Thinner

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Thinner is a 1996 horror film based on Stephen King’s novel of the same name, following a cursed lawyer who rapidly and uncontrollably loses weight after a hit-and-run accident.

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adaptationOf Thinner (novel) NERFINISHED
authorOfSourceWork Stephen King NERFINISHED
basedOn Thinner (novel) NERFINISHED
cinematographer Kees Van Oostrum NERFINISHED
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
director Tom Holland NERFINISHED
distributor Paramount Pictures
editor Janice Hampton NERFINISHED
genre horror
supernatural horror
hasTagline Let the curse fit the crime. NERFINISHED
hasTheme body horror
curse
guilt
retribution
mainCharacter Billy Halleck NERFINISHED
medium theatrical film
mpaaRating R
musicBy Daniel Licht NERFINISHED
narrativeDevice supernatural curse causing rapid weight loss
originalLanguage English
plotSummary A lawyer is cursed by a Romani elder after a hit-and-run accident and begins to lose weight uncontrollably.
producer Mitchell Galin NERFINISHED
Tom Holland NERFINISHED
productionCompany Paramount Pictures NERFINISHED
Spelling Films NERFINISHED
protagonistOccupation lawyer
publicationYearOfSourceWork 1984
releaseDateUS 1996-10-25
releaseYear 1996
runtimeMinutes 92
screenwriter Jack Ketchum NERFINISHED
Michael McDowell NERFINISHED
Tom Holland NERFINISHED
setting Maine NERFINISHED
sourceWorkAuthorPseudonym Richard Bachman NERFINISHED
sourceWorkAuthorRealName Stephen King NERFINISHED
stars Bethany Joy Lenz NERFINISHED
Joe Mantegna NERFINISHED
Kari Wuhrer NERFINISHED
Lucinda Jenney NERFINISHED
Michael Constantine NERFINISHED
Robert John Burke NERFINISHED

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