Thinner is a 1996 horror film directed by Tom Holland and written by Stephen King (novel), Michael McDowell and Tom Holland (screenplay). Image File history File links Download high resolution version (805x1210, 158 KB) Summary Image Movie Database Licensing This image is of a DVD cover, and the copyright for it is most likely owned by either the publisher of the DVD or the studio which produced the DVD in question. ... Tom Holland was born on July 11th, 1943 in Phoughkeepsie, New York, USA. He has directed five movies including: Childs Play Fright Night External Links Tom Holland at the Internet Movie Database Categories: Movie stubs ... Stephen Edwin King (born September 21, 1947) is an American author of over 200 stories including over 50 bestselling horror novels. ... Michael McDowell (Irish: ;[1] born May, 1951) is a former Irish politician who led the Progressive Democrats political party from 11 September 2006 until 25 May 2007. ... Tom Holland was born on July 11th, 1943 in Phoughkeepsie, New York, USA. He has directed five movies including: Childs Play Fright Night External Links Tom Holland at the Internet Movie Database Categories: Movie stubs ... (Far right) Robert John Burke in The Unbelievable Truth. ... Joe Mantegna as Detective Will Girardi in Joan of Arcadia Joe Mantegnas character, Fat Tony in The Simpsons Joseph Anthony Mantegna, Jr. ... Lucinda Jenney (born on 23 April 1954 in Long Island, New York, USA) is an American actress. ... Bethany Joy Lenz (born April 2, 1981 in Hollywood, Florida but she moved to Texas at age 4) landed her first role at age 7 as a munchkin in a production of The Wonderful Wizard Of Oz. ... Michael Constantine (Born 22 May 1927) is a Greek American actor. ... Kari Samantha Wührer, born April 28, 1967 in Brookfield, Connecticut, USA. She is an actress and a singer. ... Paramount Pictures Corporation is an American motion picture production and distribution company, based in Hollywood, California. ... October 25 is the 298th day of the year (299th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1996 (MCMXCVI) was a leap year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year for the Eradication of Poverty. ... This is a list of film-related events in 1996. ... Film is a term that encompasses individual motion pictures, the field of film as an art form, and the motion picture industry. ... Tom Holland was born on July 11th, 1943 in Phoughkeepsie, New York, USA. He has directed five movies including: Childs Play Fright Night External Links Tom Holland at the Internet Movie Database Categories: Movie stubs ... Stephen Edwin King (born September 21, 1947) is an American author of over 200 stories including over 50 bestselling horror novels. ... Thinner is a 1984 novel by Stephen King about an obese lawyer who experiences a dramatic and ultimately dangerous weight loss as a result of a Gypsys curse. ... Michael McDowell (born 1950) is an American novelist and screenwriter, whom Stephen King has called the finest writer of paperback originals in America today. His screen credits include collaboration on Thinner (1996), and on Tim Burtons Beetlejuice (1987) and The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993). ... Tom Holland was born on July 11th, 1943 in Phoughkeepsie, New York, USA. He has directed five movies including: Childs Play Fright Night External Links Tom Holland at the Internet Movie Database Categories: Movie stubs ...

Cast

• Robert John Burke — Billy Halleck
• Joe Mantegna — Richie Ginelli
• Lucinda Jenney — Heidi Halleck
• Michael Constantine — Taduz Lempke
• Kari Wuhrer — Gina Lempke
• Bethany Joy Lenz — Linda Halleck
• 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
• Adriana Delphine — Gypsy Woman
• Ruth Miller — Billy's Secretary

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Plot

Billy Halleck is an arrogant obese upper-class lawyer who lives in suburban Connecticut. One day while driving, he accidentally runs over an old gypsy woman with his car when his wife distracts him by giving him oral sex. The gypsy woman's father, Tadzu Lempke, who is 106 years old, curses Billy by touching him and saying, "Thinner." The curse causes Billy to lose weight rapidly, regardless of how much he eats. It has been suggested that this article be split into multiple articles. ...

Now Billy must persuade the ancient gypsy leader to lift the curse with the help of his friend, an underworld crime boss by the name of Richie "The Hammer" Ginelli. It's a desperate race for survival; time is running out for Billy as he becomes even thinner, and draws closer to his own death.

Ultimately the Gypsy man is persuaded to alter the curse. However he explains that he cannot remove it but only transfer it, and does so to a pie. Wanting revenge on his wife for supposedly cheating on him (although he has no proof of this, and in fact has become paranoid and psychotic by this time) and "distracting" him (by performing fellatio on him) when he hit the old woman with his car in the first place, Billy leaves the pie out for her to eat. The next morning he wakes up to find his dead wife next to him in bed. After going downstairs he finds that his daughter has also eaten a slice. Feeling guilty about the whole ordeal, he decides to have one as well. Before he can take the first bite, he's interrupted by a ring of the doorbell. At the door is the man he believes his wife had the affair with; he invites the man in for a piece of pie, and the movie cuts out. This article is about the baked good, for other uses see Pie (disambiguation). ...

Trivia

• Stephen King appears as the pharmacist Dr. Bangor. Bangor, Maine is where the writer lives.
• The gypsy family name also appears as Lemke in some Portuguese versions of the story.
• In Adam Sandler's movie Mr. Deeds the main character, Longfellow Deeds tells that Stephen King visited his hometown. Deeds tells that King looked at the gas station attendant and the next day he lost over 200 pounds. A reference to Thinner.

Stephen Edwin King (born September 21, 1947) is an American author of over 200 stories including over 50 bestselling horror novels. ... This article is about the Maine, USA city of Bangor. ... Adam Richard Sandler (born September 9, 1966) is an American comedian, producer, actor, and musician. ... Mr. ...

External links

• Thinner at the Internet Movie Database