"HIGH STRUNG" stars comedian Steve Oedekerk, with Thomas F. Wilson ("BACK TO THE FUTURE"), Denise Crosby ("STAR TREK, THE NEXT GENERATION"), Fred Willard ("FERNWOOD TONIGHT"), Jani Lane (Lead singer for the rock band "Warrant"), Kirsten Dunst ("INTERVIEW WITH THE VAMPIRE"), and James Carrey ("IN LIVING COLOR," "ACE VENTURA").

The film was shot in two and a half weeks, and funded independently. It has an optical soundtrack recorded in UltraStereo. The running time is 93 minutes.

"HIGH STRUNG" Newspaper And Film Festival Quotes

"...dark and original."
"...Steve Oedekerk is hilarious...."

Glenn Lovell
San Jose MERCURY NEWS

"...inventive camerawork and extremely funny monologues...."
"...cruelly funny...."

Richard von Busack
Santa Clara Valley METRO

"...screamingly funny...."
"A hilariously logical feature-length rant...."

The 16th CLEVELAND INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL

"...Oedekerk's obsessive-compulsive diatribes are the comic equivalent of the Jimi Hendrix National Anthem: blazing riffs on the ordinary that shoot off into the outrageous. It's stratospheric comedy."

Joanna Connors
THE PLAIN DEALER, Cleveland

"...laugh-out-loud hilarious."

Jay Boyar
Orlando, Florida SENTINEL

"...amazingly inventive...."

PACIFIC NEWS & REVIEW, Palm Springs
"...[It] will take you for a ride not unlike a 90-minute aerobics workout."
"The script is full of smirks, chuckles and out-right belly laughs."

The Third PALM SPRINGS INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL

"...a fresh, often hilarious new film."
"With Oedekerk's deft performance at center stage, director Roger Nygard maintains an appropriately furious pace of quirky humor and growing suspense."

The 22nd USA FILM FESTIVAL, Dallas, Texas

"...a frenetic comedy about an embittered paranoid...."
"The film starts out in fourth gear and remains there...."
"...wonderful production design, lighting, and clever, mobile camerawork...."

Bob Zeidman
CUE MAGAZINE, San Francisco

"HIGH STRUNG"
Credits

Cast
(In order of appearance)

Thane Furrows.........Steve Oedekerk
Boss.....................Ed Williams
Melanie................Denise Crosby
Insurance Salesman......Fred Willard
Mother...................Toni Sawyer
Al..................Thomas F. Wilson
Game Show Host.............Paul Ryan
Contestant................Ivy Austin
Vol........................Jani Lane
Limo Driver......Mark Eugene Roberts
Young Girl.............Kirsten Dunst

Directed by
Roger Nygard

Produced by
Roger Nygard & Rubin M. Mendoza

Executive Producers
Vladimir Horunzhy
Sergei Zholobetsky

Co-Producer
Cirina Hampton

Written by
Steve Oedekerk
Robert Kuhn
Director of Photography
Alan Oltman

Editor
Tom Siiter

Musical Score
Vladimir Horunzhy

Casting
Ellie Kanner

Production Designer
Richard London

Associate Producer......Scott Nimerfro
Production Manager......Peter Carlos
First Assistant Director......Tom Koranda
Second Assistant Director......Christina McKinlay
Script Supervisor......Karin Liebrand
Wardrobe......Susan Watanabe
Make-up and Hair......Vicki Toler
First Assistant Camera......Jim Zabilla
Second Assistant Camera......Jonathan Payne

Gaffer......Dave Palm
Key Grip......Sev Perman
Best Electric......David Doyle
Best Grip......Joe Thompson
Swing......George Wells
Steadicam......Ricardo Gale
Camera Assistants......Jonathan LaForge
Scott Mantecon
Carisa Kaplan
Sound Mixer......Pat Toma
Boom Operator......Mark Korba

Publicity......The Hampton Group
Publicity Assistant......Christopher Marz
Still Photographers......Laurie Stoll
Eddie Hernandez
Alex Arco
Construction Coordinator......Ray Dorn
Construction Foreman......Jerry Burt
Stage Manager......Julia Galindez
Set Painters......Joe & Hillary House
Assistant Set Dresser......Suszee "Q" Wilson

Production Coordinator......Christina McKinlay
Production Assistants......Jamie Blake
Korey Cauchon
Belinda Hernandez
Michael Melamed
Tim Randazzo
Oliver Simonsen
Andre Smith
Assistant to the Director......Brian Broussard
Casting Assistant......Hillary Sacks
Craft Services......Craft Services Plus
Catering......Something Special
Fly Sculptures......Rand Bohn
Video Segments......Peter Carlos
Computer Phone......Joey Plager

Book Illustrations......The Illustration Station
Flies Provided by......The Pet Circus
Limousines & Transportation......Avalon
Insurance......De Witt Stern
Legal Services......Steven Lowy
Cameras and Lenses......Ultravision
Laboratory......Image Transform Inc.
Color Timer......Robert Beverly
Post Production Facilities......J R Post
Negative Cutter......Steve Caldwell/J R Post
Digital Editing System......EMC2
Mattes and Animation......Kenimation
Opticals......Jerry Kitz
Visions Productions

Rerecorded at......Columbia Studios

Supervising Sound Editor......Lee Dragu

Sound Editors......Craig Rosevear
John Sisti
Ed Barton
Harry Cheney
Assistant Sound Editors......Joe Schwartz
Devin Joseph
Allan Potter
Foley Artists......Zane Bruce
Jim Moriana
Foley Mixer......Stanley B. Carr
ADR Mixer......Howard London
Music Mixer......Andy Mackenzie
Director of Sound Services......Richard Branca
Prelay/Editorial Supervisor......Barry Snyder
Prelay Assistant......Deborah Samos
Rerecording Mixers......Neil Brody
Bob Edmondson
Leonard Petersen
Recordist......Rody Hassano

Special Thanks to:
Raphael Berko
Stephen Blake
Blue Q and Flat Fido
Jeff Brush and Dave Dinwiddie
John Cipola
Karey Clarke
Ron Deveaux
Keith Dixon
Mark Doll
Blake Fendrich
Jim Flinn--AVP
Jerry and Kitty
Heidi Richman
The Scanlon Family
David Terry
Anthony Santa Croce and Tony To
Ascato Entertainment
Marie and Ray Dorn
The Hollywood Stage
Denise M. Braeger
Lord Corporation--Industrial Products Division
Producers Communication, St. Louis Missouri
Unsung Heroes Grip Equipment
and
Marika Sentivanyi

"Revelations" & "Nostradamus" & "Insanity"
Written by Frank Hawk and John Philpott
Performed by SINISTER

"Not So Close"
Written by Sergei Zholobetsky
Performed by THE MEN

"Wound up Woman"
Written by Tom Lieberman, Andy Morantz,
and Jeff Copeland
Performed by Andy Morantz and Tom Lieberman

The characters and incidents portrayed and the names used herein are
fictitious, and any similarity to the name, character or history of any
person or entity is entirely coincidental and unintentional.

This motion picture is protected under the laws of the United States and
other countries and its unauthorized duplication, distribution, or exhibition
may result in civil liability and criminal prosecution.