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Originally planned as a silly vehicle for Chris Farley, in the hands of director Ben Stiller and star Jim Carrey, The Cable Guy became an opportunity for Carrey to flex some of his darker comedic muscles as stalker Chip Douglas. Matthew Broderick plays Steven, an average Joe who is forlorn over his recent breakup with .. Read more

Starring	Jim Carrey, Matthew Broderick, George Segal, George Baker
Director	Ben Stiller
Genres	Comedy

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Apatow: 'Carrey's Cable Guy was not a flop'
- 22 May 2009
Jim Carrey's The Cable Guy was treated like a "disaster" film because it failed to make hundreds of millions of dollars at the box office, according to producer Judd Apatow. The moviemaker fears the 1996 dark comedy, which was directed by Ben Stiller, has been overlooked thanks to bad reviews and the thinking it was a flop - but it actually made a lot of money. Apatow says, "It cost 42 (million dollars) and it made 60 here (in America) and 40 overseas, and we thought, 'That's alright, no one... Read more
Top 10 Jim Carrey
- 27 Aug 2010
Jim Carrey will probably be remembered as one of the nineties and noughties' great physcial comedians, but there's much more to him than that. Set to play a gay inmate in I Love You, Philip Morris, we look back at other great 'serious' roles including Joel Barish in Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind and Truman Burbank in The Truman Show, as well as the timeless comedy classics. His Top 10 Films Ace Ventura: Pet Detective (1994) After years of ground-breaking TV comedy, the first proper... Read more
Top 10 Jim Carrey
- 18 Mar 2010
Ace Ventura: Pet Detective (1994) A regular on the comedy-circuit and on the television show In Living Color, Jim Carrey’s break-through moment didn’t come until 1994. Sporting a killer coif, Hawaiian shirts and an infectious catch-phrase – “Alrighty then” – he made his mark on Hollywood with the smash hit Ace Ventura: Pet Detective. Carrey’s outrageously funny lead character is an adaptation from one of his stand-up routines. Watch the trailer | Find... Read more
Santoro joins Jim and Ewan's Love-fest
- 01 May 2008
Lost and 300's Rodrido Santoro is the latest star to sign up for Jim Carrey and Ewan McGregor's dark comedy I Love You, Phillip Morris, according to Digital Spy. He joins Knocked Up's Leslie Mann - who appeared with Carrey in 1995's The Cable Guy - in the cast for the film, which has been adapted from Steve McVicker's book by the team behind Bad Santa and Cats And Dogs, John Requa and Glenn Ficarra. The movie is based on the true story of Carrey's character, con artist and married father-of-four Read more
Time used up for comedy clones
- 16 May 2006
Pre-production on what was expected to be next summer's big blockbuster for 20th Century Fox, Used Guys, has been halted due to scheduling issues. The comedy sci-fi epic, which would have paired Ben Stiller and Jim Carey as pleasure clones in a future society where women rule the world and men are bought and sold as mere sexual commodities, will be postponed until next year. Studio executives revealed that: "The Jay Roach-directed film requires a long prep for its futuristic settings, and... Read more

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  Originally planned as a silly vehicle for Chris Farley, in the hands of director Ben Stiller and star Jim Carrey, The Cable Guy became an opportunity for Carrey to flex some of his darker comedic muscles as stalker Chip Douglas. Matthew Broderick plays Steven, an average Joe who is forlorn over his ...