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Release Date:
14 June 1996 (USA) moreTagline:
Once you let him into your house, you'll never get him out of your life! morePlot:
A lonely and disturbed cable guy raised on television just wants a new friend, but his target, a designer, rejects him, with bad consequences. full summary | full synopsisAwards:
3 wins & 1 nomination moreNewsDesk:
(19 articles)
NBC Kicks Off Viral Marketing for Funny People (From MovieWeb. 28 May 2009, 11:37 AM, PDT)
Apatow: 'Carrey's Cable Guy Was Not A Flop'
(From WENN. 21 May 2009, 2:55 PM, PDT)
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A Different Slant... moreUS TV Schedule:
| Sun. July 12 | 10:00 AM | HBO | |||
| Fri. July 17 | 6:00 PM | HBO |
Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only)| Jim Carrey | ... | The Cable Guy | |
| Matthew Broderick | ... | Steven M. Kovacs | |
| Leslie Mann | ... | Robin Harris | |
| Jack Black | ... | Rick | |
| George Segal | ... | Steven's Father | |
| Diane Baker | ... | Steven's Mother | |
| Ben Stiller | ... | Sam Sweet / Stan Sweet | |
| Eric Roberts | ... | Eric Roberts | |
| Janeane Garofalo | ... | Medieval Times Waitress | |
| Andy Dick | ... | Medieval Times Host | |
| Harry O'Reilly | ... | Steven's Boss | |
| David Cross | ... | Sales Manager | |
| Amy Stiller | ... | Steven's Secretary | |
| Owen Wilson | ... | Robin's Date | |
| Keith Gibbs | ... | Basketball Player |
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Rated PG-13 for dark thematic elements and crude humor.Parents Guide:
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96 minCountry:
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Color (Technicolor)Aspect Ratio:
2.35 : 1 moreCertification:
UK:12 (cut) | Iceland:12 | South Korea:15 | Philippines:PG-13 | Australia:M | Belgium:KT | Denmark:12 | Finland:K-12/9 | Germany:12 | Italy:T | Netherlands:AL | Norway:11 | Portugal:M/12 | Singapore:PG | Spain:13 | Sweden:11 | USA:PG-13 (certificate #34332)Fun Stuff
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Although Judd Apatow only received a credit as producer he also was one of the film's writers. He was denied a screenwriting credit by the Writers Guild of America and challenged the ruling, claiming that he wrote much of the movie's dialogue and many of the scenes. moreGoofs:
Revealing mistakes: In the bathroom scene when Chip Douglas is beating Robin's date he throws him onto the hand dryer while it's on and makes him suck on it showing his face blowing up. When Robin's date takes his mouth off there was clearly no air coming out to begin with because his hair is standing still while he is standing in front of it. moreSoundtrack:
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The Cable Guy has now all but been forgotten by the movie world. It was released when Jim Carrey was on his way to being the new A list comedian, and thus, was considered only a slightly funny version of 'Ace Venture'. or The Mask' Or whatever. Personally, I don't consider The Cable Guy a comedy at all. Sure, there are some side splitting moments - Carrey is hilarious alongside Matthew Broderick's by the numbers 'average Joe', but id suggest that anyone who was not taken in by this film to look at it a little differently...
This is a horror film. I swear!
For me, Chip Douglas does not come across to me as a harmless lisping clingy chump - HELL NO! The guy is a maniac. An obsessive, intelligent, controlling, stalking "Fatal Attraction" styled nutter!
Watch it again!
For me, this is Jim Carrey's career launching performance. He has a lisp right? after a while, you don't really notice it do you? Right. This is an incredibly difficult task for an actor - maintaining a speech impediment for an entire film, keeping it level, and not exaggerating it, its really something to take a look at. Carrey's character is sick, and very very creepy. With Broderick et al giving relatively standard performances, Carrey's performance is a stand out, and Ben Stiller should be proud of this film and what it lead to in terms of Jim Carrey's career.
Trust me, if you didn't like this, take another look, and prepare to be freaked out by a very not funny, very creepy Carrey performance...
8/10