unstrung

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Her 1995 film Unstrung Heroes - a comedy-drama starring Andie MacDowell, John Turturro and Michael Richards - was selected for Cannes Film Festival's Un Certain Regard, which showcases unique stories by emerging directors.

From BBC • Oct. 11, 2025

Of course, “the unspeakable horror of the literary life” — to borrow Mr. Earbrass’s phrase from Edward Gorey’s “The Unstrung Harp” — is a familiar threnody in the writing biz.

From Washington Post • May 25, 2022

Which is where Sid's brothers--the Unstrung Heroes of this movie's title--come in.

From Time Magazine Archive

Unstrung backstage, as it happened, where he had to dash to repair a snapped string.

From Time Magazine Archive

When sinking nature asks our kind repairs, Unstrung the nerves, and silver’d o’er the hairs; When stay’d reflection came uncall’d at last, And gray experience counts each folly past!

From Calamities and Quarrels of Authors by Disraeli, Isaac