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Thinner

Year:
Duration:
93 min
Genres:
Comedy | Horror | Thriller
IMDB rate:
5.7
Director:
Tom Holland
Awards:
1 nomination
Details
Country: USA
Release Date: 1996-10-25
Filming Locations: Appleton, Maine, USA
Earnings
Budget: $14,000,000
Opening Weekend: $5,679,046 (USA) (27 October 1996)
Gross: $15,171,475 (USA) (9 February 1997)
Cast
Actor
Character
Robert John Burke
Billy Halleck
Joe Mantegna
Richie Ginelli
Lucinda Jenney
Heidi Halleck
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
Walter Bobbie
Kirk Penschley
John Horton
Judge Cary Rossington
Daniel von Bargen
Chief Duncan Hopley
Irma St. Paule
Suzanne Lempke
Stephen King
Dr. Bangor
Sam Freed
Dr. Mike Houston
Elizabeth Franz
Leda Rossington
Patrick Farrelly
Henry Halliwell
Bridget Marks
Ginelli Bar Girl
Mitchell Greenberg
Diet Clinic Doctor
Angela Pietropinto
Clinic Doctor
Michael Kevin Walker
Clinic Waiter (as Michael Walker)
Ed Wheeler
Detective Deevers
Peter Maloney
Biff Quigley
Robert Fitch
Flash Enders (as Robert Fitch Sr.)
Sean Hewitt
'Doctor' Fander
Josh Holland
Frank Spurton
Allelon Ruggiero
Delivery Boy
Steven Belgard
Amusement Park Visitor
Tom Cumler
Directed Bit (uncredited)
Alexandra Dimopoulos
Gypsy (uncredited)
Josh Lucas
Male Nurse (uncredited)
Christopher C. Murphy
Man Outside in Small Crowd (uncredited)
Todd Tucker
Puppeteer (uncredited)
Did you know?
Trivia
Stephen King:  the author appears as Dr. Bangor (Bangor, Maine, is where King lives).
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Director Tom Holland wasn't happy with the ending; the producers changed the original one (which was faithful to the novel) because every test audience hated it.
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Dino De Laurentiis originally sought to produce this film in 1986 after completing _Maximum Overdrive (1986)_, another Stephen King adaptation and sought to have Sam Raimi direct, Scott Spiegel write and 'Bob Tapert' (qb) produce but they were busy with writing _Evil Dead 2 (1987)_, which Di Laurentiis would eventually produce..
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Goofs
I think his hand is back to normal because the curse has been lifted by then. He was also beginning to gain back his weight.
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Right at the end of the film before Halleck eats the cursed pie, a fork appears next to the pie between shots.
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The position of the Gypsy after she is hit by the car.
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Quotes
Billy Halleck: [to his dead and extremely emaciated wife] Look at you, size six again. Maybe even a size four.
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Tadzu Lempke: [tadzu gives Billy the gypsy pie that 2n lift his curse] Okay. You gain weight now. So quick you don't know what's going on. But, somebody, got to eat this pie, and soon. Everyone who eat pie die quick and bad. You got somebody?
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Billy Halleck: [last lines]
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Faq
Q
Does Stephen King have a cameo in this movie?
A
Yes. King plays the pharmacist, Dr Bangor, at the drug store where Tadzu goes to have a prescription filled for the sore on his nose.
Q
Was Heidi having an affair with Dr Mikey?
A
Viewers are divided on the answer to that question. Some say that Heidi was innocent and that her supposed 'affair' with Dr Mike Houston (Sam Freed) was a delusion based on Billy's deteriorating mental condition. Others say that their intimate touching and Mike's frequent visits to the Halleck house were evidence enough that Heidi and Mike had something going. In the book, there was no affair between Heidi and Mike. Mike was an elderly, coke-snorting doctor, and he and Heidi were planning to have Billy committed to a mental hospital, which is the reason for his visits.
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A Note Regarding Spoilers
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The following FAQ entries may contain spoilers. Only the biggest ones (if any) will be covered with spoiler tags. Spoiler tags have been used sparingly in order to make the page more readable.
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Photos from cast
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