Thinner was another movie based upon a Stephen King story. It’s about a lawyer named Billy (Robert John Burke) who accidentally killed a gypsy woman and was cursed by her father. He was really overweight and suddenly starts a dramatic weight loss afterward hence the title. The movie seems to be overlooked out of the early dramatizations but ...
An obese attorney is cursed by a gypsy to rapidly and uncontrollably lose weight. Director: Tom Holland | Stars: Robert John Burke, Joe Mantegna, Lucinda Jenney, Bethany Joy Lenz. Votes: 30,366 | Gross: $15.17M
Oct 25, 1996 · Thinner: Directed by Tom Holland. With Robert John Burke, Lucinda Jenney, Bethany Joy Lenz, Time Winters. An obese attorney is cursed by a gypsy to rapidly and uncontrollably lose weight.
Nov 08, 1996 · Movie. In Stephen King’s Thinner, Billy Halleck, a roly-poly 300-pound lawyer, accidentally runs down an old Gypsy woman and gets a curse placed on him in retaliation. Overnight, he begins to ...
After his trial, a gypsy curses him with a single word, "Thinner." Halleck begins to lose weight uncontrollably and must pursue the band of gypsies who are responsible for his dwindling condition.
Gina Lempke is a fictional Gypsy and a supporting character seen in the 1996 supernatural thriller film Thinner. She was played by actress Kari Wuhrer....Gina LempkeStatus:AliveIntroduction:ThinnerActor:Kari Wuhrer6 more rows
'Thinner' Was Based On Real Events - Sort Of As with many of his novels, King pulled elements from his life to create the plot of Thinner, which centers on an obese man who gets cursed to lose weight uncontrollably after he fatally drives over a Romani woman.
Billy Halleck (Robert John Burke) is an obese lawyer who accidentally hits a Gypsy with his car after his wife distracts him. Given Halleck's influence in town and a general prejudice against Gypsies, he manages to brush the incident under the rug with some unethical legal help from his associates. However, the victim's father, Tadzu Lempke (Michael Constantine), places a curse on the heavyset man, and he starts to lose weight at an alarming rate, which is followed by other macabre events.Thinner / Film synopsis
Bangor, who owns the pharmacy outside where the accident happened. Cursed with Awesome: Billy Halleck is cursed to rapidly lose weight even if he consumes eight thousand calories in one day, which is awesome at first because he was originally overweight and at high risk of heart problems.
He finally took his own life by shooting himself. In the TV adaptation, Rossington drove into a gas truck, his wife mentioning "He always did want to be cremated".
Thinner (marketed as Stephen King's Thinner) is a 1996 American body horror film directed by Tom Holland and written by Michael McDowell and Holland....Thinner (film)ThinnerScreenplay byMichael McDowell Tom HollandBased onThinner by Richard BachmanProduced byMitchell Galin Richard P. Rubinstein14 more rows
MGM/UA Communications Co. Child's Play is a 1988 American supernatural horror film directed by Tom Holland, from a screenplay by Holland, Don Mancini and John Lafia, and based on a story by Mancini. It is the first film in the Child's Play series and the first installment to feature the character Chucky.
The creepy "Thinner" is an underrated and one of my favorite horror movies based on a Stephen King's novel. The special effects and make-up were state-of-art in 1996 and even thirteen years later, they are very good.
Many fans also disliked the ending, which was significantly different than that of the book's, where Billy kills himself with the pie. In the movie, Billy kills himself and the doctor who he thought was having an affair with his wife.
BelfastAlong with locations in Belfast, the campy thriller was shot in Camden, Appleton, Kittery, Thomaston, Port Clyde, Augusta and Portland. Our Town Belfast Executive Director Breanna Pinkham Bebb discussed several of the locations shot in Belfast.24 Oct 2016
Thinner is a horror novel by American author Stephen King, published in 1984 by NAL under King's pseudonym Richard Bachman. The story centers on lawyer Billy Halleck, who kills a crossing Romani woman in a road accident and escapes legal punishment because of his connections.
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. — <Cane@Cris.COM>
While in production, Writer-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.
By what name was Thinner (1996) officially released in India in Hindi?
In 1986, Stephen King made his directorial debut with this Emilio Estevez-starring movie about killer trucks. It was also his directorial swan song. This is not a coincidence, though the film has something of a cult following in spite of itself. “Trucks,” the King short story that spawned this curiosity, also got a re-do as source material, in the form of 1997 made-for-TV movie Trucks. (You can skip that, too.)
With Tobe Hooper, director of The Texas Chainsaw Massacre and Poltergeist (the latter under the watchful eye of Steven Spielberg), and actors Robert “Freddy Krueger” Englund and Ted Levine (Buffalo Bill in Silence of the Lambs ), this adaptation must’ve seemed like a slam dunk on paper.
36) Nightmares & Dreamscapes: From the Stories of Stephen King. An eight-part anthology series made for TNT, with episodes based on King’s short stories; it boasts a strong cast (William Hurt, William H. Macy) and a format that suits the material.
A made-for-TV movie from director Mick Garris (a frequent helmer of King adaptations) about a flamboyant weirdo named Quicksilver (Christopher Lloyd) who rambles around telling scary stories to anyone who will listen. A hitchhiking couple get King’s “Chattery Teeth,” about a man whose horrific encounter with a set of wind-up teeth is actually a blessing in disguise. The other tale is based on a short story by Clive Barker, which makes for a lot of authorial star power... but precious few chills.
It ran for five seasons, ending in 2015, and was noted for often sneaking references to other King books into its storylines.
Miguel Ferrer plays a sleazy reporter on the trail of the biggest scoop of his life: a serial killer who may or may not be a vampire who zips his private plane around between gory crime scenes. The New York Times was unkind, saying the film wasn’t “top-drawer or even second-drawer Stephen King.”.
The first season was good. The second and especially the third, however, got progressively more ridiculous.
Thinner is a 1996 film adaptation of the novel of the same name by Richard Bachman, who was later revealed to be Stephen King. It was directed by Tom Holland, of Child's Play and Fright Night fame, who earlier directed the film adaptation of The Langoliers .
Billy weighs around 300 pounds and is struggling to lose weight for his wife, Heidi, and his daughter, Linda. Billy successfully defends an underground mobster named Richie 'the hammer" Ginelli, who tells Billy that he "owes him one".
The story follows Billy Halleck, an obese, upper-class lawyer living in Connecticut. One night, while simultaneously driving home and receiving a hand job from his wife Heidi, he accidentally runs over an old woman from a band of traveling gypsies. He is brought to trial, but is acquitted thanks to his high connections, who fake evidence.
In the book jacket, Stephen King includes a fake picture of "Richard Bachman" (actually a friend of King's literary agent) that is credited to his wife, "Claudia Inez Bachman."
The audiobook version of Thinner is read by Joe Mantenga, who played Richie Ginelli in the novel's film adaptation .
Thinner (marketed as Stephen King's Thinner) is a 1996 American body horror black comedy film directed by Tom Holland and written by Michael McDowell and Holland. The film is based on Stephen King 's 1984 novel of the same name (which he wrote under the pseudonym Richard Bachman) and stars Robert John Burke, Joe Mantegna, Lucinda Jenney, ...
Outraged by the injustice, Suzanne's father, Tadzu Lempke, places a curse on Billy on the steps of the courthouse by touching his face and uttering "Thinner". Soon afterward, Billy begins to lose weight rapidly, despite not exercising or sticking to his diet.
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.
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"Thinner," the old Gypsy man with the rotting nose whispered, and caressed his cheek, like a lover…#N#Billy Halleck, good husband, loving father, lives in Connecticut and practices law in New York City.
"I used to weigh 236 pounds, and I smoked heavily. I went to see the doctor and he told me 'Listen, man, your triglycerides are really high. In case you haven't noticed it, you've entered heart attack country.' I used that line in the book. He told me that I should quit smoking and lose some weight. I spent a very angry weekend off by myself.
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