It’s Time for a Documentary About Tim Curry’s Pennywise

Tim Curry’s flip as Pennywise within the authentic It nonetheless holds up. Depending on who you ask, it could be the one ingredient from the 1990 miniseries that does. Bill Skarsgård’s two-pronged time because the clown should still be recent within the thoughts, however for a lot of, Curry’s efficiency will at all times be the model that sticks with them. A brand new documentary goes into the event of the miniseries, and also you’ll have the ability to watch it fairly quickly.

“Pennywise: The Story of It” will go behind the scenes of the miniseries and options an intensive solid of interviews. There’s Curry, naturally, but in addition solid and crew members like Seth Green, Tim Reid, Emily Perkins, and extra. There are additionally students who’ve studied Stephen King’s books, and even knowledgeable clown weighs in. A clown critiquing a homicide clown appears like one thing that will be definitely worth the watch, wouldn’t you say?

To administrators John Campopiano and Christopher Griffiths, this documentary is hitting at simply the precise time. “We live in an era where adaptations of Stephen King’s work have never been more prolific and culturally relevant,” Campopiana mentioned in a press assertion. Citing the varied King variations within the works, from the current (and underwhelming) The Stand collection to the brand new Salem’s Lot, he added that “this documentary is arriving at precisely the ideal moment.”

Both administrators have a historical past of documenting horror films, from Hellraiser to Fright Night. Campopiana specifically has an affection for King’s materials. Not solely did he create a doc for Pet Sematary (the 1989 one), he produced a short film about It’s Georgie, performed by his actor Tony Dakota from the miniseries, and what would’ve occurred if he hadn’t been eaten by Pennywise.

Currently in search of distribution, the It documentary will get its world premiere on October 15 on the Sitges International Fantastic Film Festival of Catalonia.

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