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Cast
Harry Anderson .... Richard 'Richie/Trashmouth' Tozier
Dennis Christopher .... Eddie Kaspbrak
Richard Masur .... Stanley 'Stan' Uris
Annette O'Toole .... Beverly 'Bev/Bevvie' Marsh Rogan
Tim Reid .... Michael 'Mike/Mikey' Hanlon
Directed by
Tommy Lee Wallace
Rater #2 has description and review.
Rater #1
Has Not Seen Movie
Rater #2
7/10. I don't boast that I know the Stephen King filmography, but I think
that It is one of the only ones that was made first, and only, into a
TV-movie. Divided into two parts for TV (and on the DVD, the first
part is on one side, the second on the other, and I happened to watch
the second part first [I just thought they had mutilated the book,
because the book often switches from past to present]), the first
part is more objective, giving us information about the characters
and their past, while part two is extremely fast paced.
Actually, it kind of seems like it's two separate movies, but one
can't exist without the other (kind of like the first two Terminator
movies). They seem completely separate (mainly because there's a
different set of actors for 1960 and 1990). The first half has six
successful people receiving phone calls from Mike Hanlon (Tim Reid),
a friend from their childhood in Derry, Maine. From a series of
flashbacks, we find out that seven friends are terrorized as pre-
teens from something dressed up like a giant clown named Pennywise
(Tim Curry, with a great performance). As adults, they come back and
face it again.
Although the scenes in the book were creepier, they were made visible
very well in the movie. Some of the images were pretty haunting,
albeit it exactly like the book. I did like the way that Pennywise
looked, very menacing. He was exactly like King's very thorough
descriptions. However, I thought that the characters didn't look
right as adults and were too old. If you look closely, you can see
Seth Green as the young Richie Tozier. Overall, it looks better than
I imagined, it's not as confusing or LONG as the book, but the scenes
that were scary in the book weren't as scary.
Rater #3
Has Not Seen Movie.
Rater #4
Has Not Seen Movie.
Not Rated
Running time: 192 minutes
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