Movie Description When a young urbanite calls to order cable TV for his apartment he gets much more than he bargained for, as the demented title character arrives and proceeds to insinuate his way into the beleaguered customer's life. Raised by television as a child and starved for human contact, the "cable guy" is a darkly hilarious carnation of the modern age. Carey's manic karaoke rendition of Jefferson Airplane's "Somebody to Love" is a twisted highlight.
| Credits | | Cast: | Ben Stiller, David Bowe, David Cross, Janeane Garofalo, Leslie Mann, Matthew Broderick |
| Details | | Edition: | Box Office Hits Version |
Notes Released theatrically in the USA June 14, 1996.
A Bernie Brillstein/Brad Grey production in association with Licht/Mueller Film Corp.
Color by Technicolor; shot in widescreen and SDDS (Sony Dynamic Digital Sound).
Additional cast: Harry O'Reilly (Hal) and Misa Koprova (Heather).
Although Judd Apatow only received a credit as producer he also was one of the film's writers. He was denied a screenwriting credit by the Writers Guild of America and challenged the ruling, claiming that he wrote much of the movie's dialogue and many of the scenes.
Rated BBFC 12 by the British Board of Film Classification.
Editorial Reviews "...Amusing....Stiller works with craftsmanly precision..." Entertainment Weekly - p.46 - Owen Gleiberman (06/21/1996)
"...Genuinely funny..." Variety - Leonard Klady (06/10/1996)
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