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n. (loose cannon English) vb. (en-third-person singularloose cannon)
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Loose Cannons is a 1990 comedy film, written by Richard Matheson, Richard Christian Matheson and Bob Clark, who also directed the film. The film is about a hard-nosed cop who is teamed up with a detective with multiple-personality disorder to uncover a long-lost Nazi sex tape, featuring Adolf Hitler, which would jeopardize the political future of the German chancellor-elect.
The film stars Dan Aykroyd, Gene Hackman, and Dom DeLuise. The theme song features vocals by Katey Sagal and Aykroyd. The film was released by Tri-Star Pictures on February 9, 1990 and, upon its release, was a critical and financial disaster, bringing in only $5.5 million worldwide on a $15 million budget.
Loose Cannons is a 2010 Italian comedy film directed by Ferzan Özpetek. Özpetek also wrote the script, with the help of Ivan Cotroneo, while Domenico Procacci served as a producer. The film stars Riccardo Scamarcio, Alessandro Preziosi, Nicole Grimaudo, Lunetta Savino, Ennio Fantastichini and Ilaria Occhini.
Loose Cannons premiered on 13 February 2010 at the 60th Berlin International Film Festival. The following month, it was theatrically released in Italy, Switzerland and Turkey. In the United States, the film premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival on 28 April 2010, where it won the Special Jury Prize. It would subsequently be released at the Seattle International Film Festival, Provincetown International Film Festival and Palm Springs International Film Festival. In October 2010, the film was screened at the London Film Festival.
Loose Cannons was highly praised by film critics. It was nominated for thirteen David di Donatello Awards, including for the Best Film, winning the Best Supporting Actor for Ennio Fantastichini and the Best Supporting Actress for Ilaria Occhini. The film also earned six out of eleven nominations at the Nastro d'Argento Awards.
Usage examples of "loose cannons".
In his state of mind God knows what he'd do if he even had an inkling of such a connection, and we don't need any loose cannons.
He couldn't believe that these two loose cannons were in on the LAPD loop.
Any group who could penetrate security as if it didn't exist and use their stolen data to mount such meticulous, lethal attacks couldn't be mere loose cannons.
He didn't need any loose cannons rolling about the city, especially now.
I'm sure you get a lot of loose cannons rolling in here and you're supposed to filter them all out.
It would be wiser to think things out in my garage, where other loose cannons from my past were unlikely to interrupt me.
Simcor Beddle was a man willing to set loose cannons in motion, if the potential benefit outweighed the danger.
Pilots supported each other, worked as a team, not as loose cannons with their own agendas.