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Titolo originale: The Cable Guy
Regia: Ben Stiller |
Anno: 1996
Origine: United States of America |
Generi: Commedia Dramma Thriller
Tag: prison | prostitute | karaoke | obsession | dark comedy | medieval | cable guy | frenemies | satirical | bold | farcical | sardonic |
Cast: Jim Carrey | Matthew Broderick | Leslie Mann | Jack Black | George Segal | Diane Baker | Ben Stiller | Eric Roberts | Janeane Garofalo | Andy Dick | Harry O'Reilly | David Cross | Amy Stiller | Owen Wilson | Keith Gibbs | Tommy Hinkley | Shawn Michael Howard | Jeff Kahn | Suli McCullough | Jeff Michalski | Joel Murray | Andrew Shaifer | Cameron Starman | Kathy Griffin | Greg Hopla | John Ferdinand | Misa Koprova | Paul Greco | Aki Aleong | Dona Hardy | Lloyd Kino | Sara Lowell | Cynthia Mason | Michael Rivkin | Harper Roisman | Sandra Thigpen | Sean Whalen | Marty Zagon | Cynthia Lamontagne | James O'Connell | Douglas Robert Jackson | Charles Napier | Christopher Michael | Charles Robinson | John F. O'Donohue | Lydell M. Cheshier | Jason Larimore | Ahmad Reese | Emilio Rivera | Bob Odenkirk | Julie Hayden | Annabelle Gurwitch | Blake Boyd | Liza D'Agostino | Tabitha Soren | Rikki Klieman | Robert Simels | Leonard O. Turner | Carlo Allen | Conrad Janis | Thomas Scott | Steven Scott | Christine Devine | Mark Thompson | Wendy L. Walsh | Marion Dugan | Kyle Gass | David Bowe | Robert 'Bobby Z' Zajonc | Tress MacNeille | Jeremy Applegate | Barbara Babbin | Adam Consolo | Hal Dion | Mark Fite | Shann Johnson | Alex D. Linz | John C. Moskoff | Robert Lyon Rasner | Raydeen Revilla | David Stepkin | Don LaFontaine | Tony Robbins |

Steven (Matthew Broderick), cacciato di casa dalla sua compagna Robin (Leslie Mann) a causa dei loro problemi di coppia, va ad abitare in un nuovo appartamento. Nella nuova casa manca la tv via cavo, Steven chiama quindi la compagnia che gli manda Chip, il tecnico installatore.Chip installa il servizio e si mostra un po' invadente cercando di diventare amico di Steven e costringendolo a diverse uscite insieme divenendo una presenza asfissiante per Steven che, non sopportandolo più, decide di chiudere quella nuova amicizia. Chip, da amico invadente, diventa il peggior nemico di Steven, lo fa arrestare, gli fa perdere il lavoro e la faccia davanti ai familiari.

Errori

After Chip installs Steven's cable and moves his furniture, no cable can be seen, either going into [...] D
The telephone handset suddenly appears in Chip's hand as he talks to Steven in jail. D
When seen from above, the water-filled satellite dish at the end of the movie appears to be complete [...] D
At the karaoke party, Chip sings "Somebody to Love" by Jefferson Airplane, which he says was feature [...] D
When the helicopter is taking Jim Carrey away from the satellite at the end, through the windows on [...] D
Steven drops the prison phone twice. D
The answering machine owned by Steven is a digital machine. It does not use a tape to record message [...] D
There is no "switch" than turns on and off the cable reception, as depicted in the hallway of Steven [...] D
Steven and Rick (Steven's "Rock" friend) act as if computers and search engines did not exist, havin [...] D
Chip tells Steven "the arrangement of your furniture was causing some noisy pix and hum-bars in your [...] D
In the bathroom scene when Chip Douglas is beating up Ray (Owen Wilson) he throws him onto the hand [...] D
When Chip jumps from the tower, he is already past the floor of the tower when Steven grabs him. D
There is no need for Steven and Chip to crawl under the gate at the dish site. They could just walk [...] D
After Steven's mother incorrectly guesses during "Porno Password", Steven puts his hand to his head [...] D
During the basketball game at the gym, after Chip shatters the backboard, he falls down into the gla [...] D
The angle of the video of Steven and Robin on the couch is different than the camera angle that chip [...] D
Steven and Robin have just started to watch Insonnia d'amore having missed only the first few minute [...] D
When Chip first arrives to install Steven's cable, glimpses to outside show the building Steve lives [...] D
While they are sitting in the van after Chip's and Steven's trip to the satellite dish, Chip gives a [...] D
After Steven gives Chip the tape to help him with his lisp, and the two are mimicking guitar riffs f [...] D
Steven grabs Chip after having jumped, which would be a thrust several times Chip's own weight, and [...] D
At the very end of the movie when "Chip" is being taken away in the helicopter, we can clearly see t [...] D
The Hell's Angels stabbed Meredith Hunter while The Rolling Stones were on stage, not Jefferson Airp [...] D
The visuals in the clip from the Ren & Stimpy episode "My Shiny Friend" are out of sync with the aud [...] D
At the end of the movie, the satellite fills with rain water. Satellite dishes have a hole in the ce [...] D
The height of the tower and the distance from the large cable dish from which Chip jumped would have [...] D
About half way through the movie, a spider crawls up the camera lens. D
"The odds that Steven would have been in jail (the prison scene) for "receiving stolen property" are [...] D
During the jousting scene when Steven hits Chip with the lance, Chip's lance and shield fly the oppo [...] D
When Steven returns to the office to find the desktop "movie" that the Cable Guy made showing Steven [...] D
The satellite dish has no transmitting or receiving device on the apex. Only another mini-dish. D
When Steven and The Cable Guy fight at the satellite dish, The Cable Guy has a few bruises. Because [...] D
At Steven's parents' house, Steven calls Chip a "bastard" and covers his mouth in shock at what he s [...] D
The satellite dish Chip falls into is pointing straight up. Satellite dishes track satellites in geo [...] D
In the end, Chip is hanging from a tower holding on to arm of the main character near the dish. He f [...] D