"I" Titled Films!
These are all the movies I have seen that start with the letter 'I'. It will be continually updated as I view more and more films....
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- DirectorHarry EssexStarsBiff ElliotPreston FosterPeggie CastleDectective Mike Hammer is determined to catch and kill the person who shot his close friend dead, so he follows clues that lead to a beautiful, seductive woman.Originally filmed in 3D.
Biff Elliott makes an ideal Hammer, He comes across as a Dead End kid grown up with a license and a gun, slow-witted but fast with his fists and his trigger. This film is the best one about Mike Hammer, with Biff Elliott's performance the definitive Mike Hammer - StarsRichard ThomasTim ReidAnnette O'TooleIn 1960, seven pre-teen outcasts fight an evil demon who poses as a child-killing clown. Thirty years later, they reunite to stop the demon once and for all when it returns to their hometown.Also starring: Harry Anderson, Dennis Christopher, Richard Masur, Jonathan Brandis, John Ritter, Olivia Hussey, Michael Cole, Jay Brazeau, Gabe Khouth, William B. Davis, and Tim Curry as "Pennywise"
It: I'm every nightmare you've ever had. I'm your worst dream come true. I'm everything you ever were afraid of.
The adult actors had to be careful what they touched during the sewer scenes because the place was so rusty, there was a very real danger of tetanus infection. Because of that, it was not a fun scene to film.
Based on one of Stephen King's longest novels, at 1138 pages. The length derived from King's desire to have all his favorite monsters in one place. King remarked that if he'd written the script for It, it would have been a 32 hour miniseries. It's also King's last monster oriented story to date, as well as the last about traumatized children. This book gave him writer's block, a rare thing for King.
Stephen King's novel IT is connected to his Dark Tower universe. The novel has an image of a turtle supporting the earth. A poem explaining this, "See the Turtle of enormous girth/ Upon his back he holds the Earth," appears in both IT and the third Dark Tower novel, The Waste Lands. That book also expands on the idea of multiple dimensions, each guarded by an animal avatar, held together by the Dark Tower in the center, rather like the spokes of a wheel. The final Dark Tower novel, The Dark Tower, features a character named Mordred who, like Pennywise, shifts from human to spider form, and another character, Dandelo, who, like Pennywise, has "deadlights" behind his eyes that will drive a mortal to madness. The character Mike Hanlon appears in both IT and Insomnia, which introduces Dark Tower character Patrick Danville.
Jonathan Brandis was on SeaQuest 2032, where Seth Green made a few guest appearances. Green's nickname was "Wolflman".
The asylum orderly, Koontz, drops a roll when he sees Pennywise. Though not covered in the movie, the book explains that Koontz uses quarter rolls to beat the patients as it is as affective as a baton and more compact.
In the novel the group is not referred to as "The Lucky Seven". They call themselves "The Losers Club".
Tommy Lee Wallace's first TV movie. Because it was his first, he tried to get It as close to perfect as possible.
Tommy Lee Wallace is a former protégé of John Carpenter's. It homages Carpenter films like The Fog and Halloween, and Richard Masur was in Carpenter's The Thing.
At one point, while running from Henry Bowers and his gang, Richie Tozier, (played by Seth Green), accidentally bumps into the school's principle (played by William B. Davis). A few years later, Green portrayed a secondary character in Episode 1x01 of The X-Files, while Davis played the recurring role of The Cigarrette Smoking Man, the show's main villain.
Tim Curry was reluctant to take the role of Pennywise initially because he didn't relish the thought of being buried under so much makeup. When he played Darkness in Legend, it was a difficult and demanding role, and the hours in makeup was still fresh in his mind. To compromise, Tommy Lee Wallace minimized the amount of makeup on Curry, and a lot wasn't necessary anyway because Curry's performance was so strong.
The blood oozing over Georgie's photo was quite unusual to see in a TV movie in 1990. It paved the way for TV movies and mini-series in the future to push the envelope far more than ever before.
Tommy Lee Wallace admitted he had never read the novel before making the film. He preferred to let the script speak for itself.
Loni, one of the girls who teases Beverly outside school, was played by an uncredited Laura Harris, who later acted in films like The Faculty and Severance.
When the typewriter types out "He thrusts his fists against the posts and still insists he sees the ghosts" over and over, that's probably an homage to Jack Nicholson typing out "All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy" over and over in The Shining.
Michael Cole got so much into the scene where he's trying to kill Mike that it was difficult for John Ritter and Dennis Christopher to pull him off of Tim Reid.
The spider at the climax was a fully operable puppet. It was the last scene to be filmed. John Ritter was disappointed that the final battle had to be fought with a puppet and not Tim Curry, because he felt Pennywise was the real villain of the show, and not some fake spider. The novel's ending was also much too cerebral to tackle on a television budget. Tommy Lee Wallace also felt disappointment with the movie's ending. The way he imagined it was different to the way it turned out, because they didn't have the money to do it as it was storyboarded.
When Beverly goes back to the house she grew up in, Tommy Lee Wallace wanted Annette O'Toole alone on the street, without any other actors or extras around to make it creepier. Also, when she meets Mrs Kersh, he filled the scene with incidental details to illustrate to the audience that there's something wrong in this house, e.g. her teeth are all rotten, just like Pennywise's.
John Ritter retained one of the playing cards with Pennywise's face on it after filming wrapped.
The young Richie, played by Seth Green, was menaced by a werewolf during the movie. Years later in his career, he coincidentally played a werewolf during Buffy the Vampire Slayer.
Jonathan Brandis and John Ritter both died tragically in 2003. Brandis hanged himself, while Ritter suffered an unexpected, fatal aortic dissection.
Jarred Blancard (young Henry Bowers) hated having to call Marlon Taylor (young Mike Hanlon) a *beep* and would often apologize to him before and after filming for his character's excessive use of the slur
On the DVD commentary track, the actors note that Tim Curry's characterization of Pennywise was so creepy and realistic that everyone avoided him during the filming.
The night guard in the asylum is called Koontz, named after Stephen King's rival author Dean R. Koontz.
Bill is the author of a horror novel titled "The Glowing". This may refer to Stephen King's "The Shining".
Beverly makes love to all of the "Lucky Seven" in the novel, but Tommy Lee Wallace omitted it from the movie because it was just something that didn't ring true to him. - StarsMack 10Michael RapaportPowellA pimp is only married to one thing in his life and that's the game! Nothing and no one can come between him and his money. Mack's (Mack 10) life was a little different, he was rare and real as the game itself. Being the son of a pimp and having a prostitute as a mother, his ability to walk a thin line of love and hate between drugs and pimps, and life and death made him fearless and very dangerous. The streets were hot this summer and payback was the only peace of mind Mack was looking for. He had only one person to see no matter what, Memphis Slim (CJ Mac).Also starring: Clifton Powell, Katt Williams, WC Denyce Lawton, Sundy Carter, Tawny Dahl
- DirectorJerry LondonStarsAnn JillianRobert HaysAshley GorrellVeterinarian and part-time mayor Sarah heads a town council desperate to find a doctor to keep open the small town's clinic. They fear, rightly, that family after family will move away and the town will disappear. Their hopes are raised when Bob announces his widower son Michael the surgeon and grand daughter are going to visit for the first time in years for the Xmas holiday. The mayor's attempt to recruit Michael is complicated by their history (their high school romance) and his secret shame (that he has lost his confidence in his surgical skills to the point that his big city hospital is kicking him upstairs to an administrative position).Also starring: Jack Palance, Boyd Banks,
Soundtrack
"I'll Be Home For Christmas"
Written by Walter Kent, Kim Gannon & Buck Ram
Performed by Kenny Rogers