When Nature Calls

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When Nature Calls
When Nature Calls 1985 Movie Poster.jpg
Directed byCharles Kaufman
Written byCharles Kaufman
Straw Weisman
Produced byCharles Kaufman
Susan P. Thomases
Frank Vitale
StarringDavid 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
CinematographyMike Spera
Edited byMichael Jacobi
Music byArthur 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
LanguageEnglish

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).

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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]

Reception

Troma boasts When Nature Calls as one of the company's best comedies. [2] 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

  1. ↑ "American Genre Film Archive WHEN NATURE CALLS". www.americangenrefilm.com. Retrieved 2023-06-17.
  2. ↑ "WHEN NATURE CALLS | Troma" . Retrieved 2023-06-17.


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