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It

  • TV Mini Series
  • 19901990
  • TV-14TV-14
  • 3h 12m
IMDb RATING
6.8/10
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Tim Curry in It (1990)
 	In 1960, seven outcast kids known as "The Loser Club" fight an evil demon who poses as a child-killing clown. 30 years later, they are called back to fight the same clown again
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In 1960, seven pre-teen outcasts fight an evil demon who poses as a child-killing clown. Thirty years later, they reunite to stop the demon once and for all when it returns to their hometown... Read allIn 1960, seven pre-teen outcasts fight an evil demon who poses as a child-killing clown. Thirty years later, they reunite to stop the demon once and for all when it returns to their hometown.In 1960, seven pre-teen outcasts fight an evil demon who poses as a child-killing clown. Thirty years later, they reunite to stop the demon once and for all when it returns to their hometown.
IMDb RATING
6.8/10
131K
YOUR RATING
POPULARITY
944
15
  • Stars
    • Richard Thomas
    • Tim Reid
    • Annette O'Toole
  • Stars
    • Richard Thomas
    • Tim Reid
    • Annette O'Toole
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 574User reviews
    • 93Critic reviews
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    • Won 1 Primetime Emmy

    Episodes2

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    1990

    Videos5

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    A 3-Hour Monsterpiece: How 'It Chapter Two' Pushed Cast to the Brink
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    Did 'It Chapter Two' Break a World Record for Fake Blood?
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    Original Trailer
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    Richard Thomas
    Richard Thomas
    • Bill Denbrough
    Tim Reid
    Tim Reid
    • Mike Hanlon
    Annette O'Toole
    Annette O'Toole
    • Beverly Marsh
    Harry Anderson
    Harry Anderson
    • Richie Tozier
    Dennis Christopher
    Dennis Christopher
    • Eddie Kaspbrak
    Richard Masur
    Richard Masur
    • Stanley Uris
    John Ritter
    John Ritter
    • Ben Hanscom
    Tim Curry
    Tim Curry
    • Pennywise
    Jonathan Brandis
    Jonathan Brandis
    • Bill Denbrough - Age 12…
    Brandon Crane
    Brandon Crane
    • Ben Hanscom - Age 12…
    Adam Faraizl
    Adam Faraizl
    • Eddie Kaspbrak - Age 12…
    Seth Green
    Seth Green
    • Richie Tozier - Age 12
    Ben Heller
    Ben Heller
    • Stanley Uris - Age 12…
    Emily Perkins
    Emily Perkins
    • Beverly Marsh - Age 12…
    Marlon Taylor
    Marlon Taylor
    • Mike Hanlon - Age 12…
    Olivia Hussey
    Olivia Hussey
    • Audra Denbrough
    Sheila Moore
    Sheila Moore
    • Mrs. Kaspbrak
    Jarred Blancard
    Jarred Blancard
    • Henry Bowers - Age 14
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    Storyline

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    Did you know

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    • Trivia
      On the DVD commentary track, the actors note that Tim Curry's characterization of Pennywise was so creepy and realistic that everyone avoided him during the filming.
    • Goofs
      It seems as if Mike was the last to join the seven back in the 1960s. The day Mike joins them was apparently several days after the other kids had encountered It. Out of the discussion about It, which takes place the day of the Rock Battle, we learn that every single kid in the gang has already seen It somewhere. However, later in the movie, Bev tells a story about the blood in her bathroom, and in the flashback, we see all of the 7 kids entering Bev's bathroom to clean the mess up, the day right after the blood had come out of the washbasin.
    • Quotes

      It: I'm every nightmare you've ever had. I'm your worst dream come true. I'm everything you ever were afraid of.

    • Crazy credits
      During the opening credits, we see pictures of the "Lucky Seven" from their childhood like in a photo album. The final photo of the Paramount cinema segues into the actual one in Derry. The camera pulls back from the title IT, and it turns from white to red. In Pt 2, the final photo of a hotel segues into the one the "Lucky Seven" are staying at. At the end of both parts, Pennywise's laugh is heard.
    • Alternate versions
      Although released on VHS and Laserdisc in the original two-part miniseries format, the DVD and Blu-ray releases from Warner Bros. are an edited Home Video Version which removes the end of Part 1 and the beginning of Part 2 in order to turn it into one long film. Here is what has been removed at timestamp 1:34:00 (the chapter 28 mark on the Blu-ray):
      • THE END OF PART 1: Stan's wife finds that he has slit his wrist in the bathtub and starts to scream, the scream is cut off abruptly and therefore also the final showing of "IT" written in the blood on the bathroom wall, accompanied by Pennywise laughing and "to be continued" along with the end credits.
      • THE BEGINNING OF PART 2: Starts with Bill arriving at the Derry cemetery. This completely cuts out his arrival at the hotel, the conversation with the woman at the desk, a short scene in his hotel room, the full ride in a taxi to the cemetery along with the opening credits.
    • Connections
      Edited into Nostalgia Critic: Garfield: A Tail of Two Kitties (2017)
    • Soundtracks
      Itsy Bitsy Spider
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    User reviews574

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    8/10
    Nostalgic, beautiful scenery, superb camaraderie, unsettling background stories n cheesy effects.
    I first saw this on a rented vhs in 1991. I still remember the shopkeeper telling me to rent the two cassette tapes as it was a two part series. Renting two vhs was a bit expensive those days but the film never made me regret shelling me the extra rupees. Revisited it recently on a dvd. Saw the remake with my son in a theater. The remake is really good. Coming back to the original, it has some nostalgic moments attached to it, the ones showing the kids play down by the river and the bike riding ones r memorable. Country life can b really fun for growing kids. The child actors in this film are marvelous. We easily are attached to them. The plot is about a group of misfit children who end up becoming lifelong friends and how they unite to deal with the horror affecting them. In my opinion it is a darker version of Stand By Me. Considering it was a made for TV as a mini series, it wasn't that gory n the special effects weren't that good. Also the pacing was a bit odd. The most striking thing about the film was Tim Curry's iconic, creepy performance as Pennywise, the murderous clown. The only movie which had dealt with creepy clowns before this was Salva's Clownhouse. Maybe Stephen King borrowed the clown thing from Victor Salva n Salva borrowed the concept of the thing coming back after 23/27 years in Jeepers Creepers from Stephen King.

    The remake nailed it again with the child actors. The remake has superb cinematography, awesome acting n terrific direction. The fat boy's acting n facial expressions in the remake is spot on.
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    • Why did It spare the young Henry Bowers?
    • What is "IT"?
    • at the end of the movie when the gang is pulling out the guts of the spider, the camera zooms to the wall showing a shadow of all of them ripping out what looks to be the shape of a human. What exactly is this that they ripped out of the spider?

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    • Release date
      • November 18, 1990 (United States)
      • United States
      • Canada
      • English
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    • Filming locations
      • Beaver Lake, Stanley Park, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
    • Production companies
      • Green/Epstein Productions
      • Konigsberg/Sanitsky Company
      • Lorimar Television
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    • 3 hours 12 minutes
      • Color
      • Stereo

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