Thinner
Let the curse fit the crime.
Rating: 5.9 out of 10TMDB(708 votes)
Overview
An obese lawyer finds himself growing "Thinner" when an old Romani man places a hex on him. Now the lawyer must call upon his friends in organized crime to help him persuade the old man to lift the curse. Time is running out for the desperate lawyer as he draws closer to his own death, and grows ever thinner.
Fun facts
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Box office
Grossed $15.3M worldwide, about 1.9 times its $8M budget
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Based on
Based on the novel Thinner
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Filming locations
Filmed in Maine and New Hampshire
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Setting
Set in Connecticut
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Music
Music by Daniel Licht
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Cinematography
Cinematography by Kees Van Oostrum
Details
- Director
- Writers
- Tom HollandScreenplay
- Stephen KingNovel
- Michael McDowellScreenplay
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- October 25, 1996
- Original language
- English
- Budget
- $8M
- Revenue
- $15.3M
- Countries
- United States of America
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In the United States
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Cast
Robert John BurkeBilly Halleck
Michael ConstantineTadzu Lempke
Lucinda JenneyHeidi Halleck
Kari WührerGina Lempke
John HortonCary Rossington
Sam FreedMike Houston
Daniel von BargenDuncan Hopley
Joe MantegnaRichie Ginelli
Elizabeth FranzLeda Rossington
Walter BobbieKirk Penschley
Bethany Joy LenzLinda Halleck
Time WintersProsecutor
Howard ErskineJudge Phillips- Terrence GarmeyBailiff
Randy JurgensenCourt Clerk- Jeffrey WareMax Duggenfield
- Antonette SchwartzbergMama Ginelli
- Terrence KavaGabe Lempke
- Adriana DelphineGypsy Woman
- Ruth MillerBilly's Secretary
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