes (DVD/Blu-ray version)Production company(s)The Konigsberg & Sanitsky CompanyGreeb & Epstein ProductionsDistributorBudget$12 millionReleaseOriginal networkOriginal releaseNovember 18 –November 20, 1990It (also known as Stephen King's It) is a 1990 American directed by and adapted by from 's. The story revolves around a devious, sadistic, predatory which has the ability to into its prey's worst fears, allowing it to exploit the phobias of its victims. It mostly takes the form of a vicious but darkly comical called. The protagonists are The Lucky Seven, or The Losers Club, a group of outcast kids who discover Pennywise and vow to kill him by any means necessary.
The series takes place over two different time periods, the first when the Losers first confront Pennywise as children in 1960, and the second when they return as adults in 1990 to defeat him a second time after he resurfaces.It features an, starring, and as the seven members of the Losers Club, and as Pennywise. The child counterparts of the Losers that appear in part one are played by, Brandon Crane, Adam Faraizl, Marlon Taylor and Ben Heller., Jarred Blancard, Chris Eastman, Michael Ryan, Tom Heaton and also play supporting roles.Originally planning a four-part eight-hour series, enlisted writer Lawrence D. Cohen to adapt the 1,138-page King novel. Cohen's script condensed the source work into a two-part, three-hour TV movie that retained the core elements of the novel, but Cohen was forced to abandon numerous by virtue of the novel's length and the network's time-slot restrictions. Production on It began in early 1990, and the series was filmed over a period of three months in in mid-1990.It aired on ABC over two nights on November 18 and 20, 1990, attracting 30 million viewers in its premiere.
Critics praised Tim Curry's performance as Pennywise. For his work on the miniseries, received a. Contents.Plot 1960 During a heavy rainstorm in, Georgie Denbrough plays in the streets with a paper sailboat made by his stuttering older brother Bill. It goes down a storm drain, where Georgie encounters. Pennywise entices Georgie to reach in to retrieve his boat, only for him to tear his arm off and leave him to bleed to death.Later that June, Bill and asthmatic Eddie Kaspbrak (Adam Faraizi) befriended the cute, chubby new kid Ben Hanscom (Brandon Crane).
They are later joined by Beverly Marsh , who lives with her abusive father and she and Ben are introduced to Bill and Eddie's other friends: the comical Richie Tozier and Jewish Stan Uris (Ben Heller). As they all start to know each other, Ben develops feelings for Beverly, only to discover she has feelings for Bill. Besides being bullied by a gang led by Henry Bowers (Jarred Blancard), the children all encounter Pennywise.In July, group is later joined by Mike Hanlon (Marlon Taylor), an African American new kid in town being pursued by Bowers' gang. They chase them off with a rock fight, Bowers vowing to kill the children, who are dubbed the Losers Club. While looking through Mike's history scrapbook, the Losers realize that Pennywise, which they refer to as 'It', because it and, is a demon who awakens every thirty years to murder and devour children. Bill realizes It murdered Georgie, leading the Losers into Derry's sewers to kill the creature.Stan is ambushed by Bowers and his friends Victor Criss and Belch Huggins (Chris Eastman), but the latter are both killed by It. Henry is left traumatized, his hair turned white.
Stanley regroups with the Losers, but is grabbed by It. The Losers take advantage of It's ability to access their imaginations and use it against him. Eddie imagines his inhaler is full of battery acid, melting half of the demon's face. Beverly fires silver earrings at It, the Losers believing it can kill the demon. It grabs Bill's arm, only for the glove to rip off and reveal a larger three-fingered claw that later disappears through the drain. After arguing and concluding It is dead, the group exits the sewers and make a promise to return and fight It, should it ever rise again in the future. Bowers, driven insane by seeing It kill his friends, falsely confesses to the murders and is institutionalized.1990 Mike now works as a librarian in Derry.
It resurfaces and murders several children, prompting Mike to contact his old friends to fulfill their vow. Bill has become a bestselling horror novelist married to British actress Audra Phillips , Ben is an architect, Beverly is a fashion designer abused by her lover Tom Rogan (Michael Ryan), Richie is a late night television comedian, Eddie runs a limousine service but still lives with his overbearing mother (Sheila Moore), and Stan is a married real estate broker. All of the Losers, save Stan, promise to return. Stan's wife Patti Uris (Caitlin Hicks) later discovers he has committed suicide in the bath (along with seeing the word 'It' written in )The other Losers return to Derry, tormented by Pennywise, and reunite, later learning of Stan's suicide. Henry escapes from the asylum with help from It, to murder the Losers.
Audra travels to Derry but is captured by It, hypnotized by the monster's 'Deadlights'. Henry ambushes Mike, but is stabbed by his own knife when Eddie and Ben fight him. Mike is hospitalized, giving Bill the two silver earrings he retrieved from the sewers. The five remaining Losers return to the sewers to confront It. Bill discovers Audra has been taken prisoner, but is supported by his friends.They reach It's inner sanctum, find the catatonic Audra, and It's true form of a gigantic, otherworldly spider.
Bill, Ben, and Richie are entranced by the Deadlights, while Beverly scrambles to retrieve the silver earrings after misfiring them. Eddie attempts to repeat the wound he inflicted on It as a child, but is mortally wounded. Beverly frees her friends, but Eddie dies. The others chase the injured demon, ripping out its heart and killing It. They remove Eddie's body and the catatonic Audra from the sewers.The Losers go their separate ways once again, their memories of It fading over time.
Mike recovers in hospital, Beverly and Ben get married and expect their first child, and Richie is cast in a film. Bill is the last to leave Derry, coaxing Audra out of her catatonia by riding down a street on his childhood bike 'Silver'. Audra recovers; she and Bill kiss in the middle of town.Cast. Forms of It. as. as Ms. Kersh.
Steve Makaj as Captain HanscomThe Losers Club. as Bill Denbrough. as Young Bill Denbrough. as Ben Hanscom. Brandon Crane as Young Ben Hanscom. as Beverly Marsh. as Young Beverly Marsh.
as Richie Tozier. as Young Richie Tozier. as Eddie Kaspbrak. Adam Faraizl as Young Eddie Kaspbrak. as Mike Hanlon.
Marlon Taylor as Young Mike Hanlon. as Stanley Uris. Ben Heller as Young Stanley UrisThe Bowers Gang.
as Henry Bowers. Jarred Blancard as Young Henry Bowers. as Victor Criss.
Chris Eastman as Belch HugginsThe Losers Club relatives. as Audra Denbrough.
Sheila Moore as Ms. Kaspbrak. Michael Ryan as Tom Rogan.
as Alvin Marsh. Caitlin Hicks as Patti Uris. as Georgie Denbrough. Steven Hilton as Zack Denbrough. Sheelah Megill as Sharon Denbrough. Susan Astley as Aunt Jean.
Claire Vardiel as Arlene HanscomProduction Development had acquired the rights to a television mini-series of It, for what would be the first made-for-television film based on a Stephen King work since (1979), directed by., who had previously written the of in 1976, was hired to write It. According to both Stephen King and Cohen, King had little to no involvement in the writing of the miniseries.
Had originally been signed on to direct the project, which at the time ABC had planned for an eight-to-ten-hour series that would run over four two-hour blocks. Romero left the project due to scheduling conflicts, after which ABC condensed it to a three-part series. Shortly after, was brought in to direct.
After Wallace signed on to the project, ABC had ultimately decided to condense the TV movie to two parts.According to writer Cohen: 'Speaking candidly, ABC was always nervous about It, primarily the fact that it was in the horror genre, but also the eight-to-ten hour commitment. They loved the piece, but lost their nerve in terms of how many hours they were willing to commit. Eventually, they agreed to a two-night, four-hour commitment.' Given the length of the King novel, which runs 1,138 pages, a great deal of material was left out of Cohen's adaptation, including subplots concerning the personal lives of the adult characters, one of which had the main male characters each losing their to Beverly. 'I can't even begin to enumerate my favorite scenes from the book that we had to cut, because there are so many of them,' Cohen reflected. 'I look at it as a glass half full situation.
There are scenes in both nights that were created by Steve King on the page, and I'm delighted that they survived, like the fortune cookie scene and adult Beverly going to her childhood house. The way I see it, the best moments from the book made the cut and the rest are casualties of war.' However, Wallace and Cohen retained the centrality of Pennywise in the source novel; as noted by film scholar in Hollywood's Stephen King, the made-for-television movie retains the 'association between the adult world of Derry and It which is further established in the masterful choice of a carnival clown as a unifying symbol for the various creatures representing the monster.' ( left) and ( right) were initial choices for the role of Pennywise before Tim Curry was cast.The majority of the adult actors in the film, including, and, were hand-chosen by Wallace and Cohen for their roles.
Was cast in the film at the suggestion of Ritter, with whom she had recently shot (1990): 'I think John may have talked to somebody, because I got an offer to play Beverly,' O'Toole recalled. 'It happened really fast; I don't think I even went in for a reading. I was living in Oregon at the time, and the next thing I knew, I was in Vancouver hanging out with the coolest, most fun guys of all time.' And Marlon Taylor, who played the young Beverly Marsh and Mike Hanlon, were cast out of Vancouver, while and were cast out of for the parts of young Richie and Bill.According to Cohen, he had written the script for the series without a specific actor in mind for the role of Pennywise. According to director Tommy Lee Wallace, before he was attached to the project, and were in consideration to play Pennywise, but Wallace wanted for the role; Wallace had previously worked with the latter in (1988). Filming It was shot over a period of three months in, British Columbia, Canada on a budget of $12 million. Given that the shooting entailed an adult cast with child counterparts, Wallace sought to have the adult actors meet with the children playing the younger versions of their characters: 'We made a point of bringing the adult and children actors together for a couple of days, even though it was costly, since the adults and the kids have no scenes together.'
Filming locations in Vancouver included, and Saint Thomas Aquinas High School Convent in North Vancouver. Wallace told that his job as a director 'was to give Tim the stage and not get in his way too much.
He was like in the way he brought a spontaneous improvisation to the part.' Curry gave Pennywise a in order to sound like 'an old-time Catskills comic'. 'I just let it happen,' Curry said. 'Clowns are your worst fear realized. I think I scared a lot of children.' Special effects. The appearance of was based on in (1925).Original storyboards for Pennywise featured exaggerated cheekbones, a sharp chin, and bulbous forehead.
According to director Wallace, 'Tim Curry objected strongly to all the rubber. He had recently been in several movies which covered him in prosthetics and I'm sure he felt all the glue and latex would just get in his way. He was right, of course. With those eyes, and that mouth, and his crazy, sardonic sense of humor, less turned out to be more in the makeup department.' Special effects coordinator Bart Mixon began working on a head cast for the Pennywise character after Curry was cast in the role; he also designed three clay molds for testing. According to Mixon, he based the shape of Pennywise's head on in (1925), 'stylized into a clown.'
Three different versions of the clown's face were created, one of which resembled a, another that was 'a little meaner,' and the final one seen in the series. To achieve the white complexion, Curry wore prosthetic make-up cream to make him appear 'almost like a living cartoon.' The majority of the special effects in the film were done practically without digital alteration, aside from the shower scene in which Pennywise comes out of the drain; this scene was done with replacement, an animation technique similar to animation.The spider figure in the conclusion of the movie was hand-constructed by Mixon and his art department team. Wallace recalled of the spider:We labored long and hard designing a spider that was very beefy and muscular, almost reptilian in appearance. It looked great in the drawings, and I even recall a little clay model Bart did, which sealed the deal and won my enthusiastic approval. Bart and team went back to Hollywood to work the whole thing up full-size, and shooting started.
When the SVFX team returned to Vancouver and unpacked the full-size spider, what I expected to see was the big version of that original model, the beefy, reptilian thing that was scary on sight. What they assembled on set was very, very different. Not chunky at all, very lean and mean.In a panel at in 2017, Tim Curry remarked of the spider, 'It was. Not very scary. Or convincing.' Music A 2-CD release of the TV movie' complete score by Richard Bellis was released on November 15, 2011.
The music of the film ranges from orchestral music to trumpet-heavy music that accompanies the setting of Derry to unsteady arrangements for the film's scarier moments. Bellis won a for his work on the film. Track listing Disc 1No.TitleLength1.'
Main Title'1:522.' Enter the Clown'3:043.' Georgie Dies'4:174.' Ben Gets the News'0:515.' I Hate It Here'1:537.'
Bedroom Jazz Source'2:248.' The Slap'1:459.' Die if You Try'4:0210.' Richie's Talk Show Play-Off'0:3411.' The Beast – First Encounter'2:0512.' Mike Remembers'0:5813.' Mike Joins the Group'5:0714.'
Circus Source'1:1016.' Target Practice'2:5117.' The Sewer Hole'3:1318.'
Stan Gets Nabbed'4:2719.' The Fog'3:2520.' The Pact'1:4321.' Stan's Suicide'0:5022.' End Credits I'1:00Total length:50:28Disc 2No.TitleLength1.'
Main Title Part II'1:512.' The Graves'1:483.' Library Balloons'2:534.' Ben's Flashback'0:355.' Skeleton on the Pond'0:406.' Guillory's Muzak'1:277.' Fortune Cookie'1:5410.'
Silver Flyer'2:2211.' Leftover Stan'1:5212.' Henry and Belch'2:2013.' Every Thirty Years'1:5614.' Audra Arrives'2:0215.' This Time It's for Real'4:2616.'
The Smell of Death'1:5917.' Something's Coming'4:0018.' The Spider's Web'5:1119.'
Hi Ho Silver'4:3320.' End Credits Part II'1:00Total length:47:23Broadcast history It originally aired on in 1990 on the nights of November 18 and November 20.
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