<P> Originally conceived as a four - part eight - hour series , ABC enlisted writer Lawrence D. Cohen to adapt the 1,138 - page King novel . Cohen 's script condensed the source work into a two - part , three - hour mini-series that retained the core elements of the novel , but Cohen was forced to abandon numerous subplots by virtue of the novel 's length and the network 's time - slot restrictions . Production on It began in early 1990 , and the series was filmed over a period of three months in New Westminster , British Columbia in mid-1990 . </P>
<P> Originally conceived as a four - part eight - hour series , ABC enlisted writer Lawrence D. Cohen to adapt the 1,138 - page King novel . Cohen 's script condensed the source work into a two - part , three - hour mini-series that retained the core elements of the novel , but Cohen was forced to abandon numerous subplots by virtue of the novel 's length and the network 's time - slot restrictions . Production on It began in early 1990 , and the series was filmed over a period of three months in New Westminster , British Columbia in mid-1990 . </P>
where was the original stephen king 's it filmed
where was the original stephen king 's it filmed
New Westminster , British Columbia
New Westminster , British Columbia