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Stephen King's It | 
 enlarge | Director: Tommy Lee Wallace
Actors: Richard Thomas, Tim Reid, Annette O'toole, Harry Anderson, Dennis Christopher
Studio: Warner Home Video
Category: DVD
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Rating:  399 reviews
Sales Rank: 2585
Format: Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Color, Dvd-video, Widescreen, Ntsc
Languages: English (Original Language), English (Subtitled), Spanish (Subtitled), French (Subtitled)
Rating: Unrated
Region: 1
Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Number Of Discs: 1
Running Time: 192 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7.1 x 5.4 x 0.6
MPN: WARD12198D
ISBN: 0790765373
UPC: 085391219828
EAN: 9780790765372
ASIN: B00006FDCD
Theatrical Release Date: November 18, 1990
Release Date: October 1, 2002
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Condition: Complete with original case, disc(s), and artwork. In stock and ships right now.
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Is there anything scarier than clowns? Of course not. And who knows scary better than Stephen King? You see where we're going. It puts a malevolent clown (given demented life by a powdered, red-nosed Tim Curry) front and center, as King's fat novel gets the TV-movie treatment. Even at three hours plus, the action is condensed, but an engaging Stand by Me vibe prevails for much of the running time. The seven main characters, as adolescents, conquered a force of pure evil in their Maine hometown. Now, the cackling Pennywise is back, and they must come home to fight him--or, should we say, It--again. Admitting the TV-movie trappings and sometimes hysterical performances, this is a genuinely gripping thriller. As so often with King, the basic idea (the bond formed during a childhood trauma) is clean and powerful, a lifeline anchored in reality that leads us to the supernatural. --Robert Horton
Product Description
Seven youths have to defeat a demonic creature named pennywise which dresses in a clown suit and terrorizes a 1960s town in maine. Studio: Warner Home Video Release Date: 09/26/2006 Starring: Harry Anderson Tim Curry Run time: 192 minutes Rating: Nr Director: Tommy Lee Wallace
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 Steven King's "It" December 14, 2008
Marcus Vittitow (Vandalia, Illinois)
I got two copis and gave them away for Christmas presents. You can't go wrong with Steven King.
IT December 12, 2008
Hedge Hog (Southern California Mountains)
Not on par with The Stand, but still a pretty good movie. It was actually a lot better then I had anticipated. Obviously not as detailed as the book - what movie is - but definitely worth adding to your Stephen King collection!
They all float... December 11, 2008
Lisa Verson (Dayton, OH)
I first saw It when I was about 11 when my brother and I rented it from the video store. I had always been a tad frightened of clowns and thanks to this movie (and the book), I'm now completely afraid of them! Well not as much as I used to be, but It was definitely a large contributing factor.
Onto the movie... I thought that for the most part, especially because It was a made-for-TV movie that it captured the major themes from the book. Now I had watched this before reading the book. After reading the book I watched the movie again and came to find that several things were left out, probably due to what is allowed to be shown on television (this was not broadcast on cable, I believe it was on ABC) but I thought some of the acting could have been better than it was.
The one person who I thought really shined (no pun intended to Stephen King's other incredible novel....) was Tim Curry. I was in total disbelief that he was this demonic clown! Who knew he is able to delve into rather disturbing roles! He didn't sound like himself at all (no accent); his voice was really distorted but that made him all the more scary which really worked in his favor and the movie's favor as well.
Everyone else did a pretty good job, and casting Richard Thomas in the main role of Bill was a wise decision. I saw this before John Ritter passed away and thought he was excellent as well. Now when I watch the movie I always get a little sad when I see him, especially if I watch with the commentary. Tim Reid was a good choice for Mike but at times I thought he overacted a bit. Still it was fun to see the dad from Sister-Sister in something much darker.
As for the plot, a lot of things that were in the book were not included here which made for some holes. We are never told where It really came from like we are in the book. That was a rather important plot point that should have been here and if Stephen King had been a part of this adaptation, I'm sure he would have included it.
Bottom line: if you are a horror fan (and don't mind the lack of special effects; this was made in 1990 after all) you'll most likely enjoy this adaptation of Stephen King's It.
You'll never feel the same way about clowns again.....
Stephen King's It DVD November 24, 2008
Paula J. Bettencourt
I bought this item .
Because I saw the movie via DVD rental .
From my local Blockbuster video rental store.
The story I thought is very good.
unlike most horror movie's /which I'm a big fan of the genra.
This movie has a very good story to it.
Eventhough the DVD rental was quite watchable I had a little troube with it skipping and freezing up/but it was still good enough fore me to descover a classic.
So I could not find the movie in my area.
So I looked online and found it on Amazon.
So I bought it online .
The DVD is in much better condition then the copy that I rented.
I had no trouble at all with it and was delighted that the movie s also widesscreen.
A aspect raio that I much prefer over Full screen.
Anyone who is thinking of buying this DVD can't go wrong with Amazon .com.
I'm very satisfied with my purcase from Amazon.
Paula Bettencourt
 It November 24, 2008
Danielle Shanae Davis
I only watched one side because I didn't realize it was two sided. The Side I watched was when they are older. It was ok, but I've heard the other side is much better.
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