Movie
High Strung
Overview
Thane Furrows, an extremely cynical but unintentionally hilarious children's book writer, wakes up one morning, and, since pretty much everyone and everything annoys him, begins another day of complaining to himself. However, the day proves to be much different than normal when Thane begins to recieve strange phone calls, letters, and voices in his head, all indicating that something will happen at 8 o'clock. As the day goes on, Thane rants and raves about the things that annoy him, as the clock slowly ticks closer and closer to his destiny.
Details
- Release date
- 1992-01-08
- Runtime
- 94 min
- Genres
- Comedy
- Status
- Released
- Production
- Rocket Pictures, Film Brigade
- Country
- United States of America
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Steve Oedekerk as Thane Furrows
- Thomas F. Wilson as Al
- Denise Crosby as Melanie
- Fred Willard as Insurance Salesman
- Jani Lane as Vol
- Kirsten Dunst as Young Girl
- Ed Williams as Boss
- Toni Sawyer as Mother
- Paul Ryan as Game Show Host
- Ivy Austin as Contestant
- Mark Roberts as Limo Driver
- Jim Carrey as Death (uncredited)
Crew
- Roger Nygard - Director
- Robert Kuhn - Writer
- Steve Oedekerk - Writer
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