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High Strung (1991)

High Strung poster
Directed by
Roger Nygard
Genre
comedy film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 29m
Rated
PG
Rating
5.9 of 10 from 45 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

This comedy follows Thane Furrows, a children's author who is agoraphobic and hates everything. He lives on cereal and gets annoyed by the smallest things, leading to absurd situations.

quirkyirritableoffbeatcomedicnervousdeadpansatiricaloutrageous

What happens

High Strung is a 1992 American independent comedy film directed by Roger Nygard. It stars Steve Oedekerk (who also wrote the script with Robert Kuhn) as Thane Furrows, an uptight children's author who rarely leaves his house, eats only cereal, and is irritated by everything around him. It also stars Thomas F. Wilson, Fred Willard, Denise Crosby, Jani Lane, and Jim Carrey, and also contains a short cameo appearance by a young Kirsten Dunst. Despite the lack of a release on DVD, High Strung has developed and maintained a strong cult fan base. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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