The Cable Guy: 30th Anniversary

The Cable Guy: 30th Anniversary

Reunions & Retrospectives
Feature Narrative | United States | 96 MINUTES | English

It's a time-honored urban ritual: Slip the cable guy $50 and you'll get all the movie channels for free. But when Steven Kovacs (Matthew Broderick) moves into a new apartment, he finds his cable guy (Jim Carrey) is not like the others. He doesn't want Steven's 50 bucks; all he wants is a friend-and he won't take no for an answer. Steven is about to learn there's no such thing as free cable. His unwanted friend weasels himself further and further into his life, manipulating Steven's girlfriend, inviting himself to Steven's parents' house and eventually getting Steven thrown in jail. The cable guy will go to any lengths to maintain their friendship. And Steven discovers that he'll have to go to great lengths to end it.
After the Screening: A conversation featuring director Ben Stiller and Matthew Broderick


Cast & Credits
Directed by
Ben Stiller
Producer
Judd Apatow
Andrew Licht
Jeffrey A. Mueller
Executive Producer
Bernie Brillstein
Brad Grey
Marc Gurvitz
Writer
Lou Holtz Jr.
Cinematographer
Robert Brinkmann
Editor
Steven Weisberg
Composer
John Ottman
Cast
Jim Carrey
Matthew Broderick
Leslie Mann
Jack Black


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