Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls

Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls
Directed by	Steve Oedekerk
Produced by	Gary Barber Bob Israel Andrew G. La Marca James G. Robinson
Written by	Jack Bernstein (characters) Steve Oedekerk
Starring	Jim Carrey Ian McNeice Simon Callow Maynard Eziashi Bob Gunton Sophie Okonedo Tommy Davidson
Distributed by	Warner Bros.
Release date(s)	10 November, 1995
Running time	90 min.
Language	English
Preceded by	Ace Ventura: Pet Detective
Followed by	Ace Ventura, Jr.
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Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls (1995) is the sequel to Ace Ventura: Pet Detective (1994). Jim Carrey reprises his role as the title character Ace Ventura, a detective who specializes in cases involving animals. Ian McNeice, Simon Callow, and Sophie Okonedo costar and Tommy Davidson, who co-starred with Carrey on TV's In Living Color program, has a cameo.

It was written and directed by Steve Oedekerk, who had also collaborated in the making of the earlier movie. As with the original, this movie is a wacky comedy and has large amounts of silly, toilet humor (the movie title, itself, is a double entendre).

A third movie in the series, Ace Ventura, Jr., is being planned.

Plot summary

After failing the rescue attempt of a raccoon in the Himalayas, Ace Ventura has an emotional breakdown and goes on a personal soul-searching quest by becoming a Tibetan monk. However, he is soon approached by Fulton Greenwall, an African missionary working for a provincial consulate, supposedly in the country of Namibia. Greenwall asks Ventura to take a special case to find a sacred animal, Shikaka, which has become a point of contention between two tribes (the peaceful Wachati and the belligerent Wachootoo). With his faithful capuchin monkey, Spike, Ace travels to Africa and returns to his pet detective work.

After arriving in Nambia and meeting with the head of the consulate, Vincent Cadby, Ace begins learning about his case as well as the possible suspects. However, when he travells to the sacred caves which had been the home of Shikaka, he discovers it is actually a rare white bat. Ace, unfortunately, has a severe case of chiroptophobia and hates bats with a passion. He then travels to the Wachati tribe village and meets the chief where he finds a further complication - Shikaka is meant as a wedding present from the Wachati Princess who is set to wed the Wachootoo Prince. If the bat is not returned in time, the Wachootoo will declare war on the Wachiti tribe and no doubt destroy their peaceful neighbours. After eliminating various suspects and enduring the problems of dealing with the Wachiti and the Wachootoo he finally discovers that the head of the consulate has actually taken the bat and hired Ace as his cover story. He plans to let the tribes destroy each other and take possession of their land, using the numerous bat caves containing guano to sell as fertilizer. Ace manages to thwart Cadby's plans and returns the bat to the tribes who carry out a successful marriage and stop an impending war.

Trivia

• Ace's fear of a bat is a reference to Jim Carey's role in Batman Forever, whose closing scenes feature Carrey's "Riddler" character screeching at the sight of a bat.
• The film introduces two new "Ace" catchphrases: "Spank you" (in place of "Thank you]","Bumblebee Tuna" (his intentional mispronunciation of a tribal greeting), and "Alrighty Then".
• Aside from Carrey, no other actors or characters from the first film appear (or are even mentioned) except Spike, Ace's pet monkey.
• When Ace drives the monster truck after Cadby, he emits a screech similar to that emitted by Carrey in The Mask.
• Ace Ventura fools the Chief and his son during a game of 'Simon Says' with the word Shikaka (which when said, the tribesmen fall to their knees) saying "Shawshank Redemption" in which Bob Gunton ("Quinn") played the Warden.
• Director Tom DeCerchio left after shooting began, to be replaced by writer Steve Oedekerk. DeCerchio and Carrey had severe creative differences, prompting the lead actor to lock himself in his trailer until DeCerchio was replaced.
• This film is the only sequel to a Jim Carrey movie that was successful. Dumb and Dumberer: When Harry Met Lloyd, Son of the Mask, and Batman and Robin all performed poorly with both audiences and critics; but it should also be noted that Carrey didn't appear in any of those sequels, considering he has repeatedly stated that in rare exceptions, thus far the only exception proving to be Ace Ventura, he is not willing at all to play the same character again.

Box office

• Opening weekend U.S. gross: $37,804,076
• Total U.S. box office gross: $108,360,063

Quotes

• Ace: Well if you were me, then I'd be you! And I'd use your body to get to the top!
• Ace: (catch phrase) Alrighty then!
• Cadby: Is something wrong, Mr. Ventura?
  Ace: Of course not! This is just a lovely room of death! Take care now, bye bye then.
• Ace: (catch phrase) Loo-hoo-se-her!
• McGuire: Who is this ghastly man??!!
  Ace: Ace Ventura, Pet Detective, aaaaaannnnnddd....you must be the Monopoly Guy! (whispers) Hey, thanks for the free parking!
  Woman: Another activist, McGuire.
  McGuire: Activist, yes.
• Ace:(while eating a zebra with lions) Eat up guys, none of this animal goes to waste!
• Ace:(while watching a slinky go down the thousands of steps to the temple) Everybody wants a slinky, you gotta get a slinky, slinky, slinky, go, slinky, go.(The slinky stops on last step.) OH MAN Can you believe it? It was RIGHT THERE!!! Do you think I can try it again?
• Ace:(Shaking unconscious "Monopoly Guy" to make him appear as if he's talking) Do not pass Go! Do not collect 200 dollars!
• Ace:(Handing over unconscious "Monopoly Guy" to woman) It's lovely, Thank You but I ... fancy myself an Autumn.
• Ace:(driving the car, when Fulton asks him to slow down) Nonsese poopypants.

External links

• Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls at the Internet Movie Database

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