Tag: The Cable Guy
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Filming This Is 40 With Judd Apatow’s Family Was A Little Weird For Paul Rudd
“This Is 40” isn’t Judd Apatow’s most popular film, but even a not-so-great Apatow movie usually isn’t too bad. Arriving in 2012 near the tail end of Apatow’s dominance, while the film’s humor was still razor-sharp, it lacked the focus of the director’s earlier efforts. But the pacing and runtime issues aside, “This Is 40”…
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The Jim Carrey Role That Changed Hollywood Forever
While you were watching Super Bowl Lvi, you may have been treated to a Verizon commercial featuring Jim Carrey, reprising his role from the 1996 Ben Stiller-directed black comedy “The Cable Guy.” If you weren’t preoccupied with your chips and dip or going to the bathroom, that is. Considering that film’s mediocre critical reception and middling box…
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Judd Apatow Developing Pandemic Comedy for Netflix
Judd Apatow is developing a pandemic comedy for Netflix and will direct, produce and co-write the untitled project through his Apatow Productions.The film will follow a group of actors and actresses stuck inside a pandemic bubble at a hotel attempting to complete a film. Apatow will co-write the script with “South Park” writer Pam Brady.…
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The Quarantine Stream: Let ‘The Cable Guy’ Make You a Preferred Customer Again
(Welcome to The Quarantine Stream, a new series where the /Film team shares what they’ve been watching while social distancing during the Covid-19 pandemic.) The Movie: The Cable Guy Where You Can Stream It: Amazon Prime The Pitch: Oddball cable installer Chip Douglas (Jim Carrey) attempts to strike up a friendship with customer Steven Kovacs…