An overweight, big-shot attorney enters into a losing compact with a vengeful gypsy, resulting to his brief joy in a dramatic and persistent loss of unwanted pounds. Based on the book by best-selling author Stephen King.

Billy Halleck, a 300-pound lawyer, kills a gypsy due to his negligent driving. But thanks to some false evidence, the judge lets Halleck go. However, the deceased's father, a 109-year-old gypsy king, takes justice into his own hands by putting a horrible, ironic curse on the obese man.
Soon, through no effort of his own, Billy becomes thinner. And thinner. And thinner. While this seems like a godsend at first, the hex put on Billy quickly becomes a living nightmare -- with no end in sight...

Released theatrically in the USA October 25, 1996.

Color by DeLuxe.

Additional cast: John Horton (Judge Cary Rossington); Joy Lentz (Linda Halleck) and Jeff Ware (Max Duggenfield).

Excerpt: "I'm being erased!" -- Billy Halleck (ROBERT JOHN BURKE)

DVD Features:

Region 1
Keep Case - Sensormatic
Letterboxed - 1.85
Audio:
Dolby Digital 5.1 - English
THX Certified
Additional Release Material:
Featurette - 1. The Magic of Special Effects Make-Up
Audio Commentary - 1. Tom Holland - Director, Joe Mantegna - Star

Robert John Burke: Actor/Hartley regular
Joe Mantegna: American Actor
Kari Wuhrer: Actress/"Beastmaster 2"

Tom Holland: American Director/Screenwriter

Richard P. Rubinstein: Producer
Mitchell Galin: Producer

Tom Holland: American Director/Screenwriter
Michael McDowell: Screenwriter

Dan Licht: Composer, ANATOMY OF A HATE CRIME (2001)