The Cable Guy
The Cable Guy is a 1996 American black comedy film directed by Ben Stiller, starring Jim Carrey and Matthew Broderick. It was released in the United States on June 14, 1996. The film co-stars Leslie Mann, Jack Black, George Segal, Diane Baker, Eric Roberts, Owen Wilson, Janeane Garofalo, David Cross, Andy Dick, Amy Stiller, and Bob Odenkirk.
Plot
Architect Steven Kovacs moves into an apartment after a failed marriage proposal to his girlfriend Robin Harris. Taking advice from his friend Rick, Steven bribes cable installer Ernie "Chip" Douglas into giving him free movie channels. Chip gets Steven to hang out with him the next day and makes him one of his "preferred customers". Chip takes Steven to the city's central satellite dish, where he confides to Steven about being raised on television due to the frequent absences of his single mother. Chip soon proves to be intrusive as he crashes a basketball game between Steven and his friends and leaves several messages on Steven's answering machine. Following a passionate knight battle between Chip and Steven at Medieval Times, Steven finds that Chip has secretly installed an expensive home theater system in his living room as a gift in return for Steven's friendship. Although Steven declines the gift, he agrees to host a party attended by Chip's other preferred customers before having the system returned. In the fervor of the party, Steven sleeps with a young guest, whom Chip reveals the next morning to have been a prostitute that he had hired specifically for Steven. Upon this revelation, Steven angrily ejects Chip from his apartment.
Awards
Cast
- Aki Aleong
- Alex D. Linz
- Amy Stiller
- Andy Dick
- Annabelle Gurwitch
- Ben Stiller
- Bob Odenkirk
- Charles Napier
- Conan O'Brien
- Conrad Janis
- David Bowe
- David Cross
- Diane Baker
- Emilio Rivera
- Eric Roberts
- George Segal
- Jack Black
- Janeane Garofalo
- Jim Carrey
- Joel Murray
- John F. O'Donohue
- Kathy Griffin
- Kyle Gass
- Larry King
- Leslie Mann
- Matthew Broderick
- Owen Wilson
- Sandra Thigpen
- Sean Whalen
More details
| author | Ben Stiller Judd Apatow |
|---|---|
| award | MTV Movie Award for Best Comedic Performance MTV Movie Award for Best Villain |
| director | Ben Stiller |
| editor | Steven Weisberg |
| genre | comedy thriller |
| keywords | answering machine arrest baby bail basketball game bewitch date expensive home failed marriage fall game home theater system injured living room marriage proposal medieval times morning my three sons password prison visit satellite dish single mother stalk television signal |
| musicBy | John Ottman |
| nomination | MTV Movie Award for Best Fight |
| producer | Andrew Licht Jeffrey A. Mueller Judd Apatow |
| productionCompany | Columbia Pictures |
| publisher | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| recordedAt | California Long Beach |
| theme | black comedy buddy satirical |