While I have not read the novel The Pigman by Paul Zindel in a few years, I would love to see a movie adaptation of it. If I were to cast the movie at the time (or within a few years) I might have cast a young John Cusack as John. He’s always been a good actor, and I think he could play the conflicted hero. I would have cast Brian Dennehy as Mr. Pignatti. He’s a great actor and is capable of playing a wide range of characters. Lorraine is a little more difficult. A younger Juliette Lewis might have worked.