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  1. 09-Sep-2021 #1
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    RIP Michael Constantine

    https://www.nytimes.com/2021/09/08/o...ies-at-94.html

    To me, he will always be best remembered as the creepy Gypsy King Tadzu Lempke in the movie version of Stephen King's Thinner.

    "Why wasn't you watching, white man from town? Why wasn't you watching?" (because -and I suspect you also know this through your mysterious supernatural talents, old man- his kinky wife was giving him a blow-job while he was at the wheel. So, give the dude a break and take your fucking deadly curse off of him already!)
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    Quote Originally Posted by JDP View Post
    https://www.nytimes.com/2021/09/08/o...ies-at-94.html

    To me, he will always be best remembered as the creepy Gypsy King Tadzu Lempke in the movie version of Stephen King's Thinner.

    "Why wasn't you watching, white man from town? Why wasn't you watching?" (because -and I suspect you also know this through your mysterious supernatural talents, old man- his kinky wife was giving him a blow-job while he was at the wheel. So, give the dude a break and take your fucking deadly curse off of him already!)
    I never saw "Thinner". I loved the book. Is the film worth a watch?
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    Quote Originally Posted by Neil View Post
    I never saw "Thinner". I loved the book. Is the film worth a watch?
    I liked it; some people didn't, but these usually are the very nitpicky type of Stephen King fan who are almost never happy with any screen adaptation of any of his stories.

    The cast includes some very recognizable names, like Joe Mantegna and the already mentioned Michael Constantine, as well as ones from character actors that you might not be very familiar with but the very second you see them you go: "Hey, it's that guy/gal!", like Peter Maloney ("Bennings" in John Carpenter's The Thing!) and Lucinda Jenney (the hooker in the hilarious sequence at the casino bar in Rain Man!) Stephen King himself makes an appearance in the film (as the pharmacist.)
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    Quote Originally Posted by Neil View Post
    I never saw "Thinner". I loved the book. Is the film worth a watch?
    Yeah I only ever read the book. As a kid no less! Remember liking it quite a bit.
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