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Pennywise: The Story of IT

A documentary surrounding It (1990), based upon the Stephen King novel of the same name, which featured a notorious villain known mostly as Pennywise.

Director

John Campopiano, Christopher Griffiths

Year

Genre

documentary, horror

Box Office

N/A

Production

Dead Mouse Productions,Screambox,Fuzz on the Lens Productions

Awards

1 win & 1 nomination total

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I had written Carrie, - Pennywise: The Story of IT

I had written Carrie,

.from my agent
in Los Angeles who said - Pennywise: The Story of IT

.from my agent in Los Angeles who said

The next day the doorbell rang, - Pennywise: The Story of IT

The next day the doorbell rang,

I took this unwieldy,
bulky piece from him - Pennywise: The Story of IT

I took this unwieldy, bulky piece from him

I sat down and read the opening
with young Stuttering Bill. - Pennywise: The Story of IT

I sat down and read the opening with young Stuttering Bill.

Well, we have to
seal it first with paraffin. - Pennywise: The Story of IT

Well, we have to seal it first with paraffin.

And baby brother Georgie, - Pennywise: The Story of IT

And baby brother Georgie,

I went, "I'll do it." - Pennywise: The Story of IT

I went, "I'll do it."

"that has come down eons ago - Pennywise: The Story of IT

"that has come down eons ago

"And attack their worst fears." - Pennywise: The Story of IT

"And attack their worst fears."

And I looked over
at the producers and went, - Pennywise: The Story of IT

And I looked over at the producers and went,

It's Bob Iger,
who was the head of - Pennywise: The Story of IT

It's Bob Iger, who was the head of

And he whipped
through night one, - Pennywise: The Story of IT

And he whipped through night one,

The producers had a brainstorm
and they picked up the phone - Pennywise: The Story of IT

The producers had a brainstorm and they picked up the phone

He loved the book;
he was as nuts for it as I was. - Pennywise: The Story of IT

He loved the book; he was as nuts for it as I was.

He saw the possibilities
of what IT could be. - Pennywise: The Story of IT

He saw the possibilities of what IT could be.

I pitched it to the network
as a long novel for television. - Pennywise: The Story of IT

I pitched it to the network as a long novel for television.

I said, "I think it should be
eight and ideally ten hours." - Pennywise: The Story of IT

I said, "I think it should be eight and ideally ten hou...

I would do what was needed, - Pennywise: The Story of IT

I would do what was needed,

He'd look at the
outline, and a week later - Pennywise: The Story of IT

He'd look at the outline, and a week later

There was never a
question that he thought - Pennywise: The Story of IT

There was never a question that he thought

He understood what television offered - Pennywise: The Story of IT

He understood what television offered

But his radar was out for
what would the network allow. - Pennywise: The Story of IT

But his radar was out for what would the network allow.

I think the dream
of what we had in mind - Pennywise: The Story of IT

I think the dream of what we had in mind

That would have been the way
to do this piece of material - Pennywise: The Story of IT

That would have been the way to do this piece of material

The network started to get very
nervous. - Pennywise: The Story of IT

The network started to get very nervous.

Nobody had ever gone
where this piece had gone, - Pennywise: The Story of IT

Nobody had ever gone where this piece had gone,

Stephen
King's IT starting tomorrow. - Pennywise: The Story of IT

Stephen King's IT starting tomorrow.

Part two needed the help and
I felt that a director-writer - Pennywise: The Story of IT

Part two needed the help and I felt that a director-writer

I cut my teeth on synopsizing
manuscripts for agents - Pennywise: The Story of IT

I cut my teeth on synopsizing manuscripts for agents

Larry Cohen wrote
this wonderful script, - Pennywise: The Story of IT

Larry Cohen wrote this wonderful script,

The trick in IT was - Pennywise: The Story of IT

The trick in IT was

It's not in what he wrote." - Pennywise: The Story of IT

It's not in what he wrote."

I thought it had a lot
of emotional resonance. - Pennywise: The Story of IT

I thought it had a lot of emotional resonance.

That's
the only time I've ever seen - Pennywise: The Story of IT

That's the only time I've ever seen

So, for the first night, - Pennywise: The Story of IT

So, for the first night,

Each act focused on - Pennywise: The Story of IT

Each act focused on

I was less enamored
with the second night - Pennywise: The Story of IT

I was less enamored with the second night

I didn't know that
in the beginning - Pennywise: The Story of IT

I didn't know that in the beginning

Re-entered the picture - Pennywise: The Story of IT

Re-entered the picture

Being more or less - Pennywise: The Story of IT

Being more or less

In dramatic terms, - Pennywise: The Story of IT

In dramatic terms,

It was a much more prosaic
TV-style climax. - Pennywise: The Story of IT

It was a much more prosaic TV-style climax.

And by this point, the impetus
is moving to Vancouver - Pennywise: The Story of IT

And by this point, the impetus is moving to Vancouver

By this time,
I'd been working on the project - Pennywise: The Story of IT

By this time, I'd been working on the project

Not quite as long as
it took Steve to write it - Pennywise: The Story of IT

Not quite as long as it took Steve to write it

We were about to start Carrie - Pennywise: The Story of IT

We were about to start Carrie

And in this case,
we simply were up against - Pennywise: The Story of IT

And in this case, we simply were up against

So I just went back to
the book again and again - Pennywise: The Story of IT

So I just went back to the book again and again

It really is a deep challenge
to condense a novel - Pennywise: The Story of IT

It really is a deep challenge to condense a novel

I'm sure by now
you all remember - Pennywise: The Story of IT

I'm sure by now you all remember

There was a rash of killings,
maimings, disappearances. - Pennywise: The Story of IT

There was a rash of killings, maimings, disappearances.

Because
you can save a lot of frames of film - Pennywise: The Story of IT

Because you can save a lot of frames of film

I thought
it was poignant for him - Pennywise: The Story of IT

I thought it was poignant for him

But it was going so fast
that at night in the hotel - Pennywise: The Story of IT

But it was going so fast that at night in the hotel

I don't think Night Two
is the masterpiece - Pennywise: The Story of IT

I don't think Night Two is the masterpiece

Tommy Lee
did what he needed to do - Pennywise: The Story of IT

Tommy Lee did what he needed to do

Same old Grange Hall
at the end of the road. - Pennywise: The Story of IT

Same old Grange Hall at the end of the road.

And for as much as his books are
about horrific things, - Pennywise: The Story of IT

And for as much as his books are about horrific things,

Well, I'd read most of the books - Pennywise: The Story of IT

Well, I'd read most of the books

People would say you ought to
write about what you know. - Pennywise: The Story of IT

People would say you ought to write about what you know.

I grew up in a small town.
We had no running water. - Pennywise: The Story of IT

I grew up in a small town. We had no running water.

I went to a one-room school - Pennywise: The Story of IT

I went to a one-room school

And to me, the whole existence - Pennywise: The Story of IT

And to me, the whole existence

I wanted to fight monsters
in the swamps of the Amazon. - Pennywise: The Story of IT

I wanted to fight monsters in the swamps of the Amazon.

And later I found a way to. - Pennywise: The Story of IT

And later I found a way to.

Blend those two interests: - Pennywise: The Story of IT

Blend those two interests:

Most of his works are - Pennywise: The Story of IT

Most of his works are

Incredibly talented writer - Pennywise: The Story of IT

Incredibly talented writer

The movie has to capture - Pennywise: The Story of IT

The movie has to capture

And if it doesn't,
generally speaking, - Pennywise: The Story of IT

And if it doesn't, generally speaking,

It's hard to capture
all the little nuances - Pennywise: The Story of IT

It's hard to capture all the little nuances

His stuff was such an influence - Pennywise: The Story of IT

His stuff was such an influence

Steve's
got a very particular genius - Pennywise: The Story of IT

Steve's got a very particular genius

They become iconic
and come into a level - Pennywise: The Story of IT

They become iconic and come into a level

You were one
of the first people - Pennywise: The Story of IT

You were one of the first people

Well, you know, as a kid
going to the circus, - Pennywise: The Story of IT

Well, you know, as a kid going to the circus,

The circus is
still the greatest show on earth, - Pennywise: The Story of IT

The circus is still the greatest show on earth,

When I was a kid and used to go
to pantomimes in England, - Pennywise: The Story of IT

When I was a kid and used to go to pantomimes in England,

Growing up,
my brother was into clowns - Pennywise: The Story of IT

Growing up, my brother was into clowns

If you've ever been
backstage at a circus, - Pennywise: The Story of IT

If you've ever been backstage at a circus,

Often there's sort of mayhem
involved with being a clown. - Pennywise: The Story of IT

Often there's sort of mayhem involved with being a clow...

They're usually, both
silly and scary or playful, - Pennywise: The Story of IT

They're usually, both silly and scary or playful,

I went to the circus in 1974, - Pennywise: The Story of IT

I went to the circus in 1974,

And I have this
paralyzed look like, you know, - Pennywise: The Story of IT

And I have this paralyzed look like, you know,

I think it's almost archetypal - Pennywise: The Story of IT

I think it's almost archetypal

I think prima facie,
clowns are fucking scary. - Pennywise: The Story of IT

I think prima facie, clowns are fucking scary.

Even when you're enjoying them, - Pennywise: The Story of IT

Even when you're enjoying them,

Even if the mouth
isn't overtly scary, - Pennywise: The Story of IT

Even if the mouth isn't overtly scary,

I would not go hang out with
the Ronald McDonald cutout. - Pennywise: The Story of IT

I would not go hang out with the Ronald McDonald cutout.

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A documentary surrounding It (1990), based upon the Stephen King novel of the same name, which featured a notorious villain known mostly as Pennywise.

User Rating: 0.0 (0 ratings)

Director: John Campopiano, Christopher Griffiths

Writer: John Campopiano, Gary Smart

Production: Dead Mouse Productions,Screambox,Fuzz on the Lens Productions

Genre: documentary, horror

Year: 2021

MetaScore: N/A/100

ImdbRating: 7.4

BoxOffice: N/A

Released: 08 Jul 2022

Awards: 1 win & 1 nomination total

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