STACK #158 Dec 2017

FEATURE EXTRAS

STEPHEN KING

THE NUMBERS

27 A recurring number in 2017's IT . The film arrives 27 years after the 1990 mini-series. Bill Skarsgård, who plays Pennywise, turned 27 upon the movie's release. IT: Chapter Two will be set 27 years after the events of the first film, and is due late 2019.

#237 Some conspiracy theorists are convinced The Shining is, amongst many things, Stanley Kubrick's cryptic confession to staging the fake Apollo 11 moon landing. In particular, the mysterious room 237 (changed from the original 217 in King's novel) refers to the lunar distance from the Earth to the moon, in per thousand miles. Troubled child character Danny can also be seen wandering the halls in a knitted jumper displaying the Apollo 11 rocket. King himself is not a fan of Kubrick's adaptation and is perplexed by the movie's cultdom. American Film Institute's 100 years. Bates is also the actress who has appeared most in the King on-screen universe, with a cameo in TV mini- series The Stand (1994) as well as a breathtaking titular performance in 1995 drama Dolores Claiborne . #17 Memorably played by Kathy Bates, Annie Wilkes from Misery (1990) was voted the 17th greatest screen villain of all time, in a 2005 poll celebrating the

182 Height in metres of the titular structure in Stephen King's The Dark Tower series of books.

$2,500 The amount paid in movie rights for Carrie (1976), Stephen King's first novel and film adaptation. The author revealed this at a 2010 book event, and says he felt fortunate to get that break, and has no regrets.

10 Since 2007, the historic city of

5 Stephen King feature adaptations that are set in the writer's fictional town of Castle Rock – Cujo , The Dead Zone , Needful Things , The Dark Half and Stand By Me . King took the name from a feature where significant conflict occurs in William Golding's Lord of the Flies . for the 1986 movie. 2017 marks the tenth year of this festival. In a 2014 Rolling Stone interview, Stephen King named Stand by Me as his favourite film adaptation of his works. He also ranked The Shawshank Redemption , The Green Mile , Misery , Dolores Claiborne and Cujo amongst his favourites. Brownsville has held a Stand by Me day celebrating the fact it was the location

#68 Chilling proclamation "Here's Johnny!" from The Shining (1980) was voted the 68th greatest movie quote of all time, in a 2005 poll celebrating the American Film Institute's 100 years. The credit has to go to Jack Nicholson though, who improvised the line. 7 The most Oscar nominations received for a Stephen King movie, being 1994's The Shawshank Redemption . The Green Mile (1999) is next with five noms. Both movies were directed by Frank Darabont.

• IT is out on Dec 20

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