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Cancel Resend Email. Stephen King's 'The Langoliers' Add Article. Stephen King's 'The Langoliers' Critics Consensus While not without its fair share of thrills, The Langoliers suffers from a meandering pace and dubious characterizations.
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Kate Maberly. Tom Holland Director. January 15, Full Review…. January 15, Rating: 2. January 15, Rating: C- Full Review…. View All Critic Reviews May 01, They realised they've landed in a misplaced dimension and they are not alone An excellent TV movie in my opinion, seems a bit melodramatic but was interesting enough to kept me engaged.
Stephen King fans would love it. Sylvester K Super Reviewer. Jan 29, If there is something of a blessing and a curse with Stephen King, it would have to be the trend of people taking his novels and short stories and turning them into numerous films and mini-series.
This is a blessing because it gets his work out their into the masses, making him well known among the common people. It is a curse due to how terrible most of these are.
With adapting King's work, unless you really know what you are doing ex. Brian de Palma and Stanley Kubrick , you will destroy and crash the project.
This has happened many time and bound to happen even more. With the case of The Langoliers, this is a mix bag.
It is not good, but it is bad in the 'so bad it is good' stance. This is one of the few short stories of King's I have not yet read, but after this film, it makes me want to read it so I can see how King had the story in mind.
The basic idea of the film is that a group of people are trapped on an airplane with most of the passengers have disappeared like in Left Behind.
The idea is one that has been used before, but with how it is presented on film does leave things questionable with Tom Holland's directing.
Honestly, he could have made this film a bit shorter than it already is. He uses the three hours to develop that characters, but the problem is that we never truly care about what happens to any of them.
I did not care if they were going to be right, if they were going to die, etc. Holland is known for making some okay horror comedies, but this film he does not do that good of a job with.
Quite sad due to how much this film has as potential. The acting, I don't know if this was on purpose, is funny as crap. Everyone is overacting, no one is taking this film seriously, and it is just hilarious to see everyone try to act serious about a situation that is illogical and not that well thought out.
But, the actor that just steals the show is Bronson Pinchot. I never seen an actor who overreacts, over does his lines, and raises his voice so high it sounds like his balls were chopped off.
He is simply fantastic at being terrible in this film. Kate Maberly does a note worthy job in this film playing a blind girl throughout this film.
While it is not a perfect performance there are times when you know that she is faking , it is mediocre and better than most of the stale performance throughout the film.
I might be a bit harsh on this film, seeing as how I have never read the original story, but this film is not really that good as a film or miniseries.
In a critical sense. The acting is kind of trash, the direction is confusing at times, and the script should have been rewritten about a few hundred times.
But, I still like this film because it is fun, enjoyable, and funny as crap in so many ways it is unrealistic. Everything from the over the top acting to the terrible script works as a comedy.
Taken a black comedy, but a comedy none the less. If you go into this film looking for a serious Stephen King Horror story, you will be disappointed.
Go into this with a comedic mind. You will get far more out of it. Even more out of Bronson Pinchot's performance. Zach B Super Reviewer. Dec 24, Starting off strong, The Langoliers ratchets up a surprisingly powerful batch of suspense in the form of a genuinely compelling supernatural mystery.
Things get bad when the CG effects show their age, and the illusion is completely shattered during the film's final acts. It's a film I immediately wanted to like, if only for the interplay between the characters and 'rule nothing out' nature of the premise.
The plot itself reminds me of the kinds of stories me and my friends would make up when we were little, sitting in the front yard late in the afternoons after school.
It's a film with an imagination, hampered from flight due to some poor script choices. The dialogue gets a little too saccharine at the very end, with a cringe worthy still frame shot that all but shatters the serious nature of the beginning of the film.
I've noticed, being a huge Stephen King fan myself, that when he's involved with the teleplay, screen play, production, whatever- it tends to get a bit hammy.
This 'hammy' trend would become a staple in almost every single one of his books after His son, writing under the pen name 'Joe Hill', writes with the hard edge that King used to have, and draws to light a strange dichotomy in King Senior's before and after approach to tale telling.
Even if it gets a little too cheesy, The Langoliers is pretty entertaining and not without some commendable pros.
For one, The Langoliers is ambitious for what it is, and the fact that it mostly succeeds, with some better than what you would expect actors involved, its a very likeable effort.
Paris S Super Reviewer. Mar 30, A s mini series of a stephen king novel. See all Audience reviews. Dinah Catherine: Yes, but you need to hurry.
View All Quotes. Best Horror Movies. Worst Superhero Movies. Best Netflix Series and Shows. A lot of Wallace's directing was influenced by films he worked on with John Carpenter , such as Halloween and The Fog A trick table, puppeteers underneath, a handful of creepy little cookie models, a group of characters taken by surprise.
So much depended on the details. Kersh scene, Wallace place several incidental details, such as Mrs. Kersh's teeth being rotten like Pennywise's, to give the audience a clue something was up; the scene also ends with Beverly Marsh in the middle of the street, with intentionally no extras around to add to the creep factor.
The majority of the special effects were done practically without digital alteration, [6] such as puppeteers being used to animate the fortune cookies in the Chinese restaurant scene.
While It's lair features many cocooned humans, Sally Ray and J. Matalon sculpted only six of them, four children and two adults, for close-up shots.
To work with the deadline, Mixon divided the design team of each It creature into four artists: "Each artist was given a considerable amount of freedom with his creations, with occasional input from Warren or myself to make sure we were adhering to Wallace's vision.
When designing Pennywise, Mixon focused on making him look as "friendly" as possible: "This creature is trying to lure children in, so he's not going to be a monster at first.
Mixon began working on a head cast for the Pennywise character after Curry was cast in the role; he also designed three clay molds for testing.
According to director Wallace, "Tim [Curry] objected strongly to all the rubber. He had recently been in several movies which covered him in prosthetics and I'm sure he felt all the glue and latex would just get in his way.
He was right, of course. With those eyes, and that mouth, and his crazy, sardonic sense of humor, less turned out to be more in the makeup department.
In the scenes when the clown became vicious, Curry wore yellow lenses [63] and two sets of sharp teeth throughout shooting: a smaller set he could talk while wearing, and a less flexible but far bigger set for more horrifying shots.
Dan Platt sculpted a puppet replication of Pennywise specifically for the stop motion scenes, with painting done by Mixon and the hair by Jack Bricker.
Norman Cabrera sculpted the design of the werewolf. Only the "stunt" and "beauty" pairs are seen in the final miniseries.
For the part when Mrs. Kersh is revealed to be Alvin Marsh's corpse, Florence Peterson was still playing the character. The scene when the Losers find Stanley's decapitated head in the refrigerator was done via a split screen effect; it consists of one shot of Masur wearing a Jim-McLoughlin-designed "severed neck" with black areas filled in by another shot of the refrigerator without the actor.
I had a problem with the spider. King was able to conjure it up in his head, but it was difficult to bring to the screen. We set the tone and parameters in the first part of the movie with Pennywise.
But when you get to the spider, you move into a different world. It was supposed to be a horror movie, not Jason and the Argonauts. Joey Orosco, with some help from Henry Mayo, [68] used his idea to create a design that included the abdomen and multiple limbs of a spider; and shoulders , hips , and torso -attaching legs of a human; the body parts went through more than 16 concept sculptures.
As Wallace explained, the spider was far less "beefy and muscular" and more "lean and mean" then what was in the concept drawings; its face was also not suppose to be as visible as it was in the final cut, although he blames himself for letting that happen.
Brent Baker was inside the spider, previously going through three months of training in using it, where there was a video monitor showing him how the spider was moving: "It got a little stuffy, but they had a place where they could stick in a little hose if I wanted water or some fresh air.
As Mixon described controlling the spider, "We used a certain amount of animatronics for the head, and the body had some of my crew members inside it.
Once we got it into place, we couldn't move it around too much, because it was pretty unwieldy. For some reason, they shot it in super slow motion, so it's no wonder it looks like it's not moving!
It was capable of more than what you saw onscreen. The final spider figure disappointed both the cast and Wallace. As the producers were about to throw away the spider, Bart's father Tom rushed to Fantasy II to obtain it; as of January , the spider resided in a Houston, Texas warehouse owned by Bart's parents Tom and Barbara.
It was composer Richard Bellis ' first score since his career "came to a screeching halt for some unknown reason" in Bellis' use of motifs and ostinatos in It were inspired by the works of Bernard Herrmann.
Bellis took a long time figuring out the first interval of the title theme, since he considered the use of a tritone overused in horror. For Pennywise's circus theme, the choice of calliope , drums and bells performing it was obvious to Bellis; however, how he would use the bright-toned circus instruments was challenging in composing the theme for an evil clown.
As Bellis described his thinking process, "does the music have to be evil too? Besides, calliope music is usually very busy— I use this instrument as a scoring instrument or will that just be distracting?
Maybe I can use it in a register lower than an actual calliope is capable of playing and just with single notes. And what about a sort of "demented" carousel?
Maybe I can create something that uses my major seventh interval? In the beginning of It , Winterbarger sings " Itsy Bitsy Spider " while riding on a bike, [25] which foreshadowes the titular antagonist's spider form.
Wallace and the producers disliked the score particularly the title music according to Bellis. The first release of the score was in February , but only as a minute suite on the album Richard Bellis: Film Music Volume 1.
On October 18, , guitarist Eric Calderone released his electric guitar cover of Bellis' circus theme for It.
You'll know that this is no slasher film where stupid teenagers almost volunteer to be victims and bleed all over the screen.
This is the terror of the unnatural, delivered by threats and special effects, not by corpses. AllMovie suggested It pushed the television barriers not only with its amount of blood, but also with its themes of child endangerment.
As It was a television production, its content had to follow Broadcast Standards and Practices. For instance, since blood couldn't come out of body orifices , blood instead had to come out of physical objects such as sinks and photo books.
However, the skeleton was supposed to be wet cause it jumped out of a river. The censorship It dealt with made it more of a psychological horror product, something different from most popular horror productions at the time.
It also features comic touches to its otherwise scary plot [86] [87] and was labeled by a retrospective review as being a campy production for its "fake-looking" It forms, the main cast's over-the-top performances, and bizarre story elements, such as adults being afraid of balloons.
ABC originally did not want King seeing the footage of It until after it was broadcast; however, the author threatened the network that he would not do any promotional interviews if he did not see it first.
King explained in a September Fangoria interview that he had seen the first hour of the miniseries, and that the rest was currently being edited.
It was initially planned to air on ABC in May [92] before being moved to the " sweeps month " of November, [93] specifically the nights of November 18 [94] and November Just before the broadcast, a variety of predictions were made by television writers about how big It 's ratings would be.
Journalist Janos D. Froelich analyzed the final product of It as looking cheaper than ABC's previous sweeps month big events, which made her less faithful about it being successful.
It turned out to be the biggest success of for Capital Cities, owner of ABC , garnering nearly 30 million viewers over its two-night premiere.
Nielsen to be recording it. Television experts reported "rave" [41] and not-so-fond reviews of It from television critics. Louis Post-Dispatch writer Eric Mink cherished it as "a gripping, bloody horror romp that will leave most of your major muscle groups aching from long stretches of constant tension.
Some critics highlighted its priority on character development over the typical horror traits of blood and gore, [80] [] [81] Richmond elaborating it was "all the more disturbing and believable by the fact that we are forced to care about these people as individuals.
However, many writers also panned It 's long length and padding, [] [] [83] [] [] The Washington Times writer Rick Martin criticizing its lack of scary moments over a four-hour running time.
The most praise came towards It 's first part, a common highlight being the performances of the child actors [] [84] [] [] [] and its development of the Losers.
The part had the most "impact" of the miniseries because it focused on children, a very "vulnerable" demographic of people, analyzed The San Diego Union writer Robert P.
But we're also reminded what a soothing salve friendship was. Keller wrote the Losers' bonding "never lurch into the sentimental, but are deeply, powerfully moving all the same," also finding the back-and-forth flashback technique to be the miniseries' "most effective" aspect.
The second part garnered more criticism, a recurring con being the adult actors. Mal Vincent felt the adult characters unintentionally looked like "psychopaths" seeing It's mind images, but also liked the performers of the grown-ups more than most other critics: "they do manage, just as importantly, to suggest camaraderie and friendship which, considering they are mostly stars of competing TV series, is an achievement in itself.
The ending of the miniseries garnered the most disappointment with critics, even those most favorable toward the miniseries.
In , It was re-released on VHS on a single cassette tape and was altered, removing the end credits from part 1 and the opening credits of part 2. These edits carried over to all future releases of the miniseries.
On April 1, , a full, p minute version of It was released to Prime Video. Steelbook Blu-ray packages were distributed in Germany on September 22, as a limited edition of 1, copies ; [] France on October 12, ; [] Italy on October 20, ; [] the Czech Republic on December 7, ; [] Finland, Sweden and Norway on January 22, ; [] [] [] Denmark on January 25, ; [] and the United Kingdom as a Zavvi exclusive on October 24, [] and a more accessible release on September 23, In the United States and Australia, steelbook editions were released as retailer exclusives.
While the climax may be somewhat unavoidably unsatisfying, it is nostalgically remembered for its strengths, including its unforgettably gruesome Pennywise portrayal, its memorably shocking moments of on-screen visceral horror [ Stephen King's It is considered by most fans to be the most terrifying made-for-television horror film of all time.
More time and more money would've helped in the visual effects department, but I think we did okay with what we had, and what we had, above all else, was a brilliant cast and brilliant material.
Stephen King and I corresponded after the fact, and he felt as I did about the show's strengths and weaknesses, but overall was very complimentary.
The site's consensus reads, "Though hampered by an uneven second half, It supplies a wealth of funhouse thrills and an idelible turn from Tim Curry as Pennywise.
Many retrospective pieces have spotlighted Curry's version of Pennywise, [] [] [] [8] [49] being called by several publications and scholars as one of the most terrifying clown characters in film and television.
Collins described it as "the stuff sleepless nights are made of. He gloats, he giggles, he taunts, he devours the scenery like the monster himself devours middle-schoolers — and he generally sears his way right into the brain of the viewer.
Collins and James Smythe of The Guardian claimed the miniseries to have a cult status , [] [] Smythe using Curry's portrayal as the main reason: "To this day, it's Pennywise that people turn to if you ask them to picture a scary clown.
Far more people than ever read the book have seen pictures of Curry's Pennywise, or have watched clips, or remember their siblings forcing them to watch it with them.
However, the other parts of the miniseries have faced more divided opinions. Smythe, while finding the miniseries enjoyable overall, also found the writing to be "clunky" and the other performances to be "soapy.
Rozsa was also one of the few reviewers to dislike the child performers, describing their line delivery as "unconvincing.
Jonathan Barkin, in a review, wrote that the first part, while the best of the miniseries, suffered from "awkward attempts to tie everything together," where what's only shown is "the smallest of snippets and there aren't really any solid connecting lines.
His overall criticisms includes its flashback structure and cheap television look, especially when it came to the spider and the "lazy" choice of close-up shots for Pennywise's scary faces.
There have been several internet memes using gifs of the scene where Pennywise meets Georgie. While King has admitted to enjoying the miniseries, calling it a "really ambitious adaptation of a really long book;" [6] Wallace, who only read the novel years after finishing It , stated in that he found the miniseries to be inferior to its source material.
It ' s commercial success began a wave of miniseries adaptations of Stephen King works, such as The Tommyknockers , another miniseries where Cohen wrote the script; Under the Dome —15 ; The two-part late s film version of It Chapter One and Chapter Two feature references to the miniseries.
A doll replica of Curry's Pennywise is seen in Chapter One in the scene where Richie encounters a room of clown dolls in the house on Neibolt Street; [] the doll was also included in the film's trailer.
It's very dated, you know? In May , an Indiegogo campaign was created for Pennywise: The Story of IT , an independent documentary film about the production and lasting impact of the It miniseries.
In August , it was announced that Pennywise: The Story of IT co-producer Campopiano was producing a short alternate history sequel film to the miniseries titled Georgie.
From May 22 to May 29, , the company Horror Decor sold Pennywise dolls as part of their Killer Carnival Punks collection that also featured doll versions of the clown from Poltergeist and Gunther from The Funhouse Factory Entertainment has released several products based on the miniseries: a lunchbox, [] a 15" Premium Motion Statue of Pennywise with an audio card playing some of Curry's lines, [] and a plush doll of the clown.
On July 25, , HalloweenCostumes. On February 16, , the National Entertainment Collectibles Association released various toys of the miniseries' Pennywise, such as a 2" tall scaler mini of Pennywise, [] an 8" bobble head of the character, [] a 6.
In March , Japanese company Kotobukiya , as the first product of their Dokodemo horror statue series, released a 3" ARTFX figure that replicates It 's shower scene, specifically the part when Pennywise comes out of the drain.
In , a episode Indian television adaptation of the miniseries, Woh , was broadcast. In September , The WB announced a two-hour telefilm remake of the It miniseries written by Peter Filardi and produced by Mark Wolper, both of whom previously worked on the version of Salem's Lot.
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What David Letterman did with the talk show, Twin Peaks did with the drama. It's a different arena now, with cable and all, and they've got to compete.
It 's child cast, which included Jonathan Brandis left , Seth Green middle , and Emily Perkins right , garnered praise from reviewers.
Convention photos of various cosplays of Curry's Pennywise, which has been the main reason for the miniseries' cult following according to writer James Smythe.
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The scene when the Losers find Stanley's decapitated head in the refrigerator was done via a split screen effect; it consists of one shot of Masur wearing a Jim-McLoughlin-designed "severed neck" with black areas filled in by another shot of the refrigerator without the actor.
I had a problem with the spider. King was able to conjure it up in his head, but it was difficult to bring to the screen. We set the tone and parameters in the first part of the movie with Pennywise.
But when you get to the spider, you move into a different world. It was supposed to be a horror movie, not Jason and the Argonauts. Joey Orosco, with some help from Henry Mayo, [68] used his idea to create a design that included the abdomen and multiple limbs of a spider; and shoulders , hips , and torso -attaching legs of a human; the body parts went through more than 16 concept sculptures.
As Wallace explained, the spider was far less "beefy and muscular" and more "lean and mean" then what was in the concept drawings; its face was also not suppose to be as visible as it was in the final cut, although he blames himself for letting that happen.
Brent Baker was inside the spider, previously going through three months of training in using it, where there was a video monitor showing him how the spider was moving: "It got a little stuffy, but they had a place where they could stick in a little hose if I wanted water or some fresh air.
As Mixon described controlling the spider, "We used a certain amount of animatronics for the head, and the body had some of my crew members inside it.
Once we got it into place, we couldn't move it around too much, because it was pretty unwieldy. For some reason, they shot it in super slow motion, so it's no wonder it looks like it's not moving!
It was capable of more than what you saw onscreen. The final spider figure disappointed both the cast and Wallace. As the producers were about to throw away the spider, Bart's father Tom rushed to Fantasy II to obtain it; as of January , the spider resided in a Houston, Texas warehouse owned by Bart's parents Tom and Barbara.
It was composer Richard Bellis ' first score since his career "came to a screeching halt for some unknown reason" in Bellis' use of motifs and ostinatos in It were inspired by the works of Bernard Herrmann.
Bellis took a long time figuring out the first interval of the title theme, since he considered the use of a tritone overused in horror.
For Pennywise's circus theme, the choice of calliope , drums and bells performing it was obvious to Bellis; however, how he would use the bright-toned circus instruments was challenging in composing the theme for an evil clown.
As Bellis described his thinking process, "does the music have to be evil too? Besides, calliope music is usually very busy— I use this instrument as a scoring instrument or will that just be distracting?
Maybe I can use it in a register lower than an actual calliope is capable of playing and just with single notes.
And what about a sort of "demented" carousel? Maybe I can create something that uses my major seventh interval?
In the beginning of It , Winterbarger sings " Itsy Bitsy Spider " while riding on a bike, [25] which foreshadowes the titular antagonist's spider form.
Wallace and the producers disliked the score particularly the title music according to Bellis. The first release of the score was in February , but only as a minute suite on the album Richard Bellis: Film Music Volume 1.
On October 18, , guitarist Eric Calderone released his electric guitar cover of Bellis' circus theme for It. You'll know that this is no slasher film where stupid teenagers almost volunteer to be victims and bleed all over the screen.
This is the terror of the unnatural, delivered by threats and special effects, not by corpses. AllMovie suggested It pushed the television barriers not only with its amount of blood, but also with its themes of child endangerment.
As It was a television production, its content had to follow Broadcast Standards and Practices. For instance, since blood couldn't come out of body orifices , blood instead had to come out of physical objects such as sinks and photo books.
However, the skeleton was supposed to be wet cause it jumped out of a river. The censorship It dealt with made it more of a psychological horror product, something different from most popular horror productions at the time.
It also features comic touches to its otherwise scary plot [86] [87] and was labeled by a retrospective review as being a campy production for its "fake-looking" It forms, the main cast's over-the-top performances, and bizarre story elements, such as adults being afraid of balloons.
ABC originally did not want King seeing the footage of It until after it was broadcast; however, the author threatened the network that he would not do any promotional interviews if he did not see it first.
King explained in a September Fangoria interview that he had seen the first hour of the miniseries, and that the rest was currently being edited.
It was initially planned to air on ABC in May [92] before being moved to the " sweeps month " of November, [93] specifically the nights of November 18 [94] and November Just before the broadcast, a variety of predictions were made by television writers about how big It 's ratings would be.
Journalist Janos D. Froelich analyzed the final product of It as looking cheaper than ABC's previous sweeps month big events, which made her less faithful about it being successful.
It turned out to be the biggest success of for Capital Cities, owner of ABC , garnering nearly 30 million viewers over its two-night premiere. Nielsen to be recording it.
Television experts reported "rave" [41] and not-so-fond reviews of It from television critics. Louis Post-Dispatch writer Eric Mink cherished it as "a gripping, bloody horror romp that will leave most of your major muscle groups aching from long stretches of constant tension.
Some critics highlighted its priority on character development over the typical horror traits of blood and gore, [80] [] [81] Richmond elaborating it was "all the more disturbing and believable by the fact that we are forced to care about these people as individuals.
However, many writers also panned It 's long length and padding, [] [] [83] [] [] The Washington Times writer Rick Martin criticizing its lack of scary moments over a four-hour running time.
The most praise came towards It 's first part, a common highlight being the performances of the child actors [] [84] [] [] [] and its development of the Losers.
The part had the most "impact" of the miniseries because it focused on children, a very "vulnerable" demographic of people, analyzed The San Diego Union writer Robert P.
But we're also reminded what a soothing salve friendship was. Keller wrote the Losers' bonding "never lurch into the sentimental, but are deeply, powerfully moving all the same," also finding the back-and-forth flashback technique to be the miniseries' "most effective" aspect.
The second part garnered more criticism, a recurring con being the adult actors. Mal Vincent felt the adult characters unintentionally looked like "psychopaths" seeing It's mind images, but also liked the performers of the grown-ups more than most other critics: "they do manage, just as importantly, to suggest camaraderie and friendship which, considering they are mostly stars of competing TV series, is an achievement in itself.
The ending of the miniseries garnered the most disappointment with critics, even those most favorable toward the miniseries.
In , It was re-released on VHS on a single cassette tape and was altered, removing the end credits from part 1 and the opening credits of part 2.
These edits carried over to all future releases of the miniseries. On April 1, , a full, p minute version of It was released to Prime Video.
Steelbook Blu-ray packages were distributed in Germany on September 22, as a limited edition of 1, copies ; [] France on October 12, ; [] Italy on October 20, ; [] the Czech Republic on December 7, ; [] Finland, Sweden and Norway on January 22, ; [] [] [] Denmark on January 25, ; [] and the United Kingdom as a Zavvi exclusive on October 24, [] and a more accessible release on September 23, In the United States and Australia, steelbook editions were released as retailer exclusives.
While the climax may be somewhat unavoidably unsatisfying, it is nostalgically remembered for its strengths, including its unforgettably gruesome Pennywise portrayal, its memorably shocking moments of on-screen visceral horror [ Stephen King's It is considered by most fans to be the most terrifying made-for-television horror film of all time.
More time and more money would've helped in the visual effects department, but I think we did okay with what we had, and what we had, above all else, was a brilliant cast and brilliant material.
Stephen King and I corresponded after the fact, and he felt as I did about the show's strengths and weaknesses, but overall was very complimentary.
The site's consensus reads, "Though hampered by an uneven second half, It supplies a wealth of funhouse thrills and an idelible turn from Tim Curry as Pennywise.
Many retrospective pieces have spotlighted Curry's version of Pennywise, [] [] [] [8] [49] being called by several publications and scholars as one of the most terrifying clown characters in film and television.
Collins described it as "the stuff sleepless nights are made of. He gloats, he giggles, he taunts, he devours the scenery like the monster himself devours middle-schoolers — and he generally sears his way right into the brain of the viewer.
Collins and James Smythe of The Guardian claimed the miniseries to have a cult status , [] [] Smythe using Curry's portrayal as the main reason: "To this day, it's Pennywise that people turn to if you ask them to picture a scary clown.
Far more people than ever read the book have seen pictures of Curry's Pennywise, or have watched clips, or remember their siblings forcing them to watch it with them.
However, the other parts of the miniseries have faced more divided opinions. Smythe, while finding the miniseries enjoyable overall, also found the writing to be "clunky" and the other performances to be "soapy.
Rozsa was also one of the few reviewers to dislike the child performers, describing their line delivery as "unconvincing. Jonathan Barkin, in a review, wrote that the first part, while the best of the miniseries, suffered from "awkward attempts to tie everything together," where what's only shown is "the smallest of snippets and there aren't really any solid connecting lines.
His overall criticisms includes its flashback structure and cheap television look, especially when it came to the spider and the "lazy" choice of close-up shots for Pennywise's scary faces.
There have been several internet memes using gifs of the scene where Pennywise meets Georgie. While King has admitted to enjoying the miniseries, calling it a "really ambitious adaptation of a really long book;" [6] Wallace, who only read the novel years after finishing It , stated in that he found the miniseries to be inferior to its source material.
It ' s commercial success began a wave of miniseries adaptations of Stephen King works, such as The Tommyknockers , another miniseries where Cohen wrote the script; Under the Dome —15 ; The two-part late s film version of It Chapter One and Chapter Two feature references to the miniseries.
A doll replica of Curry's Pennywise is seen in Chapter One in the scene where Richie encounters a room of clown dolls in the house on Neibolt Street; [] the doll was also included in the film's trailer.
It's very dated, you know? In May , an Indiegogo campaign was created for Pennywise: The Story of IT , an independent documentary film about the production and lasting impact of the It miniseries.
In August , it was announced that Pennywise: The Story of IT co-producer Campopiano was producing a short alternate history sequel film to the miniseries titled Georgie.
From May 22 to May 29, , the company Horror Decor sold Pennywise dolls as part of their Killer Carnival Punks collection that also featured doll versions of the clown from Poltergeist and Gunther from The Funhouse Factory Entertainment has released several products based on the miniseries: a lunchbox, [] a 15" Premium Motion Statue of Pennywise with an audio card playing some of Curry's lines, [] and a plush doll of the clown.
On July 25, , HalloweenCostumes. On February 16, , the National Entertainment Collectibles Association released various toys of the miniseries' Pennywise, such as a 2" tall scaler mini of Pennywise, [] an 8" bobble head of the character, [] a 6.
In March , Japanese company Kotobukiya , as the first product of their Dokodemo horror statue series, released a 3" ARTFX figure that replicates It 's shower scene, specifically the part when Pennywise comes out of the drain.
In , a episode Indian television adaptation of the miniseries, Woh , was broadcast. In September , The WB announced a two-hour telefilm remake of the It miniseries written by Peter Filardi and produced by Mark Wolper, both of whom previously worked on the version of Salem's Lot.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Redirected from It film. It by Stephen King. People are hip and savvy, they've seen it all.
What David Letterman did with the talk show, Twin Peaks did with the drama. It's a different arena now, with cable and all, and they've got to compete.
It 's child cast, which included Jonathan Brandis left , Seth Green middle , and Emily Perkins right , garnered praise from reviewers.
Convention photos of various cosplays of Curry's Pennywise, which has been the main reason for the miniseries' cult following according to writer James Smythe.
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January 15, Full Review…. January 15, Rating: 2. January 15, Rating: C- Full Review…. View All Critic Reviews May 01, They realised they've landed in a misplaced dimension and they are not alone An excellent TV movie in my opinion, seems a bit melodramatic but was interesting enough to kept me engaged.
Stephen King fans would love it. Sylvester K Super Reviewer. Jan 29, If there is something of a blessing and a curse with Stephen King, it would have to be the trend of people taking his novels and short stories and turning them into numerous films and mini-series.
This is a blessing because it gets his work out their into the masses, making him well known among the common people.
It is a curse due to how terrible most of these are. With adapting King's work, unless you really know what you are doing ex.
Brian de Palma and Stanley Kubrick , you will destroy and crash the project. This has happened many time and bound to happen even more.
With the case of The Langoliers, this is a mix bag. It is not good, but it is bad in the 'so bad it is good' stance.
This is one of the few short stories of King's I have not yet read, but after this film, it makes me want to read it so I can see how King had the story in mind.
The basic idea of the film is that a group of people are trapped on an airplane with most of the passengers have disappeared like in Left Behind.
The idea is one that has been used before, but with how it is presented on film does leave things questionable with Tom Holland's directing.
Honestly, he could have made this film a bit shorter than it already is. He uses the three hours to develop that characters, but the problem is that we never truly care about what happens to any of them.
I did not care if they were going to be right, if they were going to die, etc. Holland is known for making some okay horror comedies, but this film he does not do that good of a job with.
Quite sad due to how much this film has as potential. The acting, I don't know if this was on purpose, is funny as crap.
Everyone is overacting, no one is taking this film seriously, and it is just hilarious to see everyone try to act serious about a situation that is illogical and not that well thought out.
But, the actor that just steals the show is Bronson Pinchot. I never seen an actor who overreacts, over does his lines, and raises his voice so high it sounds like his balls were chopped off.
He is simply fantastic at being terrible in this film. Kate Maberly does a note worthy job in this film playing a blind girl throughout this film.
While it is not a perfect performance there are times when you know that she is faking , it is mediocre and better than most of the stale performance throughout the film.
I might be a bit harsh on this film, seeing as how I have never read the original story, but this film is not really that good as a film or miniseries.
In a critical sense. The acting is kind of trash, the direction is confusing at times, and the script should have been rewritten about a few hundred times.
But, I still like this film because it is fun, enjoyable, and funny as crap in so many ways it is unrealistic. Everything from the over the top acting to the terrible script works as a comedy.
Taken a black comedy, but a comedy none the less. If you go into this film looking for a serious Stephen King Horror story, you will be disappointed.
Go into this with a comedic mind. You will get far more out of it. Even more out of Bronson Pinchot's performance. Zach B Super Reviewer. Dec 24, Starting off strong, The Langoliers ratchets up a surprisingly powerful batch of suspense in the form of a genuinely compelling supernatural mystery.
Things get bad when the CG effects show their age, and the illusion is completely shattered during the film's final acts. It's a film I immediately wanted to like, if only for the interplay between the characters and 'rule nothing out' nature of the premise.
The plot itself reminds me of the kinds of stories me and my friends would make up when we were little, sitting in the front yard late in the afternoons after school.
It's a film with an imagination, hampered from flight due to some poor script choices. The dialogue gets a little too saccharine at the very end, with a cringe worthy still frame shot that all but shatters the serious nature of the beginning of the film.
I've noticed, being a huge Stephen King fan myself, that when he's involved with the teleplay, screen play, production, whatever- it tends to get a bit hammy.
This 'hammy' trend would become a staple in almost every single one of his books after
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