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It’s Jim Carey’s darkest comedy and one of his best.

- During filming of the classic basketball scene it was discovered that Carrey could barely dribble a basketball, much less sink a basket. So director Ben Stiller had Carrey mime the action without a ball then had it inserted during post-production.

- Jack Black plays Steven's friend Rick. Towards the end of the movie, his fellow bandmate from Tenacious D, Kyle Gass, can be seen playing the couch potato who reaches for a book when his cable cuts out.

- All of the Cable Guy's aliases are obviously from TV shows - Ernie "Chip" Douglas (My Three Sons,) Murray Slaughter (Mary Tyler Moore,) George Jetson (The Jetsons,) Jean-Luc Picard (Star Trek: The Next Generation,) Carmine "The Big Ragu" Ragusa (Laverne & Shirley,) Darrin Stevens and Larry Tate (Bewitched) and Ricky Ricardo (I Love Lucy.)

- Carrey was paid 20 million dollars for his work in this film - a new record.

The Cable Guy

Rating: PG-13 Genre: Comedy

Synopsis:

Out-of-control comedy features Jim Carrey at his hilarious best as a hard-wired cable installer just looking for a friend. Matthew Broderick co-stars.

Starring:

Jim Carrey, Matthew Broderick, Jack Black

Director:

Ben Stiller