The Cable Guy (1996)

Calificación de los usuarios:

5.8/10   

Director:

Ben Stiller

Guionista (WGA):

Lou Holtz Jr. (written by)

Fecha de Lanzamiento:

14 junio 1996 (USA)

Género:

Comedia | Suspenso

Frase comercial:

Once you let him into your house, you'll never get him out of your life!

Plot:

A lonely and disturbed cable guy raised on television just wants a new friend, but his target, a designer, rejects him, with bad consequences.

Plot Keywords:

Friend | Cable Guy | Television | Break Up | Karaoke

Premios:

3 wins & 1 nomination

Comentarios de los usuarios:

Daring tragi-comedy which satirises the effect of TV on the modern world. Carrey's song in the famous karaoke scene is NOT TO BE MISSED!

US TV Schedule:

Mon. July 6	11:15 AM	HBO
Sun. July 12	10:00 AM	HBO

Reparto

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

También conocida como:

Dr. Cable (Argentina) (cable TV title) [es]
Dr. Cable - El desastre llama a la puerta (Mexico) [es]
El insoportable (Chile) [es]
Un loco a domicilio (Spain) [es]

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for dark thematic elements and crude humor.

Duración:

96 min

País:

USA

Idioma:

Inglés | Francés

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Relación de Aspecto:

2.35 : 1

Sonido:

Dolby | SDDS (8 channels)

Clasificación:

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)

Locaciones de Filmación:

Carson, California, USA

Compañía:

Columbia Pictures Corporation

Trivialidades:

During filming of the scene in which the Cable Guy (Jim Carrey) plays basketball, it was discovered that Carrey could barely dribble a basketball, much less make a basket. Director Ben Stiller had Carrey mime the action without a ball and visual effects technicians added the basketball in postproduction.

Errores:

Errores Reales: In the very first scene, Steven is flipping through channels on the TV in his new apartment and, although slightly scrambled, he is getting the cable shows to come through. However, at that point he is waiting for the cable guy to install his cable and he doesn't even have a wall hook-up to watch basic cable. Therefore, if he were to flip through the channels of his TV, he would only get "scramble" and would not be able to see anything playing on TV.

Citas:

[Chip is danging over a ledge above the giant cable dish]
Steven Kovacs: You'll be fine. I'll be your pal, just come on up!
Chip Douglas: No. It's too late for me, but there are alot of little cable boys and girls out there who STILL have a chance! Don't you understand, Steven? Somebody has to kill the babysitter.
[drops from ledge and freefalls towards dish]

Conexiones de Película:

Referenced in The 40 Year Old Virgin (2005)

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Daring tragi-comedy which satirises the effect of TV on the modern world. Carrey's song in the famous karaoke scene is NOT TO BE MISSED!

Matthew Broderick asked his girl to marry him and she asked him to move out. The eccentric guy who shows up to install cable in his new pad arrives just at the right time to become his friend. Only The Cable Guy (Jim Carrey) wants to be a little closer than Broderick is comfortable with...

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.