Maps of Movies
It (2017)
Where It says it takes place, and where it was really shot.
Derry, Maine is a made-up town, and nearly all of it was shot around Toronto and small-town Ontario
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Scenes and places
Georgie's paper boat and the storm drain (1988)
Bill folds a paper sailboat for his little brother Georgie, who takes it out into the rain. The boat slips down a storm drain, and what Georgie finds waiting there sets the whole story going.
Set in A rainy Derry street — The street where Georgie sails his paper boat toward a storm drain.
An ordinary suburban street, chosen to look like small-town Maine in 1988.
Filmed at Weston district, Toronto — Blogs name Toronto's Weston district as the setting of the opening street; the coordinate is the district centre, not the exact street. Google Maps · Apple Maps
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Derry's main street (1989)
Summer begins and the kids move through the town where children keep going missing. Shop fronts and a theatre showing 1989 films place the story in one specific year.
Set in Downtown Derry — The town centre of the fictional Maine town of Derry.
A real Ontario town whose shop fronts were repainted for the shoot: the film's Capitol Theatre shows Batman and Lethal Weapon 2.
Filmed at Walton Street and Queen Street, Port Hope — Shooting took place on Queen Street and Walton Street in July 2016. The coordinate is the Capitol Theatre nearby, not an exact spot. Google Maps · Apple Maps
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Derry High School (1989)
School lets out for the summer and the friends plan how to spend it. Talk of the missing girl Betty Ripsom hangs over the schoolyard.
Set in Derry school — The school building near where the Losers Club hang out.
A former religious retreat house outside Hamilton.
The Derry Public Library (1989)
Ben, new in town, spends his days among old records and learns that Derry has been hit by unexplained tragedies and child disappearances for centuries.
Set in Derry Public Library — The town library where Ben looks up Derry's history.
The outside is a small-town hall in Port Hope, the inside a college building in downtown Toronto.
Filmed at Wycliffe College, University of Toronto (interior) — Two blogs name Wycliffe College as the library interior. Google Maps · Apple Maps
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The Barrens (1989)
Bill thinks Georgie may have washed up in the marshy wasteland and drags his friends there to search. Fleeing the bullies, Ben stumbles into the group, and the Losers Club begins to form.
Set in The Barrens — A marshy wasteland on the edge of Derry where the kids search and gather.
In the novel the Barrens is modelled on a real stream in Bangor, Maine; the film shot its version near Toronto.
Filmed at Rouge National Urban Park, Scarborough — Two blogs name Rouge Park. The coordinate is the park centre; the park is large, so the exact spot is unknown. Google Maps · Apple Maps
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Stan's synagogue (1989)
Stan is preparing for his bar mitzvah while his friends joke about it. The rabbi's son struggles with the Torah reading in front of his father.
Set in Derry synagogue — The temple where Stan's father is the rabbi.
A 1911 synagogue in Toronto's Junction neighbourhood.
Filmed at Congregation Knesseth Israel, Toronto — Two blogs name this synagogue in The Junction. The coordinate is an address lookup, not from the sources. Google Maps · Apple Maps
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The Kissing Bridge (1989)
Henry Bowers and his gang corner Ben on the bridge. Henry explains the bridge's name before carving into him; Ben escapes and runs to the Barrens.
Set in The Kissing Bridge — A covered bridge the locals call the kissing bridge.
Ontario's last remaining covered bridge, nicknamed the Kissing Bridge.
Filmed at West Montrose Covered Bridge — Known as the Kissing Bridge; blogs tie it to the scene with Henry and Ben. Google Maps · Apple Maps
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The quarry swim (1989)
The Losers spend a hot afternoon at the quarry, where friendship turns to something more, and Bill and Ben both develop feelings for Beverly.
Set in Derry quarry — An abandoned quarry used as a swimming hole.
A flooded limestone quarry in Ontario, now a conservation area.
Filmed at Elora Quarry, Wellington County — Two blogs name the Elora Quarry. Google Maps · Apple Maps
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The house on Neibolt Street (1989)
Bill shows his friends blueprints of Derry's sewers that point to one abandoned house. They go in to confront It, but are split up and terrorized by their worst fears.
Set in 29 Neibolt Street — An abandoned house above an old well, which the sewer plans lead them to.
A house built as a set in Oshawa on the outside, shot inside a different building in Toronto.
Filmed at Cranfield House, 450 Pape Avenue, Toronto (interior) — Blogs name 450 Pape Avenue for the interior. The coordinate is an address lookup. Google Maps · Apple Maps
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Pennywise's lair (1989)
The Losers climb down the well and find a lair filled with decayed circus props and children's belongings. They have to face the clown together.
Set in The sewers under Derry — The sewer tunnels and the circus-prop lair under Derry.
The underground world is a set built on a soundstage in Toronto.
Filmed at Pinewood Toronto Studios — The clown room was built on a stage here. Google Maps · Apple Maps
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Characters
- Bill Denbrough — A twelve-year-old who goes looking for his missing little brother.
- Ben Hanscom — The new kid in town who digs into Derry's history.
- Beverly Marsh — A bullied girl who becomes part of the Losers Club.
- Stanley Uris — A rabbi's son and one of the Losers Club.