When Nature Calls

For the 1995 film, see Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls.

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).

When Nature Calls
Directed by	Charles Kaufman
Written by	Charles Kaufman Straw Weisman
Produced by	Charles Kaufman Susan P. Thomases Frank Vitale
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
Cinematography	Mike Spera
Edited by	Michael Jacobi
Music by	Arthur Custer
Production companies	Mach Studios, Inc. Vitale Films Cox Productions
Distributed by	Troma Entertainment
Release date	September 13, 1985 (1985-09-13)
Running time	88 minutes
Language	English

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.^[1]