Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls
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| Directed by | Steve Oedekerk |
| Produced by | James G. Robinson |
| Written by | Steve Oedekerk |
| Based on | Characters by Jack Bernstein |
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| Music by | Robert Folk |
| Cinematography | Donald E. Thorin |
| Edited by | Malcolm Campbell |
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| Distributed by | Warner Bros. Pictures |
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94 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $30 million |
| Box office | $212.4 million |
Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls (also known as Ace Ventura 2 or Ace Ventura 2: When Nature Calls) is a 1995 American comedy film and the sequel to the 1994 American film Ace Ventura: Pet Detective. Jim Carrey reprises his role as the title character Ace Ventura, a detective who specializes in retrieval of tame and captive animals. Ian McNeice, Simon Callow, and Sophie Okonedo co-star. Tommy Davidson, who co-starred with Carrey on the show In Living Color, makes a cameo appearance in the film.
The film was written and directed by Steve Oedekerk, who had also collaborated in the production of the first film. It was followed by a direct-to-video sequel, Ace Ventura Jr.: Pet Detective, in 2009.
In the Himalayas, a failed rescue mission results in a raccoon falling to its death (a parody of Cliffhanger). Ace Ventura then undergoes an emotional breakdown and joins a Tibetan monastery. Once he has recovered, he is approached by Fulton Greenwall, a British correspondent working for a provincial consulate in the fictional African country of Nibia. Because Ace's presence is troublesome to the monastery, the Grand Abbot gives Ace excuses to justify his departure, and sends him with Greenwall.
Thereafter, Greenwall asks Ventura to find the white bat 'Shikaka', a sacred animal of the Wachati tribe, which disappeared shortly after being offered as dowry of the Wachati Princess, who is set to wed the Wachootoo Prince to form armistice between the two people. Accompanied by his capuchin monkey, Spike, Ace travels to Africa to search for the missing bat.
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