Ace Ventura: Pet Detective
Ace Ventura: Pet Detective is a 1994 American comedy film starring Jim Carrey as Ace Ventura, an animal detective who is tasked with finding the abducted dolphin mascot of the Miami Dolphins football team. The film was directed by Tom Shadyac, who wrote the screenplay with Jack Bernstein and Carrey. The film co-stars Courteney Cox, Tone Loc, Sean Young, and then–Miami Dolphins quarterback Dan Marino and features a cameo appearance from death metal band Cannibal Corpse.
Plot
Ace Ventura, an eccentric and offbeat private detective in Miami, is known for rescuing tame or captive animals. Despite struggles with rent and constant mockery from the Miami Police Department, led by Lieutenant Lois Einhorn, Ventura is hired by Melissa Robinson, the Miami Dolphins' publicist, to find their kidnapped mascot, Bottlenose dolphin Snowflake, who was stolen just weeks before the upcoming Super Bowl.
More details
| author | Jack Bernstein Jim Carrey Tom Shadyac |
|---|---|
| contentLocation | Miami Miami metropolitan area |
| director | Tom Shadyac |
| editor | Don Zimmerman |
| events | revenge |
| genre | comedy crime mystery |
| keywords | bottlenose dolphin disgrace exotic animals game kidnap kill love letter miami dolphins miami police department newspaper clipping philadelphia eagles pigeon police department private detective private investigator shark sneaking in standing ovation suicide super bowl swoop |
| musicBy | Ira Newborn |
| producer | James G. Robinson |
| productionCompany | Morgan Creek Productions |
| publisher | Warner Bros. Pictures |
| recordedAt | Florida |
| theme | crime comedy sports comedy |