Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls (1995)

Ace Ventura, Pet Detective, returns from a spiritual quest to investigate the disappearance of a rare white bat, the sacred animal of a tribe in Africa.

Director:

Steve Oedekerk

Writers:

Jack Bernstein (characters), Steve Oedekerk

Stars:

Jim Carrey, Ian McNeice, Simon Callow

7 wins & 7 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
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 Daniels	...	Wachootoo Witch Doctor (as Danny D. Daniels)
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

Storyline

Ace Ventura, emerging from self-imposed exile in a remote Himalayan hideaway, travels to Africa with explorer Fulton Greenwall to find a sacred bat which is told will avert a war between with Wachootoo and Wachati tribes. Of course, when Ace gets involved, all hell breaks loose...

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Plot Keywords:

bat | africa | hawaiian shirt | pregnant | pregnancy | 

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Taglines:

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

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Genres:

Adventure | Comedy

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Certificate:

AL

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

22 February 1996 (Netherlands)

Also Known As:

Ace Ventura Goes to Africa

Filming Locations:

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

Box Office

Budget:

$30,000,000 (estimated)

Gross:

$108,360,000 (USA)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Morgan Creek Productions, O Entertainment

Technical Specs

Runtime:

90 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby SDDS Dolby Digital

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

The Farrelly Brothers were offered the chance to direct but declined

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Goofs

The chess pieces on the chess board that Vincent is playing on disappear 1/2 way through Ace's rant in his trophy room.

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Quotes

[first lines]
Helicopter Pilot: Negative. No sign. Wait a second, I think I got him.
Ace: You know you could poke somebody's eyes out with that thing.

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Connections

Referenced in The Marvelous M Show (2011)

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Soundtracks

Boll Weevil
Performed by The Presidents of the United States of America
Produced by Conrad Uno and Chris and Dave
Written by Chris Ballew and The Presidents of the United States of America
The Presidents of the United States of America appears courtesy of Columbia Records/PopLlama

User Reviews

oh my god, you gotta read what I found this movie to be...

I don't normally respond to these kinds of things, but after reading some of the negative responses I couldn't help myself. There is a movie out there for everyone, something everyone NEEDs to laugh at and who can relate to. This movie is the opidemy of my humor and the extreme way it portrays the upper crust world of stuffy, snobby, self absorbed unrealistic people who think the world revolves around their view and opinions is classic and makes me laugh in a way that is honest for me.

I read that some people were offended by it and want to get others to share their view. All I gotta say is, "If you didn't like the first one, why did you go to see the second one? Just to complain?" Do all of us "Friends" of Jim Carey a favor, if you don't like his humor, just go find some stuffy anal retentive "fluff" film, and write reviews on them that we will never read since those movies are for stuck-up self absorbed types. Sorry I just didn't think it fair that these people are "Flameing" this as if there are no other possibilities.

Thanx for reading.