11.22.63
When you fight the past, the past fights back.
11.22.63 (2016)
Seasons: 1,
episodes: 8
Episode runtime: 81 min
Average rating:
7.9/10
258 665
Production
Status
Completed
Creators
Bridget Carpenter
Scenario
Stephen King
Author
Composer
Alex Heffes
Producer
Actors
James Franco
Jake Epping
Sarah Gadon
Sadie Dunhill
Chris Cooper
Al Templeton
Daniel Webber
Lee Harvey Oswald
Lucy Fry
Marina Oswald
George MacKay
Bill Turcotte
Braeden Lemasters
Mike Coslaw
Gil Bellows
FBI Agent James B. Hosty
Short description
An English teacher travels back in time to prevent the Kennedy assassination, but discovers he is attached to the life he has made in a bygone era.
Seasons
| Season | Episodes | Release date | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8 | 2016-02-15 | 7.7 |
What's left behind the scenes
- The story that Jake tells Mimi is taken from Francis Ford Coppola's films 'The Godfather Part II' (1974) and 'The Godfather Part III' (1990).
- The cafe scenes were filmed in the city of Guelph in the Canadian province of Ontario. To this end, appropriate sets were constructed on the corner of Oliver and Huron Streets.
- The date November 22 (11.22 in English notation) is also linked to other cinema projects involving time travel. Robert Zemeckis's film 'Back to the Future Part II' premiered on November 22, 1989. On November 22, 1996, 'Star Trek: First Contact,' the eighth feature film of the Star Trek franchise directed by Jonathan Frakes, was released. The first episode of the 'Doctor Who' series aired on November 23, 1963; this occurred the day after the assassination of US President John F. Kennedy, so the premiere did not attract a large audience.
- Jonathan Demme was intended to be the screenwriter, director, and producer of the series, but he left the project due to disagreements with Stephen King, the author of the book upon which the series is based.
- Some scenes, including the classification yard, the cafe, and the men's clothing store, were filmed in the town of Dunnville, Ontario.
- The series features hats produced by Smithbilt Hats Inc. from Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
- The series is based on the eponymous 2011 novel by the famous writer Stephen King.
- The milkman, who repeatedly breaks a bottle of milk, works for 'Cramer's Dairy' (as written on the van). A psychopathic milkman named Spike Milligan also worked for the same company; he is a character in Stephen King's short story 'Morning Deliveries (Milkman #1),' included in the collection 'Skeleton Crew' (1985).
- Baumer's Barbershop, where Jake Epping gets rid of his unwanted past facial hair, is a reference to Stephen King's novel 'Lisey's Story,' which featured a barber with the same name. Additionally, in his conversation with Jake, Baumer mentions Castle Rock—the fictional town where many of King's novels take place.
- The 'Blue Ribbon' laundry seen in Holden as young Harry Dunning wanders the street refers to two of Stephen King's works. In addition to the novel 'Carrie,' the 'Blue Ribbon' appears in the story 'The Meat Grinder,' included in the collection 'Night Shift'.
- Yoder's store (originally 'Yoder Five and Dime Store'), where Harry runs after bullies steal his pants, shares the same name as the store in the town of Tarkers Mill (near Chester's Mill) from Stephen King's novel 'Under the Dome'.
- When Arlis Price tells Jake the story about the Bronze Star, he mentions Ernie Calvert. This character appears in Stephen King's novel 'Under the Dome'—he is the former manager of a supermarket in Chester's Mill and the grandfather of Norrie Calvert.
- Johnny Clayton's clothespin is another reference to Stephen King's 'The Dead Zone,' specifically to the character Frank Dodd, a serial killer from Castle Rock. Frank Dodd's mother, Henrietta, raised him with excessive severity, particularly regarding matters of sexual education.
- 'Westover Bleach' is Johnny Clayton's cleaning supplies company. Westover is mentioned in the novel 'Carrie' as a town in the state of Maine.
- In the final episode, the word REDRUM can be seen on the wall of the book depository staircase—a reference to Stephen King's 'The Shining'.
- In the scene where Jake attends one of Kennedy's campaign events, a recording of a speech that Kennedy actually delivered that day is used. Thanks to numerous photographs, the location where Kennedy spoke was recreated with the maximum possible accuracy.
- The opening credits of each episode change slightly—this demonstrates the changes Jake has made and hints at what the viewer will see in that episode.
- In the line "I just absolutely adore him!" in the first episode of the series, Jake, played by James Franco, is referring to Stephen King's novel Misery (1987).
- Annette O'Toole (Edna Price in the second episode) played Beverly Marsh in Tommy Lee Wallace's film It (1990), based on the novel by Stephen King. In the novel 11.22.63, Jake meets Beverly and Richie, characters from the novel It, in the town of Derry, which is replaced by the town of Holden in the series.
- In the final episode, Jake returns to 2016 for the first time, and the words "Captain Trips" can be seen painted on a building in the distance—this is the name of the disease that wiped out nearly the entire population of the planet in Stephen King's novel The Stand (1978).
- At the end of the second episode, on Halloween, Jake leaves the Dunning house where he killed Frank Dunning. Jake passes by a toddler in a rabbit mask with a sinister grin. This is a reference to Richard Kelly's supernatural thriller Donnie Darko (2001).
- When Jake is taken into police custody after killing Lee, one of the officers mentions the electric chair. The officer uses the slang term "old sparky" from Frank Darabont's supernatural drama The Green Mile (1999), based on the novel of the same name (1996) by Stephen King.
- We can guess that something is wrong with Sadie's ex-husband, Johnny Clayton, from the very first meeting, as he drives a 'killer car'—a Plymouth Fury, the same 'Christine' from Stephen King's novel of the same name and John Carpenter's 1983 film. According to '11.22.63' showrunner Bridget Carpenter, this Plymouth is one of 14 cars used in the movie 'Christine' and the only one that has survived to this day. It should be noted that in 1958, Plymouth did not produce any red cars of this model.
- 'Dirty Little Birdie' is heard from Johnny Clayton's lips during Sadie's torment. This phrase belongs to the psychopath Annie Wilkes from Stephen King's novel 'Misery'.
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