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| Title: | Thinner |
| Genres: | Horror |
| Directed by: | Tom Holland |
| Written by: | Tom Holland; Michael McDowell |
| Produced by: | Andrew Golov; Richard P. Rubinstein; Mitchell Galin; Randy Jurgensen |
| Music by: | Daniel Licht |
| Cinematography: | Kees Van Oostrum |
| Edited by: | Janice Hampton; Marc Laub |
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| Distributed by: | Paramount Pictures |
| Released: | October 25th, 1996 |
| Rating: | R |
| Running time: | 93 min. |
| Country: | USA |
| Language: | English |
| Budget: | $8,500,000 [1] |
| Gross: | $15,171,475 (US) [1] |
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Thinner is an American horror film of the supernatural thriller subgenre. It is based on the 1984 novel of the same name by author Stephen King, who wrote under the pen name of Richard Bachman. The film was directed by Tom Holland with a script written by Michael McDowell. It was produced by Paramount Pictures and released theatrically in the United States on October 25th, 1996. The film stars Robert John Burke as Billy Halleck, Lucinda Jenney as Heidi Halleck, Joy Lenz as Linda Halleck, Joe Mantegna as crime boss Richie Ginelli, Michael Constantine as ancient Gypsy Tadzu Lempke, and Kari Wuhrer as Gina Lempke.
Plot[]
Cast[]
| Actor | Role |
|---|---|
| Robert John Burke | Billy Halleck |
| Lucinda Jenney | Heidi Halleck |
| Joy Lenz | Linda Halleck |
| Time Winters | Prosecutor |
| Howard Erskine | Judge Phillips |
| Joe Mantegna | Richie Ginelli |
| Terrence Garney | Bailiff |
| Randy Jurgensen | Court clerk |
| Jeff Ware | Max Duggenfield |
| Antonette Schwartzberg | Mama Ginelli |
| Terrence Kava | Gabe Lempke |
| Kari Wuhrer | Gina Lempke |
| Adriana Dephine | Gyspy woman |
| Ruth Miller | Billy's secretary |
| Walter Bobbie | Kirk Penschley |
| John Horton | Judge Cary Rossington |
| Daniel von Bargen | Chief Duncan Hopley |
| Michael Constantine | Tadzu Lempke |
| Irma St. Paule | Suzanne Lempke |
| Stephen King | Pharmacist |
| Sam Freed | Doctor Mike Houston |
| Elizabeth Franz | Leda Rossington |
| Patrick Farrelly | Henry Halliwell |
| Bridget Marks | Ginelli bar girl |
| Mitchell Greenberg | Male clinic doctor |
| Angela Pietropinto | Female clinic doctor |
| Michael Walker | Clinic waiter |
| Ed Wheeler | Detective Deevers |
| Peter Maloney | Biff Quigley |
| Robert Fitch, Sr. | Flash Enders |
| Sean Hewitt | "Dr" Fander |
| Josh Holland | Frank Spurton |
| Allelon Ruggiero | Delivery boy |
Appearances[]
Characters
Locations
Items
Animals
Vocations
Explicit content
Miscellaneous
- Amusement park
- Church
- Corpse
- Curse
- Dead animals
- Disfigurement
- Dream
- Eye injuries
- Gunshot victims
- Gypsies
- Stabbings
- Suicide
Notes[]
- Thinner (1996) and Stephen King's Thinner both redirect to this page.
- Production on Thinner began on August 16th, 1995. Principal photography concluded on November 6th, 1995. [1]
- Actress Bethany Joy Lenz is credited as Joy Lenz in this film.
- Actor Terence Kava's name is mis-spelled Terrence Kava in this film.
- Actor Michael Kevin Walker is credited as Michael Walker in this film.
- Actor Robert Fitch is credited as Robert Fitch, Sr. in this film.
- This is Tom Holland's third horror film as a director. He is also known for his work directing films such as Fright Night in 1985, Child's Play in 1988 and four episodes of the Tales from the Crypt anthology series.
- Joe Mantegna not only plays Ritchie "The Hammer" Ginelli in the film. He was the narrator for the audiobook of "Thinner".
Recommendations[]
1990s horror films
External Links[]
References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 IMDB; Thinner (1996); Box office & business.
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