Let the curse fit the crime.
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.
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Classical in form, contemporary, unpretentious and grave.
- classical in formformally daring
- contemporarynostalgic
- unpretentiousprestige
- gravecomic
- resolvedopen-ended
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Cast
- Robert John BurkeBilly Halleck
- Michael ConstantineTadzu Lempke
- Lucinda JenneyHeidi Halleck
- Kari WührerGina Lempke
- John HortonCary Rossington
- Sam FreedMike Houston
- Daniel von BargenDuncan Hopley
- Joe MantegnaRichie Ginelli
- Elizabeth FranzLeda Rossington
- Walter BobbieKirk Penschley
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- Tom HollandDirector
- Tom HollandScreenplay
- Michael McDowellScreenplay
- Stephen KingNovel
- Kees Van OostrumDirector of Photography
- Daniel LichtOriginal Music Composer
- Marc LaubEditor
- Mitchell GalinProducer
- Richard P. RubinsteinProducer
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