Ace Ventura: Pet Detective
Ace Ventura: Pet Detective is a 1994 American crime 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 Jim 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, Snowflake, 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 | disgrace exotic animals kidnap miami dolphins miami police department philadelphia eagles police department private detective sneaking in standing ovation super bowl |
| musicBy | Ira Newborn |
| producer | James G. Robinson |
| productionCompany | Morgan Creek Productions |
| publisher | Warner Bros. |
| recordedAt | Florida |
| theme | crime comedy sports comedy |