Thinner (1996)
An obese lawyer finds himself growing "Thinner" when an old Romani man places a hex on him. Now the lawyer must call upon his friends in organized crime to help him persuade the old man to lift the curse. Time is running out for the desperate lawyer as he draws closer to his own death, and grows ever thinner.
Director:
Tom Holland
Writers:
Tom Holland, Michael McDowell.
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Robert John Burke as Billy Halleck |
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Michael Constantine as Tadzu Lempke |
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Lucinda Jenney as Heidi Halleck |
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Kari Wührer as Gina Lempke |
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John Horton as Judge Cary Rossington |
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Sam Freed as Dr. Mike Houston |
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Daniel von Bargen as Chief Duncan Hopley |
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Joe Mantegna as Richie Ginelli |
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Elizabeth Franz as Leda Rossington |
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Walter Bobbie as Kirk Penschley |
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Bethany Joy Lenz as Linda Halleck |
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Time Winters as Prosecutor |
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Howard Erskine as Judge Phillips |
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Terrence Garmey as Bailiff |
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Randy Jurgensen as Court Clerk |
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Jeffrey Ware as Max Duggenfield |
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Antonette Schwartzberg as Mama Ginelli |
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Terrence Kava as Gabe Lempke |
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Adriana Delphine as Gypsy Woman |
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Ruth Miller as Billy's Secretary |
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Irma St. Paule as Suzanne Lempke |
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Stephen King as Pharmacist |
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Patrick Farrelly as Henry Halliwell |
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Bridget Marks as Ginelli Bar Girl |
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Mitch Greenberg as Male Clinic Doctor |
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Angela Pietropinto as Female Clinic Doctor |
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Michael Kevin Walker as Clinic Waiter |
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Ed Wheeler as Detective Deevers |
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Peter Maloney as Biff Quigley |
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Robert Fitch as Flash Enders |
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Sean Hewitt as "DR" Fander |
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Josh Holland as Frank Spurton |
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Allelon Ruggiero as Delivery Boy |
| Crew | Michael Q. Martin | Post Production Supervisor |
| Directing | Tom Holland | Director |
| Production | Mitchell Galin | Producer |
| Production | Richard P. Rubinstein | Producer |
| Writing | Tom Holland | Screenplay |
| Writing | Stephen King | Novel |
| Camera | Kees Van Oostrum | Director of Photography |
| Editing | Marc Laub | Editor |
| Production | Leonard Finger | Casting |
| Production | Stephen F. Kesten | Executive Producer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Ha Nguyen | Costume Design |
| Art | Laurence Bennett | Production Design |
| Writing | Michael McDowell | Screenplay |
| Production | Stephen F. Kesten | Unit Production Manager |
| Directing | Michael Green | First Assistant Director |
| Directing | Sean McCarron | Second Assistant Director |
| Crew | Bud Davis | Stunt Coordinator |
| Crew | Joey Box | Stunts |
| Crew | Jay Caputo | Stunts |
| Crew | Joie Chitwood Jr. | Stunts |
| Crew | Kristi Frankenheimer | Stunts |
| Crew | Tony Guida | Stunts |
| Crew | Michael Haynes | Stunts |
| Crew | Brad Orrison | Stunts |
| Crew | Bernie Pock | Stunts |
| Crew | Lynn Salvatori | Stunts |
| Crew | Erik Stabenau | Stunts |
| Production | A. Welch Lambeth | Associate Producer |
| Production | Randy Jurgensen | Associate Producer |
| Art | Chuck Parker | Art Direction |
| Camera | Stephen Collins | Steadicam Operator |
| Camera | Stephen Collins | Camera Operator |
| Directing | Tricia Ronten | Script Supervisor |
| Sound | Jay Meagher | Production Sound Mixer |
| Production | Nicholas Bernstein | Location Manager |
| Lighting | Mike Moyer | Chief Lighting Technician |
| Lighting | David Burnett | Assistant Chief Lighting Technician |
| Lighting | Dustin A. Huber | Electrician |
| Camera | Michael M. Krevitt | First Company Grip |
| Camera | Thomas Wazney | Second Company Grip |
| Camera | Charles W. Wayt | Dolly Grip |
| Lighting | Al Lieberman | Rigging Grip |
| Camera | Joseph E. Bates | Grip |
| Costume & Make-Up | Scott Hersh | Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Linda Lazar | Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | William A. Kohout | Assistant Hairstylist |
| Crew | Ken Estes | Special Effects Coordinator |
| Crew | Fred Cramer | Special Effects |
| Crew | Billy Myatt | Special Effects |
| Art | Miles Teves | Sculptor |
| Art | Thomas Floutz | Sculptor |
| Art | James Kagel | Sculptor |
| Costume & Make-Up | Christopher J. Kristoff | Assistant Costume Designer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Robert Eli Bodford Jr. | Costume Supervisor |
| Costume & Make-Up | Cheryl Cravedi | Costumer |
| Editing | Janice Hampton | Additional Editing |
| Editing | Evan A. Lottman | Additional Editing |
| Editing | Shawna Callahan | First Assistant Editor |
| Editing | Louis Cerborino | First Assistant Editor |
| Crew | Charlie Vogel | Post Production Supervisor |
| Sound | Gerald Donlan | Dialogue Editor |
| Sound | Thomas A. Gulino | Dialogue Editor |
| Sound | Louis Bertini | Dialogue Editor |
| Sound | Hal Levinsohn | Sound Effects Editor |
| Sound | Stan Bochner | Sound Effects Editor |
| Sound | Harriet Fidlow | ADR Editor |
| Sound | Pam DeMetruis-Thomas | ADR Editor |
| Sound | Yvette Nabel | Foley Editor |
| Sound | Anne Pope | Assistant Sound Editor |
| Sound | Michael W. Mitchell | Assistant Sound Editor |
| Sound | Pete Anthony | Orchestrator |
| Sound | Jon Kull | Orchestrator |
| Sound | Mark Kilian | Music Editor |
| Sound | David Bondelevitch | Music Editor |
| Sound | Robert Garrett | Music Editor |
| Sound | Shari Johanson | Music Editor |
| Sound | Sherry Klein | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Sound | Warren Kleiman | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Sound | Frank Morrone | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Sound | Paul Zydel | ADR Mixer |
| Sound | Jill Schachne | Foley Artist |
| Sound | Pamela Kahn | Foley Artist |
| Sound | Timothy Pearson | Foley Artist |
| Art | Joseph Kearney | Construction Coordinator |
| Directing | Lisa M. Rowe | Second Second Assistant Director |
| Crew | Robert Martini | Transportation Captain |
| Crew | Russell Davis | Picture Car Coordinator |
| Directing | Vebe Borge | Second Unit Director |
| Camera | Robert Draper | Second Unit Director of Photography |
| Editing | Stephen R. Sheridan | Color Timer |
| Editing | Gary Burritt | Negative Cutter |
| Sound | Celest Ray | Music Supervisor |
| Editing | Morgan Neville | Assistant Editor |
| Sound | Daniel Licht | Original Music Composer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Greg Cannom | Special Effects Makeup Artist |
| Production | Carolyn Jean White | Production Supervisor |
| Art | Nina Bradford | Set Decoration |
| Camera | Onofrio Nino Pansini | First Assistant Camera |
| Camera | Neil Toussaint | Second Assistant Camera |
| Camera | Aldo Antonelli | Additional Camera |
| Camera | R. Anthony Grippo | Camera Loader |
| Sound | Randall J. Smith | Boom Operator |
| Costume & Make-Up | Neal Martz | Makeup Department Head |
| Costume & Make-Up | Peggy Nicholson | Hair Department Head |
| Crew | Steven D. Romeiro | Special Effects |
| Costume & Make-Up | Robert Laden | Special Effects Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Vincent J. Guastini | Special Effects Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Chris Miller | Costumer |
| Editing | Stewart Sperling | First Assistant Editor |
| Sound | Richard Q. King | Supervising Sound Editor |
| Sound | Stephen Earnhart | Sound Effects Editor |
| Sound | Candice Johnson | Assistant Sound Editor |
| Sound | Bob Edmenson | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Sound | Robert Nichols II | Sound Recordist |
| Sound | Larry Goodwin | Foley Mixer |
| Sound | Carmine Rubino | Foley Mixer |
| Sound | Tim Chilton | Foley Artist |
| Sound | Monette Holderer | Foley Artist |
| Production | Karen True | Extras Casting |