When Nature Calls
{{For|the 1995 film|Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls}}
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{{Infobox film
| name = When Nature Calls
| image = File:When_Nature_Calls_1985_Movie_Poster.jpg
| caption =
| director = Charles Kaufman
| producer = Charles Kaufman
Susan P. Thomases
Frank Vitale
| writer = Charles Kaufman
Straw Weisman
| starring = David Orange
Barbara Marineau
Nicky Beim
Tina Marie Staiano
David Strathairn
Willie Mays
G. Gordon Liddy
Myron Cohen
Fred Blassie
Stanley Siegel
Morey Amsterdam
John Cameron Swayze
| music = Arthur Custer
| cinematography = Mike Spera
| editing = Michael Jacobi
| studio = Mach Studios, Inc.
Vitale Films
Cox Productions
| distributor = Troma Entertainment
| released = {{Film date|1985|09|13}}
| runtime = 88 minutes
| language = English
| budget =
}}
When Nature Calls is a 1985 spoof comedy written and directed by Charles Kaufman and starring Academy Award nominee David Strathairn in an early performance. The film was distributed by Charles Kaufman's brother, Lloyd Kaufman, of Troma Entertainment (sister Susan Kaufman worked as an art director and their father Stanley appeared as an actor in the film).
Content
The film is packed with visual gags, non sequiturs, fake previews for non-existent movies, and, one of the film's more notable sequences, an obscene stop-motion montage involving food products. The (loose) plot of the film follows a man (David Orange) who, fed up with the hassles of city living, decides to move his reluctant family into the woods, only to find out that they're in way over their heads with outdoor living. The video box proudly claims that the film includes the most romantic scene between a woman and a bear shot on celluloid.
Cast
The film features cameos from such notable people as baseball legend Willie Mays, professional wrestler Fred Blassie, comedian Morey Amsterdam, and Watergate icon G. Gordon Liddy. It also features appearances from Gates McFadden, William Smith, James Eckhouse, Billy Beck, Susan Pratt, and Jerome Preston Bates.{{Cite web |title=American Genre Film Archive WHEN NATURE CALLS |url=https://www.americangenrefilm.com/theatrical-film-catalog/when-nature-calls/ |access-date=2023-06-17 |website=www.americangenrefilm.com}}
Reception
Troma boasts When Nature Calls as one of the company's best comedies.{{Cite web |title=WHEN NATURE CALLS {{!}} Troma |url=https://www.troma.com/films/when-nature-calls/ |access-date=2023-06-17 |language=en-US}} The response from Troma fans has been largely positive as well, with most comparing it to such early Troma comedy classics as The First Turn-On! and Squeeze Play!.
Reception
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External links
- {{IMDb title|id=0090314|title=When Nature Calls}}
Category:American independent films
Category:Troma Entertainment films
Category:American comedy films
Category:1980s English-language films
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