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The Cable Guy
Comedy 1996 1 hr 31 min
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Jim Carrey is Chip Douglas, cable installer. Raised on television sitcoms, he wants life to look just like My Three Sons. And when he meets single guy Steven Kovacs (Matthew Broderick), he sees his chance for some serious male bonding. But Chip's idea of friendship - which includes physical assault, a game of 'Porno Password' and a medieval joust - may be hazardous to Steven's health. In Chip's own immortal words, "I can be your best friend... or your worst enemy." Directed by Ben Stiller (Reality Bites).
Comedy 1996 1 hr 31 min
PG-13
Starring Jim Carrey, Matthew Broderick, Leslie Mann
Director Ben Stiller

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The Cable Guy
  • COMEDY
Jim Carrey is Chip Douglas, cable installer. Raised on television sitcoms, he wants life to look just like My Three Sons. And when he meets single guy Steven Kovacs (Matthew Broderick), he sees his chance for some serious male bonding. But Chip's idea of friendship - which includes physical assault, a game of 'Porno Password' and a medieval joust - may be hazardous to Steven's health. In Chip's own immortal words, "I can be your best friend... or your worst enemy." Directed by Ben Stiller (Reality Bites).

A twisted comedy about TV addiction. Teens OK.

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Studio
Columbia Pictures
Released
1996
Run Time
1 hr 31 min
Rated
PG-13 for dark thematic elements and crude humor.
Region of Origin
United States

© 1996 Columbia Pictures Industries , Inc. All Rights Reserved.

Languages

Original Audio
English, French
Audio
English (United States) (⁨Dolby 5.1⁩, AAC), French (France) (AAC), Spanish (Spain) (AAC)
Subtitles
English (United States) (CC), and 18 more...

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Closed captions (CC) refer to subtitles in the available language with the addition of relevant non-dialogue information.

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