High Strung is a comedy film first released in 1991 in the USA, starring Steve Oedekerk as the protagonist Thane Furrows. The comedy follows Thane Furrows, an extremely cynical children's book writer who is haunted by his own paranoia. Jim Carrey makes several appearances throughout the film.
High Strung is an independent film created by O Entertainment founder Steve Oedekerk, and released on VHS by Rocket Pictures. It stars Oedekerk as Thane Furrows, an uptight man who rarely leaves his house and is irritated by everything around him. The film also stars Thomas F. Wilson,Fred Willard,Denise Crosby, and Jim Carrey, and is notable for 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.
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 Written by Anonymous
