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)
Carrey certainly brought an air of craziness to Chip Douglas, a lonely, TV-addicted, and creepy cable installer who befriends the unwilling Matthew Broderick (here, looking just nervous and bewildered for the entire film). But something was missing from this Carrey vehicle from the others: he was not all fun and games. In fact, he was downright funny weird, not funny haha.
So here lies one of the major problems people have with this film: it veers from dark comedy into darkness, period. Carrey isn't making an ass of himself in every scene. No. Instead, Carrey's Chip Douglas is an obsessive, extreme, two-faced sociopath. The result? What would be Jim Carrey's best performance to date, surpassed only by his Truman Burbank in The Truman Show.
Sure, it's got a story that's been done to death: normal guy meets psycho and is stalked. But oh, what fun it is to see Jim drag Matthew Broderick into such uncomfortable situations as playing Porno Password with his parents (Carrey whispering "Nipple" into Broderick's ear is absolute brilliance).
Cable Guy is definitely not for fans who want to see Jim Carrey do what created his career; that is, silly, goofy, and flailing comedy. However, avid fans of black comedies will love seeing Carrey's first step in his evolution as a gifted, serious, and undeniably interesting actor.
8 out of 10.
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- Dr. Cable - El desastre llama a la puerta
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- Aziende produttrici
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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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- Mix di suoni
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- 2.39 : 1