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
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Billy Halleck
Joe Mantegna
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Richie Ginelli
Lucinda Jenney
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Heidi Halleck
Michael Constantine
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Tadzu Lempke
Kari Wuhrer
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Gina Lempke
Bethany Joy Galeotti
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Linda Halleck
(as Joie Lenz)
Time Winters
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Prosecutor
Howard Erskine
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Judge Phillips
Terrence Garmey
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Bailiff
Randy Jurgensen
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Court Clerk
Jeff Ware
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Max Duggenfield
Antonette Schwartzberg
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Mama Ginelli
Terence Kava
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Gabe Lempke
(as Terrence Kava)
Adriana Delphine
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Gypsy Woman
Ruth Miller
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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:
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.
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