Thinner

Plot

A lawyer is cursed by a gypsy to lose weight…and lose weight…and lose weight…

Release Year: 1996

Rating: 5.3/10 (10,188 voted)

Director:
Tom Holland

Stars: Joe Mantegna, Robert John Burke, Lucinda Jenney

Storyline
A fat Lawyer finds himself growing "Thinner" when an old gypsy man places a hex on him. Now the lawyer must call upon his friends in organized crime to help him persuade the gypsy to lift the curse. Time is running out for the desperate lawyer as he draws closer to his own death, and grows ever thinner.

Writers: Stephen King, Michael McDowell

Cast:

Robert John Burke
–

Billy Halleck

Joe Mantegna
–

Richie Ginelli

Lucinda Jenney
–

Heidi Halleck

Michael Constantine
–

Tadzu Lempke

Kari Wuhrer
–

Gina Lempke

Bethany Joy Galeotti
–

Linda Halleck

(as Joie Lenz)

Time Winters
–

Prosecutor

Howard Erskine
–

Judge Phillips

Terrence Garmey
–

Bailiff

Randy Jurgensen
–

Court Clerk

Jeff Ware
–

Max Duggenfield

Antonette Schwartzberg
–

Mama Ginelli

Terence Kava
–

Gabe Lempke

(as Terrence Kava)

Adriana Delphine
–

Gypsy Woman

Ruth Miller
–

Billy's Secretary

Taglines:
Let The Curse Fit The Crime.

Release Date: 25 October 1996

Filming Locations: Appleton, Maine, USA

Box Office Details

Budget: $14,000,000

(estimated)

Opening Weekend: $5,679,046
(USA)
(27 October 1996)
(2009 Screens)

Gross: $15,171,475
(USA)
(9 February 1997)

Technical Specs

Runtime:

92 min

Did You Know?

Trivia:

Cameo:
[Stephen King]
the author appears as Dr. Bangor (Bangor, Maine, is where King lives).

Goofs:

Continuity:
The position of the Gypsy after she is hit by the car.

Quotes:

Chief Duncan Hopley:
[about Lempke's daughter]
Oh, what the hell. Old lady was jaywalking!

User Review

An Adequate Adaptation…

Rating: 6/10


…for a King work: they've always had a mixed track record.
Generally
this one is a tribute to the F/X wizardry as Robert John Burke goes through
multiple transformations. That in itself is pretty horrifying. Most of
the King subtleties have been sucked out of it, but what's new? It's
basically a decent supernatural thriller. There is a slow, relentless
horror to the whole thing, which doesn't rely on huge "jump out of the
closet" shocks (although there are a few of those). Basically a horror
movie for adults.