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It - The Movie

The movie version of It was released in 1990. It was directed by Tommy Lee Wallace with writing credits going to Lawrence D. Cohen and Tommy Lee Wallace. To buy your own copy of this movie click HERE . The cast list included:
Richie Eddie Stan Bev Mike Ben Bill
Harry Anderson
as Richie Tozier		 Dennis Christopher
as Eddie Kaspbrak		 Richard Masur
as Stan Uris 		Annette O'Toole
as Beverly Marsh 		Tim Reid
as Mike Hanlon 		John Ritter
as Ben Hanscom 		Richard Thomas
as Bill Denbrough


The children on the cast were:
Richie Eddie Stan Bev Mike Ben Bill
Seth Green
as Richie Tozier		 Adam Faraizl
as Eddie Kaspbrak		 Ben Heller
as Stan Uris 		Emily Perkins
as Beverly Marsh 		Marlon Taylor
as Mike Hanlon 		Brandon Crane
as Ben Hanscom 		Jonathan Brandis
as Bill Denbrough


Pennywise Tim Curry as Pennywise the Clown.


Reviews

Another wonderful Stephen King tale of horror turned into a mediocre movie. The scenes with the children were much better than the scenes when they were adults. Could have stuck with the novel more; that would have produced much more suspense.

I really liked this film because it gave me a great scare. Also I liked the scenes with the kids better than the adults. I really liked the actors and actresses in this movie. My favorite character was Stan Uris. The actor they had for him was incredible, so was everyone else for that matter. I give it 4 stars!

When I first saw that there would be a film made of the book It, I instantly thought: that is impossible! This novel was and still is Stephen King's best story he has ever written. The beginning is really good, the children are very well chosen and the storyline was ok. Not as good as the book at all but it was nice. But after a while it became worse and worse. They put a 1000+ novel in four hours and it just didn't work. Complete characters were deleted. I am sorry to say this but It was a very bad film compared to the novel. maybe I should not have read the book because everybody is telling me how great they thought this movie was. There is one very good thing in the movie though: Pennywise the clown is perfect! For everyone who has not read the book : GO READ IT, it is way better!!

It is an OK movie on its own. The book, however, was an amazing piece of fiction which to this day remains my favorite book of all time. Part of the problem with the film is that the book is far too broad and complicated to be condensed into a four-hour mini-series. Much of the final conflict in the novel would have been impossible to translate to the screen. In the book, there were many scenes of the kids just being kids, which to me were some of the best parts in the novel and showed how much these people meant to each other. Also, the book presented a much clearer picture of what exactly was happening in Derry, as far as the murders of the children and how exactly It figures into the town's history. In the movie, most of these ideas - the most important parts of the story - are mentioned briefly, as though some scriptwriter remembered to add them in at the last minute. The conversations are delivered far too quickly in the first half, and it all seems rushed. True, they had a lot of plot to get through in too little time, but there were ways around it. In the book also, you get to see the friendships evolve and you see the importance of the promise which brings them back again. In the film, the strength of the relationships is weakened because the relationships never evolve, they just happen because they're supposed to. Another thing was that in the book, the kids slowly begin to understand It and how to defeat It - in the film, they magically pull information out of thin air and take it as truth. I think that the movie would have benefited from a lot more time to fully explore all the important details of the story. As Stephen King fans know, literally, the devil is in the details. The reason that so many King movies fail is that the things that make his novels so great are not easily translated to the screen - the stories are too complex and detailed that it's nearly impossible to get them right unless you're Stephen King himself (see The Stand and The Shining mini-series if you don't believe me).

All this may make it sound like I didn't like the movie. Quite the contrary. I liked it very much. I just had some problems with it compared to the book. Tim Curry's performance as Pennywise is perfect; no one could have done better. Clowns still scare the you-know-what out of me, thanks to him. The opening scene with him and the hanging laundry still gives me chills. Both the younger and older versions of the Losers' Club are well-cast, bringing forth the characters from the book very well. The adults are especially surprising, since most of them are most familiar to me through TV sitcoms (Harry Anderson from Night Court, John Ritter from Three's Company, Tim Reid from Sister Sister). It's good to see them doing dramatic stuff. The visuals are excellent, especially regarding Pennywise. True, the finale effects are a letdown, but the film DID have a made-for-TV budget. So basically, the movie was really good, but if you want to really get the whole story, go get the book.

This could have something to do with the fact that I was only 10 when this movie first came out, but it scared the begeezes out of me, and no horror film has since come close to scaring me as much (and I've seen A LOT of horror films since). Tim Curry is perfect as It, an ancient force of evil that has been feeding off the lives of children for God knows how long, who usually appears in the form of Pennywise, an innocent-looking but very menacing clown. Many familiar faces (John Ritter, Annette O'Toole, Night Court's Harry Anderson, Richard Thomas) appear as the group of childhood friends who come together as adults to stop the evil creature, and you can catch a pre-stardom Jonathan Brandis (Seaquest DSV) as Thomas' younger self. All in all, an excellent horror film that you should check out if you have not already done so.

A movie that could have gone so much farther, if only they had a better director and better actors. The age 12 actors were fine (besides some silly moments), but it was the adults that needed some work. I'm a sucker for cheesy movies, and this one falls right into that category. I didn't find it the least bit scary, and I was much more interested in the first half of the movie, when they were children. I wish I had friends like that. I think from now on, Stephen King should direct and cast his own book-to-movie productions.

First Half Good - Second Half Bad. That's what most of the other commentators say, and I can't disagree. Part 1 (or the first half, depending on which format you're seeing it in) is great: pitting some excellent child actors (including future star Seth Green of Buffy the Vampire Slayer) portraying some in-depth characters fighting against a demonic clown. The second half seems more like a "gee-wow - look who we got" self-indulgence at casting Anderson, Thomas, Reid and Ritter, with very little to make us care about these folks. The ending is also an incredible dumbed-down letdown, although in all fairness I don't think they could pull off King's ending, and most of the audience wouldn't understand it if they had tried. There are a few touching moments in the last half, and Tim Curry couldn't screw up no matter how bad the writing is, but generally the two mismatched halves make for a mediocre film when it could have been so much more.

This was so completely worth the rental. You can't fathom how good this movie is. I've become a very recent Stephen King buff (Nightmares and Dreamscapes was nothing short of an astounding book), and had to rent this, coupled with The Tommyknockers. Both of these movies were good, but It was outright wicked, and it did scare me some. I strongly recommend it.

After watching such masterpieces as "The Shawshank Redemption" and "Stand By Me", I thought that "It" would probably live up to my expectations as well. Now that I have actually seen the film, I stand corrected. The first half wouldn't be all that bad, but the second half is just a mixture of awkward special effects [similar to those I've seen in movies of the early 80ies already], unconvincing acting and unfitting turns. As opposed to the book, "It" as a film was a real disappointment for me.

After watching such masterpieces as "The Shawshank Redemption" and "Stand By Me", I thought that "It" would probably live up to my expectations as well. Now that I have actually seen the film, I stand corrected. The first half wouldn't be all that bad, but the second half is just a mixture of awkward special effects [similar to those I've seen in movies of the early 80ies already], unconvincing acting and unfitting turns. As opposed to the book, "It" as a film was a real disappointment for me.

Just who is this film aimed at?? Surely no horror fan could stomach the absolute lack of gore and the Enid Blyton style 'gang' qualities of the movie. On the other hand, kids are kept away by the 15 certificate and the nature of the subject matter. It is strangely watchable, granted, but that makes it only more frustrating when the final battle involves a giant immobile insect which they repeatedly kick in the leg... Bewildering.

when that movie came out....I was ten years old. my mom told me to watch it with her because it looked like a good movie......and ever since that movie.....I've been afraid of clowns. tim curry does the most scariest clown I've ever seen.

Watching the first half of this movie, you will be impressed, intrigued and scared out of your mind. When the second half rolls round, the climax you had hoped for sputters away into a childish easy-fix. You will be impressed by the kids in this movie. For a bunch of ten year olds, they shine, completely outacting their adult counterparts. The script isn't half bad either. Pennywise will haunt you as he terrorises the helpless kids of the small US town and you feel for those involved. Then when part two shows itself, you can't but help remember your school days, when on a late night with homework due, you bluff and rush your way through your endings. The second half is a let down and the feeling is of betrayal after the earlier promises of greatness. Just another one to add to Mr. King's long line of half-classics.

It! is one of Stephen King's best books. The teleplay managed to capture the essence of the book without widely straying from the original. Well acted, well directed, no need for garish special effects. A must watch (and a must read).

I think "It" is the best film of all. I first watched it in 1993. I watch it in every year. Stephen King is my favourite writer and I've read the book about It. It's true, that the novel is better, but in my opinion they made an exciting film from it.

This is an adaption of the equally fascinating story of adults who have to remember a horror they faced as children. Forced to keep the graphic violence Stephen King's book had, the movie uses special effects and the great Tim Curry to make the dooming force of Derry, Maine realistic and frightening.

Another wonderful Stephen King tale of horror turned into a mediocre movie. The scenes with the children were much better than the scenes when they were adults. Could have stuck with the novel more; that would have produced much more suspense.

I think that IT was a very very good movie. My only real problem with it was that it was far too different than the book. I think that if it had included more situations from the book, it would have done a whole lot better.



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