It

Director: Andy Muschietti Andy Muschietti

Overview

In a small town in 1989 Maine, seven bullied kids known as the "Losers' Club" discover that a malevolent force is preying on the local children. When they realize that the town's adults can't protect them, they band together to destroy the monster, a killer clown called Pennywise (Bill Skarsg?rd). Jaeden Lieberher, Jeremy Ray Taylor, Sophia Lillis, Finn Wolfhard, Wyatt Oleff, Chosen Jacobs, Jack Dylan Grazer, Nicholas Hamilton, and Jackson Robert Scott co-star in this horror film, which is based on the novel by Stephen King. Directed by Andy Muschietti.

Product Details

Release Date:	10/14/2019
UPC:	0883929697373
Original Release:	2017
Source:	Warner Home Video
Language:	English

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

Jeremy Ray Taylor	Ben Hanscom
Sophia Lillis	Beverly Marsh
Bill Skarsgård	Pennywise
Finn Wolfhard	Richie Tozier
Jack Dylan Grazer	Eddie Kaspbrak
Wyatt Oleff	Stanley Uris
Chosen Jacobs	Mike Hanlon
Nicholas Hamilton	Henry Bowers
Jackson Robert Scott	Georgie
Jake Sim	Belch Huggins
Logan Thompson	Victor Criss
Owen Teague	Patrick Hockstetter
Stephen Bogaert	Mr. Marsh
Stuart Hughes	Officer Bowers
Geoffrey Pounsett	Zach Denbrough
Pip Dwyer	Sharon Denbrough
Molly Jane Atkinson	Sona Kaspbrak,Sonia Kasprak
Steven Williams	Leroy Hanlon
Elizabeth Saunders	Mrs. Starret
Megan Charpentier	Gretta
Joe Bostick	Mr. Keene
Ari Cohen	Rabbi Uris
Anthony Ulc	Joe the Butcher
Javier Botet	Hobo
Katie Lunman	Betty Ripsom
Carter Musselman	Headless Boy
Tatum Lee	Judith
Edie Inksetter	Hostess
Martha Gibson	Old Woman
Kasie Rayner	Field Hockey Girl #1
Isabelle Nelisse	Girl in Bathroom
Jocelyn Mattka	Another Girl
Donald Tripe	Old Man In Car
Liz Gordon	Old Woman In Car
Paige Rosamond	Dead Girl #1
Neil Crone	Chief Borton
Sonia Gascon	Mrs. Ripsom
Janet Porter	Stanley's Mother
Memo Diaz Capt	4th Of July Clown
Chantal Vachon	Girl in Magazine
Roberto Campanella	Organ Player Clown
Jaeden Martell	Bill Denbrough
Benjamin Wallfisch	Composer

Technical Credits

Gary Dauberman

Chase Palmer

Cary Joji Fukunaga

Andy Muschietti	Director,Producer
Gary Dauberman	Screenwriter
Chase Palmer	Screenwriter
Cary Joji Fukunaga	Screenwriter
Doug Davison	Producer,Executive Producer
Seth Grahame-Smith	Producer
David Katzenberg	Producer
Roy Lee	Producer
Dan Lin	Producer
Walter Hamada	Executive Producer,Producer
John Powers Middleton	Executive Producer
Peter Pastorelli	Executive Producer
Jon Silk	Executive Producer,Producer
Niija Kuykendall	Executive Producer,Producer
Toby Emmerich	Executive Producer,Producer
Dave Neustadter	Executive Producer,Producer
Richard Brener	Executive Producer,Producer
Marty P. Ewing	Executive Producer,Producer
Paul Hackner	Sound/Sound Designer
Kristy Hollidge	Special Effects
Andrew Searles	Special Effects
JR Kenny	Special Effects
Greg Jones	Special Effects,Stunts,Stunts
Brad Weiss	Special Effects
Aaron Dinsmore	Special Effects
Ted Ross	Special Effects
Rich Delia	Casting
Stephanie Gorin	Casting
Valentin Pricop	Sound Mixer
Robert Beal	Sound Mixer
Glen Gauthier	Sound Mixer
Sylvain Arseneault	Sound Mixer,Sound Effects
Tom Woodruff Jr.	Makeup Special Effects
Alec Gillis	Makeup Special Effects
Warren Appleby	Special Effects Supervisor
Victor Ray Ennis	Special Effects Supervisor
Scott Cannizzaro	Sound Effects
Joe Cappelletti	Sound Effects

Editorial Reviews

Contemporary Hollywood thrives on nostalgia, particularly works from the 1980s (see: the wildly popular Stranger Things). Thus, it's only natural that it would finally get around to adapting Stephen King's massive 1986 tome It into a feature film, even adjusting the story's timeline so the action now takes place in the '80s rather than the '50s. This temporal shift is just one of several smart changes made to the narrative. Although a prior adaptation of It -- a 1990 miniseries starring the inimitable Tim Curry -- is held in high esteem, rabid Stephen King fans won't be disappointed with this new version's unique attributes or its overall faithfulness to the source material. Set in the fictional town of Derry, ME, the story follows the Losers' Club, a group of seven foulmouthed but lovable preteen misfits just starting their summer break. Bill Denbrough (Jaeden Lieberher) is doing his best to cope with his little brother's disappearance, unware that his sibling was taken by a sewer-dwelling, shape-shifting clown that feeds on the fear of its prey. When more children go missing, Bill and his friends band together to get to the bottom of the mystery, eventually realizing that they must confront their adversary head-on. Interestingly, the supernatural terror of Pennywise the clown (Bill Skarsgård) frequently takes a backseat to the real-life horrors that the characters face every day. From brutal bullying to thinly veiled sexual abuse, from parental gaslighting to violent attacks, the film juxtaposes the kids' unsettling personal struggles with Pennywise's mayhem...oftentimes portraying the former in a darker, rawer way. These scenes help flesh out the characters, making them seem like well-rounded, deeply human people whom we care about (something often missing from the horror genre). The dark subject matter and young age of the film's heroes give the story a gritty feel, while also bringing out a sense of childlike awe in the audience -- even if you weren't a preteen battling a malevolent shape-shifting force in the '80s, you'll feel like you were after watching this movie. Director Andy Muschietti chose to eschew the book's narrative time jumps in favor of a cohesive, linear story focused solely on the characters' childhoods (the full novel includes a second timeline in which they battle the monster again as adults). This decision sets the stage for a potential sequel (the end credits reveal that the film's full title is It: Part I), while also allowing the picture to work as a standalone story. It could go either way -- although this reviewer is desperately hoping for a follow-up. The film successfully balances the vaguely reassuring with the hopelessly disturbing, all while building a world full of nuanced characters; it's a feat of storytelling that will leave you feeling oddly uplifted and creeped out. Though it is a bit of a time commitment at 135 minutes, it's well worth the investment for both horror fanatics and regular moviegoers.