Un tizio solitario e mentalmente disturbato cresciuto in televisione vuole solo un nuovo amico, ma il suo obiettivo, un designer, lo rifiuta, con conseguenze negative.Un tizio solitario e mentalmente disturbato cresciuto in televisione vuole solo un nuovo amico, ma il suo obiettivo, un designer, lo rifiuta, con conseguenze negative.Un tizio solitario e mentalmente disturbato cresciuto in televisione vuole solo un nuovo amico, ma il suo obiettivo, un designer, lo rifiuta, con conseguenze negative.
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- QuizWhile filming of the scene in which The Cable Guy plays basketball, it became obvious that Jim Carrey could barely dribble a basketball, nevermind make a basket. Ben Stiller had Carrey mime the action without a ball, and VFX added the basketball in post-production.
- Blooper"The odds that Steven would have been in jail (the prison scene) for "receiving stolen property" are slim to none, and after an interview Steven would have likely been cited at the police station and given a court date. Some states have a separate but similar charge called "possessing stolen property" or "possession of stolen property." The distinguishing factor here is when the accused learned the goods were stolen. If he knew at the time he acquired the property, then it is receipt of stolen property. It is possession of stolen property if he only learned the property was stolen after he obtained it. All Steven had to do was tell the police who Chip Douglas really was, and Steven would have been sent home and it would have been The Cable Guy who would have been arrested." ... but the Police Officers and Guards seen in these scenes are all "Preferred Customers" and they clearly went outside the law to lock up Steven at the request of Chip. Since this is still a comedy film, the suspension of disbelief is held when it is acknowledged at least twice in these scenes that Chip is manipulating the authorities with his connections via long-time cable hook-ups; and we'd seen the arresting cop at the karaoke party earlier in the film, too.
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Chip Douglas: The future is now! Soon every American home will integrate their television, phone and computer. You'll be able to visit the Louvre on one channel, or watch female wrestling on another. You can do your shopping at home, or play Mortal Kombat with a friend from Vietnam. There's no end to the possibilities!
- Curiosità sui creditiThe Columbia logo at the beginning of the movie segues into static from Steven's cable TV.
- Versioni alternativeIn order to qualify for a 12 certificate, the UK releases (prior to its July '17 Blu-ray release) were ordered by the BBFC to cut 4 seconds by removing some imitable violence. The cut occurs when Steven and The Cable Guy are fighting on top of the TV satellite, towards the ending. A shot of Guy headbutting Steven, as well as a brief ear-clap, has been omitted.
- ConnessioniEdited into Jim Carrey: Somebody to Love (1996)
The Cable Guy is a brave and daring tragi-comedy, a rare sort of movie where you're laughing one minute and scared the next.
I'm not sure if we'll ever get another chance to see Jim Carrey go this far out on a limb: director Ben Stiller has seemingly given him total carte blanche, resulting in a seemingly completely over-the-top characterisation, yet not so over the top that we can't get involved in the plot and take what his character does as really happening.
Notice the way that the cable guy often mimics moments from his favourite movies and works them into his controlling of the plot of this movie - or how he starts humming movie-music along to certain scenes, while the actual music of the movie mirrors the music the cable guy is creating. This will clue you into the other subtle elements which add towards this movie's satire of the effect TV has had on the modern psyche.
Its worth the price of rental alone to see Carrey's rendition of "Don't You Want Somebody to Love" in the famous karaoke scene.
After repeated viewings since its initial release, its one of the most memorable Carrey comedies, and one of the most memorable flicks of the 90's. 4/5.
- Ben_Cheshire
- 13 ott 2004
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- Budget
- 47.000.000 USD (previsto)
- Lordo Stati Uniti e Canada
- 60.240.295 USD
- Fine settimana di apertura Stati Uniti e Canada
- 19.806.226 USD
- 16 giu 1996
- Lordo in tutto il mondo
- 102.825.796 USD
- Tempo di esecuzione1 ora 36 minuti
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- 2.39 : 1