The Cable Guy - crew, film crew
The entire team, the film crew of the film "The Cable Guy"
The Cable Guy (1996)
Timing:
1:36 (96 min)
5.99/10
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Film crew
Director
Producer
Andrew Licht
Producer
Jeffrey A. Mueller
Producer
Executive Producer
Bernie Brillstein
Executive Producer
Marc Gurvitz
Executive Producer
Casting
Juel Bestrop
Casting
Editor
Art Direction
Jeff Knipp
Art Direction
Costume Design
Erica Edell Phillips
Costume Design
Stunts
Production Design
Sharon Seymour
Production Design
Stunt Coordinator
Freddie Hice
Stunt Coordinator
Set Decoration
Maggie Martin
Set Decoration
Makeup Artist
Christy Ann Newquist
Makeup Artist
Key Makeup Artist
Sheryl Ptak
Key Makeup Artist
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Chris David
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Scott Millan
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Tom Perry
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Original Music Composer
Unit Production Manager
William S. Beasley
Unit Production Manager
Co-Producer
William S. Beasley
Co-Producer
Second Assistant Director
Frank Davis
Second Assistant Director
Stunt Double
Tom Elliott
Stunt Double
Erik Rondell
Stunt Double
Utility Stunts
Norman Howell
Utility Stunts
Director of Photography
Robert Brinkmann
Director of Photography
Camera Operator
Michael Scott
Camera Operator
Steadicam Operator
Kirk R. Gardner
Steadicam Operator
Costumer
Cheri Reed
Costumer
Joseph T. Mastrolia
Costumer
Katrina Mastrolia
Costumer
Costume Supervisor
Amy Stofsky
Costume Supervisor
Sound Effects Editor
Rob Nokes
Sound Effects Editor
Yann Delpuech
Sound Effects Editor
Assistant Art Director
Lori Rowbotham
Assistant Art Director
Property Master
Steven M. Levine
Property Master
Visual Effects Supervisor
Supervising Sound Editor
Robert Grieve
Supervising Sound Editor
Script Supervisor
Pamela Alch
Script Supervisor
Hairstylist
Nancy Tong
Hairstylist
Candy L. Walken
Hairstylist
Pauletta O. Lewis
Hairstylist
Special Effects Coordinator
Matt Sweeney
Special Effects Coordinator
Still Photographer
Melinda Sue Gordon
Still Photographer
Visual Effects Producer
Jennifer C. Bell
Visual Effects Producer
First Assistant Director
Nilo Otero
First Assistant Director
Chief Lighting Technician
Reinhart Peschke
Chief Lighting Technician
Boom Operator
Scott Kinzey
Boom Operator
Screenplay
Lou Holtz Jr.
Screenplay
Set Designer
Jason Weil
Set Designer
First Assistant Editor
Paul Karasick
First Assistant Editor
Gail DuFosse
First Assistant Editor
Foley Artist
Andy Malcolm
Foley Artist
Construction Coordinator
Steve A. Hagberg
Construction Coordinator
Dialogue Editor
Michael Haight
Dialogue Editor
Alison Fisher
Dialogue Editor
Foley Editor
John Murray
Foley Editor
Daniel Yale
Foley Editor
Key Grip
Joseph Dianda
Key Grip
Location Manager
Steve Dayan
Location Manager
Dolly Grip
Robert J. Studenny
Dolly Grip
Kenny Davis
Dolly Grip
Assistant Property Master
Teri Anne Kopp
Assistant Property Master
Key Hair Stylist
Nina Paskowitz
Key Hair Stylist
Leadman
Patrick Lees
Leadman
Assistant Location Manager
Ross C. Day
Assistant Location Manager
Foley Mixer
David W. Alstadter
Foley Mixer
Production Accountant
Terry Dunn
Production Accountant
Casting Associate
Karen Meisels
Casting Associate
Music
Music Editor
Jeanette Surga
Music Editor
Production Sound Mixer
Nelson Stoll
Production Sound Mixer
Video Assist Operator
Michael J. Hogan
Video Assist Operator
Storyboard Artist
Richard K. Buoen
Storyboard Artist
VFX Editor
Audrey Chang
VFX Editor
First Assistant Camera
Alex Leyton
First Assistant Camera
Unit Publicist
David Linck
Unit Publicist
Production Coordinator
Sharyn Shimada-Huggins
Production Coordinator
Production Secretary
Jamie Lynn Arsenault
Production Secretary
ADR Editor
G.W. Brown
ADR Editor
John Sisti
ADR Editor
Michele Perrone
ADR Editor
Supervising Music Editor
Lia Vollack
Supervising Music Editor
Second Assistant Camera
Thomas Vandermillen
Second Assistant Camera
Transportation Captain
Dan Marrow
Transportation Captain
Color Timer
Bob Kaiser
Color Timer
Negative Cutter
Mo Henry
Negative Cutter
Assistant Chief Lighting Technician
David Gamerman
Assistant Chief Lighting Technician
Transportation Co-Captain
Randy Burke
Transportation Co-Captain
What's left behind the scenes
- The scene in which Jim Carrey reenacts a moment from the thriller "The Silence of the Lambs" (Jonathan Demme, 1991) is an improvisation. You can see on Steven's face, played by Matthew Broderick, that he is barely holding back laughter.
- During the filming of the scene with Chip on the basketball court, it turned out that actor Jim Carrey dribbled the ball poorly and couldn't shoot it into the hoop. Director Ben Stiller instructed the actor to mime playing without the ball, which was then added to the shot during editing.
- The Cable Guy role was written for Chris Farley, however, he had to decline it due to commitments to other projects.
- Some of The Cable Guy's predictions about what cable would eventually bring to people have already come true – the Internet, the ability to play computer games online, telephony, and television.
- Jim Carrey's fee for filming the movie was $20 million – a new record for those years (the late 20th century).
- All participants of "The Ben Stiller Show" (1991-1992) made at least one appearance on screen.
- When preparing for negotiations about his fee, Jim Carrey insisted that his lawyer and both managers wear Ace Ventura costumes.
- Judd Apatow is credited as a producer in the credits, but he also contributed to the screenplay. The Writers Guild of America denied him authorship. Apatow disagreed with this decision. His authorship of the screenplay is properly reflected in the book written about the film.
- During a fight with the character played by Ouen Wilson, The Cable Guy throws him against the wall, saying, "It's going to hurt, Gene." This refers to Gene Okerlund, a wrestling ring announcer.
- Ben Stiller initially intended to play the Cable Guy himself. Shortly after filming began, he realized how difficult it was to combine the roles of director and actor.
- In one episode, Stephen says he feels "like Felix Unger." This refers to the character from Neil Simon's play *The Odd Couple*. Matthew Broderick later played this character in the 2005 Broadway production.
- When Jim Carrey's stunt double dunked a basketball, the backboard shattered and fell directly on him, although it was supposed to fall backward. The pyrotechnician who prepared the stunt was fired as a result.
- Chip's scream when he scores a basket is a reference to the fantasy action film "Highlander" (1986) by Russell Mulcahy. When Steven is fired, he goes down to the garage where all the parked cars start honking and flashing their headlights – also as in "Highlander".
- At the beginning of the film, a 1971 movie "Play Misty for Me" is shown on television, in which the hero, played by Clint Eastwood, is pursued by a mentally unstable woman. This concept is also repeated in the plot of "The Cable Guy".
- The only Ben Stiller film where he directs but does not play the main role.
- In one of Judd Apatow's drafts, Chip was supposed to die, but this ending was rejected.
- To discuss the script, Ben Stiller and Judd Apatow traveled to South Carolina, where Jim Carrey was filming "Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls" (Steve Oedekerk, 1995). During a conversation in a bar, Carrey came up with the idea to repeat the glass and chest scene from Alan Parker's drama "Midnight Express" (1978).
- Leslie Mann, who played Robin, auditioned with Judd Apatow, who read the lines of the character later played by Jim Carrey. A year after the release of "The Cable Guy," Apatow and Mann got married.
- Judd Apatow told reporters for The Los Angeles Times about scenes that didn't make the film: Chip shoots Steven with a furniture stapler and then stitches up his wound on his backside; Chip pretends to be a firefighter and throws a fire axe at Steven; Chip on horseback, resembling the Headless Horseman, rides up to Steven and jumps on him; Chip impersonates the Terminator on top of Steven’s car.
- The film was made by Columbia Pictures, which paid $1 million for the screenplay—more than the competition.
- Kyle Gass played the bit part of the homebody whose television gets turned off. He is an actor, producer, screenwriter, composer, and musician, a member of the rock band Tenacious D.
- Ben Stiller played the roles of brothers Sam and Stan Sweaty, with Sam accused of murdering Stan. These characters were based on brothers Lyle and Erik Menendez, who were sentenced to life in prison in 1984 for the murder of their parents.
- The film says nothing about Sam's sentence, but judging by the book, he was convicted of his brother's murder.
- The book, written based on the film, makes it clear that late at night, the Cable Guy calls Steven from the ventilation duct above the closet in Robin's apartment. (He is shown crawling through this duct in one of the earlier scenes of the film.) This explains why a harvestman spider crawls across his face and why Robin is taken hostage by him in the very next scene.
- According to the script, Rick is killed by Chip with a staple gun. This happens when Rick calls Steven to tell him that Chip was fired from the television company for harassing clients, that he was previously discharged from the US Marine Corps for insubordination, and that Chip's mother had been arrested for prostitution.
- The film could have had a different ending that would have more logically concluded the story of Sam and his trial. In this version, Chip would have confessed to Steven that he killed Stan, that he adored the TV show hosted by the Sweaty brothers, that Sam was one of the clients he stalked, and when Sam rejected him, Chip killed Stan and framed Sam.
- The scene in which Jim Carrey reenacts a moment from the thriller "The Silence of the Lambs" (Jonathan Demme, 1991) is improvised. You can see on Stephen's face, played by Matthew Broderick, that he's barely holding back laughter.
- All the participants of "The Ben Stiller Show" (1991-1992) appeared on screen at least once.
- During the fight with the character played by Owen Wilson, the Cable Guy throws him against the wall saying, "It's going to hurt, Gene." This refers to Gene Okerlund, a wrestling ring announcer.
- In one episode, Stephen says he feels "like Felix Unger." This refers to the character from Neil Simon's play "The Odd Couple." Matthew Broderick would later play this character in the 2005 Broadway production.
- Chip's scream when he scores a basket is a reference to Russell Mulcahy's fantasy action film "Highlander" (1986). When Stephen is fired from his job, he goes down to the garage where all the parked cars start honking and flashing their headlights – also as in "Highlander."
- At the beginning of the film, a 1971 movie called "Play Misty for Me" is shown on television, in which a character played by Clint Eastwood is pursued by a mentally unstable woman. This concept is also repeated in the plot of "The Cable Guy".
- To discuss the script, Ben Stiller and Judd Apatow traveled to South Carolina, where Jim Carrey was filming "Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls" (Steve Oedekerk, 1995). During a conversation in a bar, Carrey came up with the idea of recreating the glass and chest scene from Alan Parker’s drama "Midnight Express" (1978).
- Leslie Mann, who played Robin, auditioned with Judd Apatow, who read the lines of the character later played by Jim Carrey. A year after the release of "The Cable Guy," Apatow and Mann got married.
- At the entertainment center, knights reenact a scene from "Amok Time," the first episode of the second season of "Star Trek," which originally aired on NBC on September 15, 1967.
- Throughout the film, the Cable Guy introduces himself using different names – Chip and Ernie Douglas, Larry Tate, Ricky Ricardo. All of these are characters from television series. Chip and Ernie Douglas are characters from the sitcom "My Three Sons" (1960-1972), Larry Tate is a character from "Bewitched" (1964-1972), and Ricky Ricardo appeared in the sitcom "I Love Lucy" (1951-1957). His real name is never revealed to the audience. Even in the credits, Jim Carrey’s character is simply listed as "The Cable Guy."
- Jim Carrey's character parodies a scene from Jonathan Demme's film 'The Silence of the Lambs' (1990), for which he is arrested by a police officer played by Charles Napier. Napier played a police officer in 'The Silence of the Lambs' who is killed by Dr. Lecter in the very scene parodied in 'The Cable Guy'.
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