An obese attorney is cursed by a gypsy to rapidly and uncontrollably lose weight.An obese attorney is cursed by a gypsy to rapidly and uncontrollably lose weight.An obese attorney is cursed by a gypsy to rapidly and uncontrollably lose weight.
- Awards
- 2 nominations
Bethany Joy Lenz
- Linda Halleck
- (as Joy Lenz)
Jeffrey Ware
- Max Duggenfield
- (as Jeff Ware)
Terence Kava
- Gabe Lempke
- (as Terrence Kava)
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- TriviaWhile in production, cowriter/director Tom Holland was stricken with Bell's Palsy, a virus that paralyzed one side of his face. The effects could have been minimized had he gotten a steroid shot immediately, but the producers insisted he keep working, so it was 36 hours before he got to a doctor. It took more than a year and a half for him to fully recover.
- GoofsWhen Billy (Robert John Burke) hits Suzanne Lempke (Irma St. Paule) in the car, she hits the windscreen and leaves no blood on it, but in the next shot, there is blood all over it.
- Quotes
Tadzu Lempke: [to a pleading Billy] Justice, ain't about bringing back the dead, white man. Justice, is about justice. Your friend the policeman, your friend the judge, they make sure nothing happen to you. They keep you safe. But I make sure something happen to them. That justice, white man. Gypsy justice!
- ConnectionsFeatured in The Movie Show: Episode dated 6 April 1997 (1997)
- SoundtracksFiddler's Game
Written by Thomas Chase (as Thomas Jones-Chase), Steve Rucker, Ezra Kliger
Performed by Thomas Chase (as Thomas Jones-Chase) & Steve Rucker
Courtesy of C.R.P., Inc.
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White Man from Town says check it out
Alright people, what's up with all the negative reviews for this flick? Coming from a horror fan, I loved Thinner...simple as that. Working from a story by Stephen King, this is Tom Holland's return to kick-ass horror. Billy Halleck is a very overweight attorney who is cursed by a Gypsy after an unfortunate automobile accident. That's the set-up for this cautionary tale about accepting guilt. Greg Cannom's (Bram Stoker's Dracula) make-up is superb, the guy has two academy awards for Christ's sake. So lighten up. Joe Mantegna is hilarious as Ritchie the Hammer and Robert John Burke is intense ("I'm being ERASED!"). There might be a little hammy acting here and there, but what would a horror movie be without that? The story is just superb and the line between good and evil is very blurry here. Having no good guy makes it a very interesting film and a little more realistic. It's a perfect thriller in the Tales From the Crypt vein.
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Box office
- Budget
- $8,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $15,315,484
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $5,679,046
- Oct 27, 1996
- Gross worldwide
- $15,315,484
- Runtime1 hour 33 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1
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