Ace Ventura: Pet Detective [WS]/Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls [WS]

MOVIE DESCRIPTION:

Ready to laugh? All righty then! Jim Carrey showed he was a movie farce to reckon with in his two early-career portrayals of the undeterred, unhinged pet finder with a gravity-defying hairstyle and a sanity-defying attitude. Ace Ventura Pet Detective (Side A) has our funny-boned hero scrambling to find the stolen mascot - a dolphin - of Miami's pro football team. Ready for more? Well, spank you very much! Ace Ventura When Nature Calls (Side B) features Ace's elephant-calling, monkeyshining, loogie-launching adventure in Africa to rescue a creature he loathes - a bat. Trust him and heed the call: He's a professional!

DVD FEATURES:

• Region: 1
• Number of Discs: 1
• Audio: Dolby Digital 5.1
• Screen: Enhanced Wide Screen Letterbox for 16x9 TV
• Aspect Ratio: 2.40:1
• Features:
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  • Ace Ventura Pet Detective:
  • Commentary by director Tom Shadyac
  • Theatrical trailer & tv spots
  • Ace Ventura When Nature Calls:
  • Theatrical trailer & tv spots

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:

• Cast:

  
       Jim Carrey - Ace Ventura
       Courteney Cox Arquette - Melissa Robinson
       Sean Young - Lois Einhorn
       Dan Marino - Himself
       Bob Gunton - Burton Quinn
       Sophie Okonedo - The Wachati Princess
       Raynor Scheine - Woodstock
       Tone - Loc - Emilio
       Adewale Akinnuoye - Agbaje - Hitu

• Director:

  Tom Shadyac, Steve Oedekerk

• Producer:

  James G. Robinson

• Screenwriter:

  Jim Carrey, Tom Shadyac

• Screen Story:

  Jack Bernstein

• Screenwriter:

  Jack Bernstein, Steve Oedekerk

• Cinematographer:

  Julio Macat, Donald Thorin

• Composer (Music Score):

  Ira Newborn, Robert Folk

• Editor:

  Don Zimmerman, Malcolm Campbell

• Production Designer:

  William Elliott, Stephen Lineweaver

• Art Director:

  Christopher Nowak

• Co-producer:

  Peter Bogart, Bob Israel, Andrew G. La Marca

• Executive Producer:

  Gary Barber

• Set Designer:

  Scott Jacobson, Richard Fojo, Derek R. Hill

• Costume Designer:

  Bobbie Read, Elsa Zamparelli

• Sound/Sound Designer:

  Steve Maslow, Stacy Brownrigg

• Makeup:

  Pauletta Lewis-Irwin

• First Assistant Director:

  Barry K. Thomas, William M. Elvin

• Camera Operator:

  Don Reddy

• Stunts:

  Courtney Brown, Joe Hess, Alan Jordan, Mike Kirton, Blake Pickett

• Casting:

  Mary Jo Slater, Ferne Cassel

• First Assistant Camera:

  William McConnell

• Second Unit Director:

  John E. Sullivan

• Music Editor:

  J.J. George

REVIEW:

• The film that marked Jim Carrey's graduation from TV sketch comic to box-office phenomenon, Ace Ventura: Pet Detective had such surprising widespread appeal that it even won over many of those who shook their heads at Carrey's manic antics on Fox's In Living Color. He's none too subtle here, quite literally talking out of his butt ("Do you mind if I ass you a few questions?" is a typical groaner), but his hyperactive willingness to go above and beyond for the laugh soon became Carrey's trademark, and it's exuberantly on display here. The loosey-goosey plot about a kidnapped dolphin keeps the audience in the right frame of mind, and Carrey handles the rest, maliciously manhandling packages while disguised as a delivery man, hiding himself inside an ill-fitting cardboard box, and making a mockery of a home for the insane. It's fitting, of course, that he spends a lot of his time talking to animals -- they meet on level ground, bird brain to bird brain. Sean Young has a lot of fun as the campy villain, and Courteney Cox is appealing as Carrey's love interest. But Carrey is center stage here, and boy, does he take it. The film also marks the directorial debut of Tom Shadyac, who followed with a string of light comedy successes in Liar Liar (also with Carrey), Patch Adams, and The Nutty Professor. ~ Derek Armstrong, Rovi