The Cable Guy
Brief Synopsis
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It's a time-honored urban ritual: Slip the cable guy fifty bucks and you'll get all the movie channels for free. But when Steven Kovacs moves into a new apartment, his cable guy is not like the others. He doesn't want your fifty bucks; all he wants is a friend and he won't take no for an answer. Steven is about to learn that there's no such thing as free cable.
Cast & Crew
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Ben Stiller
Director
Jim Carrey
Matthew Broderick
Jack Black
Janeane Garofalo
Ben Stiller
Film Details
Also Known As
Cable Guy
MPAA Rating
Genre
Comedy
Dark Comedy
Drama
Thriller
Release Date
1996
Distribution Company
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment/Sony Pictures Releasing
Location
Los Angeles, California, USA
Technical Specs
Duration
1h 31m
Synopsis
It's a time-honored urban ritual: Slip the cable guy fifty bucks and you'll get all the movie channels for free. But when Steven Kovacs moves into a new apartment, his Cable Guy is not like the others. He doesn't want your fifty bucks; all he wants is a friend... and he won't take no for an answer. Steven is about to learn that there's no such thing as free cable.
Director
Ben Stiller
Director
Cast
Jim Carrey
Matthew Broderick
Jack Black
Janeane Garofalo
Ben Stiller
Marty Zagon
Wendy Walsh
Andy Dick
David Cross
Kyle Gass
Tommy Hinkley
Lydell M Cheshier
Christine Devine
Annabelle Gurwitch
Suli Mccullough
Michael Rivkin
Robert Simels
Cynthia Lamontagne
Emilio Rivera
Greg Hopla
Misa Koprova
Thomas Scott
Jeff Kahn
Shawn Michael Howard
Amy Stiller
Douglas Robert Jackson
Cynthia Mason
John F O'donohue
Charles Napier
Tabitha Soren
Carlo Allen
Andrew Shaifer
Sean Whalen
Harper Roisman
Mark Thompson
Rikki Klieman
David Bowe
Keith Gibbs
Eric Roberts
Conrad Janis
Bob Odenkirk
Leslie Mann
Steven Scott
Jason Larimore
John Ferdinand
Paul Greco
Charles Knox Robinson
Patrick M Lees
Lead Man
Kathy Griffin
Sandra Thigpen
Owen Wilson
Robert Zajonc
Christopher Michael
Lisa D'agostino
Leonard O Turner
Lloyd Kino
George Segal
Ahmad Reese
Diane Baker
Jeff Michalski
Dona Hardy
Marion Dugan
James O'connell
Harry O'reilly
Aki Aleong
Joel Murray
Blake Boyd
Cameron Starman
Sara Lowell
Julie Hayden
Crew
Edward R. Abroms
Assistant Editor
Harold Adamson
Song
Pamela Alch
Script Supervisor
Ted Alexandre
Software Engineer
Dave W Alstadter
Foley Mixer
Judd Apatow
Producer
Mia Apatow
Assistant
Jamie Arsenault
Production Secretary
Randy Bachman
Song
Maria Baker
Production Assistant
Kevin Bales
Assistant Camera
Bill Bass
Assistant
Bill Beasley
Coproducer
Bill Beasley
Unit Production Manager
Jennifer C. Bell
Visual Effects Producer
Juel Bestrop
Casting
Camille Bourque
Assistant Editor
Bernie Brillstein
Executive Producer
Robert Brinkmann
Director Of Photography
Bob F Brown
Stunt Double
Greg Brown
Adr Editor
Richard Buoen
Storyboard Artist
Randy Burke
Transportation Co-Captain
Jerry Cantrell
Song
Jerry Cantrell
Song Performer
Jim Carrey
Song Performer
Audrey Chang
Visual Effects Editor
Sam Citron
Assistant Editor
Kyle Clark
Film Lab
Kenny Clarke
Song
Jeff Cohen
Song
Michael Condro
Motion Control
Danny Costa
Stunts
Samuel Craven
Editor
Terry Crotzer
Consultant
Katya Culberg
Software Engineer
Burton Cummings
Song
Mike Curtis
Gaffer
Eliot Daniel
Song
Chris David
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Frank Davis
Assistant Director
Heather Davis
2-D Artist
Kenneth Davis
Dolly Grip
Ross C Day
Assistant Location Manager
Steve A. Dayan
Location Manager
Frank De Vol
Song
Yann Delpuech
Sound Effects Editor
Vinicius Demoraes
Song
Joseph Dianda
Key Grip
David Drzewiecki
Visual Effects
Gail Du Fosse
Assistant Editor
Sheena Duggal
Digital Effects Artist
Terry Dunn
Production Accountant
Allen Edwards
3-D Artist
Ryan Eldred
Assistant Sound Editor
Tom Elliott
Stunt Double
Phillip Euling
Assistant
Jane Feather
Song
Leonard Feather
Song
Robert Fernandez
Music Scoring Mixer
Robert Fernandez
Score Recording
Linda Fields
Assistant
Alison Fisher
Adr/Dialogue Editor
Peter Devaney Flanagan
Assistant Editor
Thomas F Ford
Assistant
Lisa Foster
3-D Artist
Louis Freese
Song
Gerald Fried
Song
Hilary Galanoy
Assistant
David Gamerman
Chief Lighting Technician
Kirk Gardner
Steadicam Operator
Dizzy Gillespie
Song
Dizzy Gillespie
Song Performer
Ben Gillies
Song
Bruce Good
Song
Amanda Goodpaster
Music Editor
Galen Goodpaster
Assistant Sound Editor
Melinda Sue Gordon
Photography
Howard Greenfield
Song
Brad Grey
Executive Producer
Robert Grieve
Supervising Sound Editor
Larry Groupé
Music Conductor
Larry Groupé
Original Music
Dawn Guinta
Compositing Supervisor
Marc Gurvitz
Executive Producer
Steve Hagberg
Construction Coordinator
Earle H. Hagen
Song
Stuart Hagen
Assistant Director
Michael Haight
Adr/Dialogue Editor
Mo Henry
Negative Cutter
Eddie Hice
Stunts
Freddie Hice
Stunt Coordinator
Johnny Hickman
Song
David Hilder
Song
David Hilder
Song Performer
Michael J Hogan
Video Assist/Playback
Wally Holmes
Song
Lou Holtz
Screenplay
Ivo Horvat
Matte Painter
Norman Howell
Stunts
Damon Intrabartolo
Original Music
Joni Jacobson
Digital Effects Artist
Antonio Carlos Jobim
Song
Daniel Johns
Song
Robert Kaiser
Color Timer
Jim Kale
Song
Paul Karasick
Assistant Editor
Jack Keller
Song
Stephen Kennedy
2-D Artist
Scott Kilburn
3-D Artist
Gregory King
Supervising Sound Editor
Scott Kingzey
Boom Operator
Sean Kinney
Song Performer
Martin A Kline
Art Director
Jeff Knipp
Art Director
Teri Anne Kopp
Assistant Property Master
John Kreidman
Production Assistant
Ken Kurras
Film Lab
Charles Larson
Head Stage Technician
Alan Latteri
Digital Effects Artist
Randlett King Lawrence
Foreman
Christopher Leone
Film Lab
Steven M Levine
Property Master
Ian Lewis
Song
Pauletta Lewis
Hair Stylist
Vaden Todd Lewis
Song
Alex Leyton
Assistant Camera
Andrew Licht
Producer
Linaia Light
Trainer
Charles Linehan
Visual Effects
David C Lowery
Song
Steve Luport
Special Effects
Andy Malcolm
Foley Artist
Temil Marmon
Assistant
Daniel C Marrow
Transportation Captain
Maggie Martin
Set Decorator
Ned Martin
Assistant Camera
Joseph T Mastrolia
Costumer
Katrina Mastrolia
Costumer
John Mauvezin
Modelmaker
Curtis Mayfield
Song
Curtis Mayfield
Song Performer
Bob Mcdougall
Stunts
Phil Medley
Song
Karen Meisels
Casting Associate
Lucy Michael
Medic
Scott Millan
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Darwin Mitchell
Stunts
Richard B Molina
Apprentice Editor
Ann Monn
Digital Effects Artist
Bennie Moore
Stunts
Craig Moore
Key Grip
Ray Moore
Modelmaker
Raquel Morales
Matte Painter
Jeffrey Mueller
Producer
Lawrence Muggerud
Song
John Murray
Foley Editor
John Nelson
Visual Effects Producer
Otto Nemenz
Camera
Christy Newquest
Makeup
Rob Nokes
Sound Effects Editor
Chris O'connor
Song
Megan Omi
2-D Artist
Nilo Otero
Assistant Director
John Ottman
Music
Nina Paskowitz
Hair Stylist
Richard Patrick
Song
Scott Patten
Grip
Rick Pearmain
Loader
Michele Perrone
Adr Editor
Mike Perry
Graphics
Tom Perry
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Reinhart Peschke
Chief Lighting Technician
Gary Peterson
Song
Erica Edell Phillips
Costume Designer
Sheryl Leigh Ptak
Makeup
Porno For Pyros
Song Performer
Derrick Quarles
Film Lab
Jamie Rama
Assistant Art Director
Lesley Rankine
Song
Cheri Reed
Costumer
Lou Reed
Song
Sean Reynolds
Song
Erin Ricotti-hice
Stunt Double
Juliana Roberts
Music Supervisor
Erik Rondell
Stunt Double
Lori Rowbotham
Assistant Art Director
William Sanford
Song
Michael Scott
Camera Operator
Sharon Seymour
Production Designer
Sharyn Shimada-huggins
Production Coordinator
Joel Shryack
Assistant Sound Editor
John Sisti
Adr Editor
Darby Slick
Song
Alicia M Stevenson
Foley Artist
Amy Stofsky
Costume Supervisor
Bob Stoker
Visual Effects
Jason Stradtman
Production Assistant
Nelson Stroll
Sound
Lucinda Strub
Special Effects
Film Details
Also Known As
Cable Guy
MPAA Rating
Genre
Comedy
Dark Comedy
Drama
Thriller
Release Date
1996
Distribution Company
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment/Sony Pictures Releasing
Location
Los Angeles, California, USA
Technical Specs
Duration
1h 31m
Quotes
Trivia
Miscellaneous Notes
Released in United States Summer June 14, 1996
Released in United States on Video December 3, 1996
Released in United States June 1996
Shown at Nantucket Film Festival June 19-23, 1996.
Lou Holtz Jr. reportedly received $750,000 against $1 million for his spec script.
Jim Carrey reportedly received $20,000,000 for this film.
Jim Carrey reportedly received $20,000,000 for this film.
Began shooting November 27, 1995.
Completed shooting March 8, 1996.
Producer Judd Apatow lost his appeal to the Writers Guild of America to receive screenplay credit.
Released in United States Summer June 14, 1996
Released in United States on Video December 3, 1996
Released in United States June 1996 (Shown at Nantucket Film Festival June 19-23, 1996.)
