Thinner (film)

Thinner
Theatrical release poster
Directed byTom Holland
Screenplay by
Based onThinner
by Richard Bachman[a]
Produced by
Starring
CinematographyKees Van Oostrum
Edited byMarc Laub
Music byDaniel Licht
Production
company
Distributed by
Release date
  • October 25, 1996 (1996-10-25)
Running time
92 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$8 million[1]
Box office$15.3 million (domestic)[2]

Thinner (marketed as Stephen King's Thinner) is a 1996 American body horror film directed by Tom Holland and written by Michael McDowell and Holland. The film is based on Stephen King's 1984 novel of the same name (which he wrote under the pseudonym Richard Bachman) and stars Robert John Burke and Joe Mantegna. In the film, an obese lawyer who accidentally kills a Romani woman is cursed by the woman's father to rapidly lose weight.

Thinner was released in the United States on October 25, 1996, by Paramount Pictures. It received mostly negative reviews and grossed $15.3 million against a budget of $8 million.

Producer Mitchell Gallin regarded the script as the best he had ever worked with but thought the final film did not do it justice.[3]


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  1. ^ "Thinner (1996)". movierewind.com. Movie Rewind. 29 May 2019.
  2. ^ "Stephen King's Thinner (1996)". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved September 11, 2009.
  3. ^ "Bonus Episode: Interview with Mitchell Galin, Producer of CREEPSHOW 2". New World Pictures Podcast. 21 April 2022.