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HalifaxDrunk · 12-29-2008, 07:36 AM

With my next pick I'd first like to thank Prototype for passing it over.

Team Jumped the Shark is happy to select one of my favorite Stephen King books and a really great TV movie:

A 1990 Emmy-winning horror film based on the Stephen King novel of the same name.

Starring:
Harry Anderson - Night Court, Dave's World
Dennis Christopher - The Profiler
Annette O'Toole - Smallville
Tim Reid - WKRP, Simon & Simon, Frank's Place
John Ritter - Three's Company, 8 Simple Rules
Richard Thomas - The Waltons
Tim Curry - The Rocky Horror Picture Show, Home Alone 2
Seth Green - Family Guy, Robot Chicken, The Italian Job
Emily Perkins - Ginger Snaps

IT aired as a two-part television mini-series on November 18, 1990 on ABC, and loosely follows the plot of the novel. The first half of the film, set in 1960 (in the novel, it was set in 1958), introduces a group of social misfits, the "Losers", as they meet and form a tight-knit group in the face of a cruel and intolerant world. They each individually come into contact with the child-killing monster, which they name "It", haunting their hometown of Derry, Maine. It usually appears as the thing the child victim mostly fears before taking the form Pennywise the Dancing Clown (Tim Curry).

The film opens with a young girl riding her bike singing Itsy Bitsy Spider. It is about to storm outside and her mother tells her to come on inside. The girl ignores her mother and tries to ride some more. But she hears children laughing in a distance. Then she hears a clown giggle. As she turns around the voice whispers "Hi". She sees a seemingly friendly clown, it is Pennywise luring her into his death trap. The film then flashes to her bike left unattended with her dead body beside it. She is found dead by her hysterical mother.

12-29-2008, 07:36 AM	#1114
HalifaxDrunk #2 960 Prankster Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: In a Pub Exp:	With my next pick I'd first like to thank Prototype for passing it over. Team Jumped the Shark is happy to select one of my favorite Stephen King books and a really great TV movie: A 1990 Emmy-winning horror film based on the Stephen King novel of the same name. Starring: Harry Anderson - Night Court, Dave's World Dennis Christopher - The Profiler Annette O'Toole - Smallville Tim Reid - WKRP, Simon & Simon, Frank's Place John Ritter - Three's Company, 8 Simple Rules Richard Thomas - The Waltons Tim Curry - The Rocky Horror Picture Show, Home Alone 2 Seth Green - Family Guy, Robot Chicken, The Italian Job Emily Perkins - Ginger Snaps IT aired as a two-part television mini-series on November 18, 1990 on ABC, and loosely follows the plot of the novel. The first half of the film, set in 1960 (in the novel, it was set in 1958), introduces a group of social misfits, the "Losers", as they meet and form a tight-knit group in the face of a cruel and intolerant world. They each individually come into contact with the child-killing monster, which they name "It", haunting their hometown of Derry, Maine. It usually appears as the thing the child victim mostly fears before taking the form Pennywise the Dancing Clown (Tim Curry). The film opens with a young girl riding her bike singing Itsy Bitsy Spider. It is about to storm outside and her mother tells her to come on inside. The girl ignores her mother and tries to ride some more. But she hears children laughing in a distance. Then she hears a clown giggle. As she turns around the voice whispers "Hi". She sees a seemingly friendly clown, it is Pennywise luring her into his death trap. The film then flashes to her bike left unattended with her dead body beside it. She is found dead by her hysterical mother.