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Thinner
Synopsis
The plot of Thinner concerns massively overweight lawyer Billy Halleck (Robert John Burke), who is receiving an oral gift from his wife (Lucinda Jenney) while driving down the street one night, when he becomes so carried away that he runs over an old Gypsy woman (Irma St. Paule), killing her. Nobody in town likes the traveling Gypsies much, so Halleck's pals -- a judge and a cop -- cover up the incident. After the cover-up, the dead woman's father, Tadzu Lempke (Michael Constantine), touches Halleck's face and whispers thinner. Pretty soon, Halleck is losing weight at an incredible rate of more than 40 pounds a week. He tries everything, but learns that Lempke is the only man who can remove the curse. In the meantime, the judge dies of a mysterious skin ailment, and the cop commits suicide. When begging and pleading with Lempke doesn't work, Halleck turns to more drastic methods of persuasion.~ Robert Firsching, All Movie Guide
Full Credits
  • Director:
    Tom Holland, Tom Holland,
  • Writer:
    Tom Holland,
  • Producer:
    Richard P. Rubinstein, Mitchell Galin,
  • Cinematographer:
    Kees Van Øostrum,
  • Editor:
    Marc Laub,
  • Executive Producer:
    Stephen F. Kesten,
  • Cast:
    Robert John Burke, Joe Mantegna, Michael Constantine, Bethany Joy Lenz, Lucinda Jenney, Kari Wuhrer, John Horton,
  • Associate Producer:
    Randy Jurgensen, A. Welch Lambeth,
  • Assistant Editor:
    Morgan Neville,
  • First Assistant Director:
    Michael Green,
  • Second Assistant Director:
    Sean McCarron,
  • Second Second Assistant Director:
    Lisa M. Rowe,
  • Supervising Sound Editor:
    Richard Q. King,
  • Camera Operator:
    Stephen Collins,
  • Script Supervisor:
    Tricia Ronten,
  • ADR Mixer:
    Paul J. Zydel,
  • Boom Operator:
    Randall J. Smith,
  • Construction Coordinator:
    Joseph Kearney,
  • First Assistant Camera:
    Onofrio Nino Pansini,
  • Location Manager:
    Nicholas Bernstein,
  • Production Sound Mixer:
    Jay Meagher,
  • Sound Effects Editor:
    Stephen Earnhart, Hal Levinsohn, Stan Bochner,
  • Assistant Hairstylist:
    William A. Kohout,
  • Stunts:
    Brad Orrison, Joie Chitwood Jr., Erik Stabenau, Tony Guida, Kristi Frankenheimer, Jay Caputo, Lynn Salvatori, Bernie Pock, Michael Haynes, Joey Box,
  • Foley Mixer:
    Carmine Rubino, Larry Goodwin,
  • Foley Artist:
    Monett Holderer, Jill Schachne, Timothy Pearson, Tim Chilton, Pamela Kahn,
  • Makeup Artist:
    Linda Lazar, Scott Hersh,
  • Costumer:
    Cheryl Cravedi, Chris Miller,
  • Assistant Sound Editor:
    Michael W. Mitchell, Anne Pope, Candice Johnson,
  • Casting:
    Leonard Finger,
  • Sound Re-Recording Mixer:
    Frank Morrone, Warren Kleiman, Sherry Klein, Bob Edmenson,
  • First Assistant Editor:
    Louis Cerborino, Shawna Callahan, Stewart Sperling,
  • Dialogue Editor:
    Louis Bertini, Gerald Donlan, Thomas A. Gulino,
  • Special Effects:
    Steven D. Romeiro, Billy Myatt, Fred Cramer,
  • Post Production Supervisor:
    Michael Q. Martin, Charlie Vogel,
  • Orchestrator:
    Pete Anthony, Jon Kull,
  • Set Decoration:
    Nina Bradford,
  • Transportation Captain:
    Robert Martini,
  • Novel:
    Stephen King,
  • Costume Supervisor:
    Robert Eli Bodford Jr.,
  • Special Effects Makeup Artist:
    Robert Laden, Greg Cannom, Vincent J. Guastini,
  • Second Unit Director of Photography:
    Robert Draper,
  • Costume Design:
    Ha Nguyen,
  • Additional Camera:
    Aldo Antonelli,
  • Music Editor:
    David Bondelevitch, Mark Kilian, Shari Johanson, Robert Garrett,
  • Production Design:
    Laurence Bennett,
  • Second Assistant Camera:
    Neil Toussaint,
  • Screenplay:
    Michael McDowell, Tom Holland,
  • Sound Recordist:
    Robert Nichols II,
  • Additional Editing:
    Evan A. Lottman, Janice Hampton,
  • Steadicam Operator:
    Stephen Collins,
  • Art Direction:
    Chuck Parker,
  • Unit Production Manager:
    Stephen F. Kesten,
  • Picture Car Coordinator:
    Russell Davis,
  • First Company Grip:
    Michael M. Krevitt,
  • Grip:
    Joseph E. Bates,
  • Color Timer:
    Stephen R. Sheridan,
  • Production Supervisor:
    Carolyn Jean White,
  • Chief Lighting Technician:
    Mike Moyer,
  • Camera Loader:
    R. Anthony Grippo,
  • ADR Editor:
    Pam DeMetruis-Thomas, Harriet Fidlow,
  • Second Company Grip:
    Thomas Wazney,
  • Dolly Grip:
    Charles W. Wayt,
  • Music Supervisor:
    Celest Ray,
  • Sculptor:
    Thomas Floutz, Miles Teves, James Kagel,
  • Makeup Department Head:
    Neal Martz,
  • Original Music Composer:
    Daniel Licht,
  • Hair Department Head:
    Peggy Nicholson,
  • Foley Editor:
    Yvette Nabel,
  • Stunt Coordinator:
    Bud Davis,
  • Second Unit Director:
    Vebe Borge,
  • Assistant Costume Designer:
    Christopher J. Kristoff,
  • Special Effects Coordinator:
    Ken Estes,
  • Rigging Grip:
    Al Lieberman,
  • Extras Casting:
    Karen True,
  • Negative Cutter:
    Gary Burritt,
  • Assistant Chief Lighting Technician:
    David Burnett,
  • Electrician:
    Dustin A. Huber,

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