Thinner : A prominent member of local society, Billy Halleck , a 300-pound lawyer, is self-conscious about his waistline, but his extra pounds don't interfere in the courtroom, where his latest case won the acquittal  and gratitude of Mafioso Richie Ginelli. He negligently, though accidentally, runs down an old Gypsy woman. He conspires with influential friends and with some false evidence, the judge lets Halleck go. Billy may have evaded punishment in the courts, but he can't escape justice at the hands of the victim's ancient father, a 109-year-old gypsy king Tadzu Lempke, who lays a Gypsy curse on him that shrivels not only his body but his heart as well. As Billy begins to waste away, he pleads with Ginelli to help him force Lempke to life the curse. The gangster's brutal way of dealing with Lempke and his fellow Gypsies, however, pushes the increasingly emaciated Billy farther down the path of spiritual decay.  Starring Robert John Burke, Joe Mantegna, Lucinda Jenney. Released 1996.

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