TY - ADVS AU - Burke,Robert AU - Constantine,Michael AU - Galin,Mitchell AU - Holland,Tom AU - Jenney,Lucinda AU - King,Stephen AU - Licht,Daniel AU - Mantegna,Joe AU - McDowell,Michael AU - Rubinstein,Richard P. AU - Van Oostrum,Kees AU - Wuhrer,Kari ED - Olive Films. ED - Spelling Films. TI - Thinner PY - 2012/// CY - [United States] PB - Olive Films KW - Blessing and cursing KW - Drama KW - Food habits KW - Romanies KW - Feature films KW - lcgft KW - Fiction films KW - Horror films N1 - Originally produced as a motion picture in 1996; Title from container; Music, Daniel Licht ; director of photography, Kees Van Oostrum ; screenplay, Michael McDowell, Tom Holland ; director, Tom Holland; Joe Mantegna, Kari Wuhrer, Michael Constantine, Robert John Burke, Lucinda Jenney; MPAA rating: R; for horror violence and gore, language and sexuality N2 - Based on the best-seller, Stephen King's Thinner stars Robert John Burke and Joe Mantegna in a story of supernatural terror and countdown to the ultimate payback. A 109-year old gypsy, hell-bent on revenge, exacts a curse so shocking it compels its victim to gorge himself in an effort to avoid shrinking away to nothingness. With time running out and a torture so bizarre and powerful, even death seems a more likely option ER -