Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls (1995)

Director:

Steve Oedekerk

Writers (WGA):

Jack Bernstein (characters)
Steve Oedekerk (written by)

Release Date:

10 November 1995 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Adventure | Comedy | Mystery

Tagline:

Most people wouldn't last one minute in the real wild nature. Ace Ventura, not even a second.

Plot:

Pet detective Ace Ventura comes out of retirement to investigate the disappearance of a rare white bat, the symbol of an African tribe.

Plot Keywords:

Bat | White Bat | African Tribe | Monkey Actor | Black Chief

Awards:

5 wins & 3 nominations

US TV Schedule:

Sun. Dec. 27

3:00 AM

MTV

Cast

Jim Carrey	...	Ace Ventura
Ian McNeice	...	Fulton Greenwall
Simon Callow	...	Vincent Cadby
Maynard Eziashi	...	Ouda
Bob Gunton	...	Burton Quinn
Sophie Okonedo	...	The Wachati Princess
Tommy Davidson	...	The Tiny Warrior
Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje	...	Hitu (as Adewale)
Danny D. Daniels	...	Wachootoo Witch Doctor
Sam Motoana Phillips	...	Wachootoo Chief
Damon Standifer	...	Wachati Chief
Andrew Steel	...	Mick Katie
Bruce Spence	...	Gahjii
Tom Grunke	...	Derrick McCane (as Thomas Grunke)
Arsenio 'Sonny' Trinidad	...	Ashram Monk

Also Known As:

Ace Ventura Goes to Africa

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for crude humor.

Runtime:

90 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby | SDDS

Certification:

South Korea:All | Argentina:13 | Australia:PG | Canada:14 (Nova Scotia) | Canada:G (Quebec) | Canada:PG (Manitoba/Ontario) | Chile:14 | Denmark:12 | Finland:K-12 | Germany:12 | Iceland:L | Netherlands:AL | Norway:11 | Peru:14 | Portugal:M/6 | Singapore:PG | Spain:13 | Sweden:11 | UK:PG | USA:PG-13 (certificate #34152)

Filming Locations:

777 Ranch - 1829 County Road 432, Hondo, Texas, USA

Company:

Warner Bros. Pictures

Trivia:

Jim Carrey was paid $5 million to reprise the part of Ace Ventura.

Goofs:

Revealing mistakes: When the animals break down the wall of Vincent Cadby's office, the 'trophy' elephant head hung on the wall falls to the floor and shatters. If the head were real it wouldn't break the way it does.

Quotes:

The Wachati Princess: You make me smile. And yet, I am troubled. You see, the man my father wants me to marry... I am worried I will not please him.
[moves in close to Ace]
The Wachati Princess: I have never known a man.
[they slowly touch their tongues together. Ace pulls away]
Ace: I would love to help. But you see, I have vowed to take a life of celibacy.
The Wachati Princess: Well, perhaps this will assist your decision.
[takes off her top, revealing her bare chest]
Ace: Those are very nice! But I am a child of light. A pure spirit. I am no longer encumbered by the appetites of the flesh.

Movie Connections:

Spoofed in Payback (1999/I)

Soundtrack:

Ife

Jim Carrey makes it good

Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls, is by no means superior to the original Ace Ventura. The general story is nothing to write home about, but the movie, on the whole, is saved by Jim Carrey's flexible face, and his unruly behavior.

This time he is sent to Africa to recover a sacred bat that has mysteriously vanished. There are plenty of funny scenes many movie critics would call "gags." In the process of retrieving the Great White Bat, Ace participates in a disgusting (but amusing) spitting contest, masturbates in a tent, grapples with an alligator, and falls out of a giant mechanical Rhinoceros, (while in cognito) and devastates a nearby family. Folks, what more could you ask for?

Yes, I know. Many of these situations sound ridiculous. And yes, they most certainly are. And had anybody else played Ace then Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls would be a disaster instead of an entertaining sequel.