It

20172017
RR
2h 15min

Bill Skarsgård and Jackson Robert Scott in It (2017)

When children begin to disappear in the town of Derry, Maine, a group of young kids are faced with their biggest fears when they square off against an evil clown named Pennywise, whose history of murder and violence dates back for centuries.

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In the summer of 1989, a group of bullied kids band together to destroy a shape-shifting monster, which disguises itself as a clown and preys on the children of Derry, their small Maine town... Read allIn the summer of 1989, a group of bullied kids band together to destroy a shape-shifting monster, which disguises itself as a clown and preys on the children of Derry, their small Maine town.In the summer of 1989, a group of bullied kids band together to destroy a shape-shifting monster, which disguises itself as a clown and preys on the children of Derry, their small Maine town.

Director
- Andy Muschietti
Writers
- Chase Palmer(screenplay by)
- Cary Joji Fukunaga(screenplay by)
- Gary Dauberman(screenplay by)
Stars

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Awards
- 9 wins & 48 nominations

Wyatt Oleff, Jeremy Ray Taylor, Jaeden Martell, Finn Wolfhard, Sophia Lillis, Jack Dylan Grazer, and Chosen Jacobs in It (2017)

Bill Skarsgård in It (2017)

Jaeden Martell, Finn Wolfhard, and Jack Dylan Grazer in It (2017)

Andy Muschietti and Jaeden Martell in It (2017)

Wyatt Oleff, Jeremy Ray Taylor, Finn Wolfhard, and Jack Dylan Grazer in It (2017)

Chosen Jacobs in It (2017)

Jaeden Martell and Sophia Lillis in It (2017)

Jeremy Ray Taylor, Jaeden Martell, Finn Wolfhard, and Jack Dylan Grazer in It (2017)

Bill Skarsgård in It (2017)

Jaeden Martell, Finn Wolfhard, and Jack Dylan Grazer in It (2017)

Bill Skarsgård in It (2017)

Nicholas Hamilton in It (2017)

Director
- Andy Muschietti
Writers
- Chase Palmer(screenplay by)
- Cary Joji Fukunaga(screenplay by)
- Gary Dauberman(screenplay by)
All cast & crew
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Meet the Stars of Stephen King's 'It'

Meet the Stars of Stephen King's 'It'

Learn more about the early career of Bill Skarsgård and watch the young stars of It reveal what it was like to see Pennywise the Clown for the first time while filming.

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In the Town of Derry, the local kids are disappearing one by one. In a place known as 'The Barrens', a group of seven kids are united by their horrifying and strange encounters with an evil clown and their determination to kill It. —Emma Chapman

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Taglines
- You'll float too.
Genre
- Horror
Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)
- Rated R for violence/horror, bloody images, and for language
Parents guide

Trivia
Jack Dylan Grazer (Eddie) was the first one out of all the kids to work with Bill Skarsgård (Pennywise). During their scene, Grazer would cry and gag while Skarsgård was right in his face yelling and drooling. Skarsgård was genuinely concerned for Grazer and after the scene ended, asked him if he was okay. Grazer looked right at him and said, "Love what you're doing with the character!" Skarsgård was left confused and impressed at Grazer's attitude, calling the child actors "little professionals."

Goofs
(at around 28 mins) Derry, Maine is in the USA, however a war memorial contains the line "for king and country", revealing the filming location in Canada.

Quotes
Richie Tozier: I hear the list is longer than my wang.
Stanley Uris: That's not saying much.

Crazy credits
The film title "It" appears at the start as the camera zooms out of a Derry sewer tunnel.

The title appears again in the closing credits with "Chapter One" added to it.

Connections
Featured in Blackcatloner: The Last Week of Work Workout (2017)

Soundtracks
Love Removal Machine
Written by Ian Astbury and Billy Duffy (as William Duffy)
Performed by The Cult
Courtesy of Beggars Banquet Records Ltd.

Top review

7/10

Better for Younger

For a younger audience, unjaded by so many horror and suspense flicks, this movie will probably be creepier. This version of the story is somewhat a victim of itself. So many derivatives have occurred over the years, many from King novels, including this one, that this remake suffers as somewhat less of the same. At my 55 years of age, it just never hit a fear climax. Sure, some great scenes, just not enough impact. For the younger audience, I expect it would be great. Also, perhaps by the edit- down for the screen play, the story seemed to leave a lot of plot holes uncompleted, and seemed to violate its own plane of existence. Appropriate for Netflix, or a young couple on a date.

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Budget
- $35,000,000 (estimated)
Gross US & Canada
- $328,828,874
Opening weekend US & Canada
- $123,403,419
- Sep 10, 2017
Gross worldwide
- $701,796,444

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Runtime
- 2h 15min
Color
- Color
Sound mix
Aspect ratio
- 2.39 : 1

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