Dennis Christopher
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Dennis Christopher Carrelli is an American retired actor whose film credits include Breaking Away, Fade to Black, Chariots of Fire, It, and Django Unchained.
Christopher in 2005
Dennis Christopher with Pat Ast (left) and Shelley Duvall (right). August 1975
It (miniseries)
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It is a 1990 ABC two-part psychological horror drama miniseries directed by Tommy Lee Wallace and adapted by Lawrence D. Cohen from Stephen King's 1986 novel of the same name. The story revolves aroun
Dennis Christopher
…born December 2, 1950) is an American retired actor whose film credits include Breaking Away (1979), Fade to Black (1980), Chariots of Fire (1981), It (1990), and Django Unchained (2012). Dennis Christopher Carrelli, the youngest of four children, was born in Philadelphia on December 2, 1950, to Vincent…
Promotional poster of It
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"What's fun about [Pennywise] is that a clown is traditionally a very cozy, comforting image, and Pennywise is none of those things." —Tim Curry in an interview published during It's production
John Ritter had made several attempts to appear in a King adaptation before he worked on It.
King was strongly dismayed at the limited market for horror on television, and had low expectations once the miniseries was greenlit.