Robert john burke in thinner 1996 stephen king and tom holland in. Thinner 1996 thinner has a fun horror premise, where an obese lawyer is cursed by a gypsy to rapidly lose weight until he wastes away. Now that the losers club has reunited to kill the evil of pennywise the clown once and for all in the second chapter of it, awfully good movies is going back to another horrific stephen king. Note that aside from creepshow 2, it chapter two, and doctor sleep, the sequels are only tangentially related to stephen kings work. Our lookbacks at the screen adaptations of stephen king find us at thinner, starring robert john burke. For every great film green mile, shawshank redemption, shining there are some real piles of rubbish. List of adaptations of works by stephen king wikipedia. When attorney billy halleck is cursed by a gypsy, he drops from 300 to 100 pounds very quickly.
Doctor sleep 2019 writer based on the novel by in the tall grass 2019. With time running out and a torture so bizarre and powerful, even death seems a more likely option. Stephen king has one of the worst track records for film adaptations. Thinner is a 1996 film adaptation of the novel of the same name by richard bachman, who was later revealed to be stephen king. Stephen kings thinner 1996 cast and crew moviefone.
Im not exactly sure what stephen king was on when he wrote this story, but i do know he was on something because the amount of outrageous sht that happens within the 92 minutes of this film puts it in the upper echelon of absurdity. Based on stephen kings novel, an obese attorney is cursed after accidentally killing a gypsy woman, causing him to uncontrollably lose weight. Like too many stephen king movies, thinner is all emaciated concept and no. The film is based on the bestselling novel by stephen king writing as. Stephen edwin king born september 21, 1947 is an american author of horror, supernatural fiction, suspense, and fantasy novels. It is based around an obese smalltown lawyer, billy halleck robert burke, who has a curse put on him by a gypsy michael constantine, after running over his daughter with his car. It was directed by tom holland, of childs play and fright night fame, who earlier directed the film adaptation of the langoliers. I always disliked the addition the screenwriter added to the great finale in the book wherein billy eats the pie himself, especially that terrible last s.
The film is based on the bestselling novel by stephen king writing as richard bachman. The film is well done, faithful and definitely full of rhythm, even if the format length makes the chase a little bit short. Robert john burke, joe mantegna, lucinda jenney now that the losers club has reunited to. Billy feels that his life is running out and asks for help to ritchie to convince tadzu using his method to call off the jinx. Thinner is quite frankly an underrated stephen king adaptation and it definitely is worth seeing if you love kings work. All stephen king movies ranked, from worst to best. The film is based on stephen king s 1984 novel of the same name and stars robert john burke, joe mantegna, lucinda jenney, michael constantine, kari wuhrer, and bethany joy lenz. Every stephen king movie ranked, from worst to best.
His recent work includes the institute, elevation, the outsider, sleeping beauties cowritten with his son owen king, and the bill hodges trilogy. Theres a lot of its an interesting premise and a decent story. Hij verfilmde hiervoor het gelijknamige boek van stephen king uit 1984. A poor adaptation of the early stephen king novel, itself a variation on the scifi classic the incredible shrinking man. The movieclips channel is the largest collection of licensed movie clips on the web. King has published 61 novels including seven under the pen name. Thinner is one of those extreme short novels by richard bachman, a.
Yes, there were extenuating circumstances, but halleck was to blame and through his connections got off scot free. Tom hollands thinner is a shameful stephen king adaptation that seems to mock the story rather than tell it properly. Billy weighs around 300 pounds and is struggling to lose weight for. This is a list of media based on work by stephen king including the richard bachman titles. An obese attorney finds himself the unwilling subject of a horrifying weightloss plan when he is cursed by a vengeful gypsy. He brings to life attorney william halleck, a man who hit and killed a gypsy woman with his car. Find out when and where you can watch stephen kings thinner on tv with the full listings schedule at. A list of stephen kings movietv appearances, organized alphabetically. Halleck begins to lose weight uncontrollably and must pursue the band of gypsies who are responsible for his dwindling condition. Overweight halleck is a lawyer with connections, though, and gets off with a slap on the wrist. It was the last novel king released under the richard bachman pseudonym. Billy halleck, an arrogant and morbidly obese lawyer in connecticut, has recently fought an agonizing court case in which he was charged with vehicular manslaughter. Stephen kings thinner is the terrifying 1996 adaptation of the popular king novel, directed by celebrated horror filmmaker tom holland fright night, childs play, the langoliers.
In the movie, billy kills himself and the doctor who he thought was having an affair with his wife. Thinner is a 1996 american body horror film directed by tom holland and written by michael mcdowell and holland. A 109yearold gypsy, hellbent on revenge, exacts a curse so shocking it compels its victim to gorge himself in an effort to avoid shrinking away to nothingness. Meet the cast and learn more about the stars of stephen kings thinner with exclusive news, pictures, videos and more at. Thinner is one of the books written under stephen kings pseudonym richard bachman, and it has the rather dubious honour of being the only book by king that i properly dislike.
This is an entertaining film that should appeal to horror fans. Released october 25th, 1996, stephen kings thinner stars robert john burke, joe mantegna, michael constantine, lucinda jenney the r movie has a runtime of about 1 hr 32 min, and received a. A list of stephen kings movies, organized alphabetically. Even the films director tom holland disliked it, as it did not have. Stephen kings thinner 1996 movie theaters moviefone. Stephen kings thinner a 109yearold gypsy, hellbent on revenge, exacts a curse so shocking it compels its victim to gorge himself in an effort to avoid shrinking away to nothingness. After his trial, the womans husband, tadzu lempke michael constantine, curses him with a single word, thinner. A 109yearold gypsy, hellbent on revenge, exacts a curse so shocking it compels its victim to gorge himself in an effort to avoid shrinking away. Robert john burke, joe mantegna, lucinda jenney, joy lenz, kari. Thinner is a 1984 novel by american horror writer stephen king, published under his pseudonym richard bachman. Some have poohpoohed it, but i found it pretty enjoyable. Stephen king is the author of more than sixty books, all of them worldwide bestsellers. This film is based on the bestselling novel by stephen king and is about without giving too much away. Revisited it recently n found it to b darkly comical but not horrific at all.
Billy halleck is an obese, upper class lawyer living in the fictional maine suburb of fairview. A bland, weightless horror film that seems to want to mock itself as the proceedings drag on. Billy gets thinner and thinner and while seeking out tadzu to ask him to remove the spell, he suspects that his wife is having an affair with his doctor and friend mike houston. Stephen kings thinner movie tv listings and schedule tv. I was bored for most of the other half of this movie, despite it only being about 90. I first saw this in regal theater, south mumbai in the 90s. Sadly, the movie itself is too meanspirited to enjoy, aside from the blackly ironic note it ends on.
Stephen king, no matter what name hes writing under, is so good at developing characters. Thinner is een horrorfilm uit 1996 van regisseur tom holland. Thinner, stephen king thinner is a 1984 novel by stephen king, published under his pseudonym richard bachman. King has a lot of interesting works out there that would do well as a movie, but thinner. Stephen kings thinner, commonly mistaken for a mediocre movie, is in fact a craptastic masterpiece. Although this is one of those stephen king adaptions where one has to wonder if it would have been better off just staying as a book. The screenplay was written by american screenwriters michael mcdowell and tom holland who also directed the movie. Thinner marketed as stephen kings thinner is a 1996 american body horror film directed by tom holland and written by michael mcdowell and holland.
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