Thinner
An obese defense attorney cursed to rapidly waste away must race against his own disappearance, enlisting dangerous mob connections to force the vengeful Romani patriarch into lifting the deadly hex before he vanishes completely.
“Let the curse fit the crime.”
Synopsis
A lawyer who is overweight begins to mysteriously lose weight after an elderly Romani man places a curse on him. Desperate to reverse the effects, he turns to his contacts in organized crime for help in convincing the old man to lift the hex. As his condition worsens and his time dwindles, the lawyer fights to survive before he vanishes entirely.
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Principal cast & crew: 21
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Edited by Janice HamptonShot by Kees Van OostrumScored by Daniel LichtDesigned by Laurence Bennett
Box Office
1996 · Box office
⚖️ Fell short of break-even — grossed 1.9× its budget
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Worldwide gross
$15.3M
Opening weekend: $5.7M — 37% of its US run. Front-loaded — most of its money arrived opening weekend.
Opening week (7-day): $7.3M — 48% of its US & Canada run.
Peak 2,009 theaters
Also known as
- Stephen Kings Thinner - Der Fluchde
- Thinner - Der Fluchde
- Stephen King's Thinneren
- La Peau sur les osfr
- L'occhio del maleit
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Cast & Crew
21 unique people credited
Top billed cast
Robert John Burke
as Billy Halleck
Joe Mantegna
as Richie Ginelli
Lucinda Jenney
as Heidi Halleck
Bethany Joy Lenz
as Linda Halleck
Time Winters
as Prosecutor
Howard Erskine
as Judge Phillips
Terrence Garmey
as Bailiff
Randy Jurgensen
as Court Clerk
Jeffrey Ware
as Max Duggenfield
Antonette Schwartzberg
as Mama Ginelli
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2Other crew
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