Ace Ventura: Pet Detective

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    This was shown from the very beginning, in Carrey’s first comedic role in Ace Ventura Pet Detective (Tom Shadyac, 1994). In the film, Carrey’s plays Ace Ventura, a detective who specialises in animals, who is on the hunt for a football team’s missing dolphin mascot (IMDb, 2014). Carrey’s brand of physical comedy is shown throughout the movie. Personally, I feel that this was best shown in the scenes when Ace goes on a hunt for the owners of the championship ring. In these scenes, Carrey was running, rolling around on the ground, arm wrestling and hiding in one of the player’s mailbox. To match Carrey’s goofy character, Ace Ventura is dressed in colourfully printed shirts, and has perfectly gelled hair that does not go out of place throughout the film, regardless of the situations he gets himself into. From then on, with Carrey’s physical style of entertainment, animated face and expert impersonation skills, the hits just kept coming (Biography.com,…

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    fact that there was someone out there who had struggled just as I did, but he overcame it. I decided to pick up arms as well in my own fight with depression by going to tutoring and seeking counseling. By age 17, Jim decided to drop out of school, move to LA, and pursue acting full time. (Scottberg) It 's around this time that Carrey had to find something to motivate himself. As a result, Carrey wrote a check to himself totaling 10,000,000 dollars for "Acting Services rendered" dated for…

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    Ace Ventura: Pet Detective slot preview Playtech’s last big slot release – Top Gun – may not have hit the heights expected of it, but their next big hit is sure to be a success. Unlike with Top Gun, Playtech have been given permission to use Jim Carrey’s likeness in an upcoming Ace Ventura: Pet Detective video slot, based on the hit movie from the 1990s, as well as its sequel, Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls. About Ace Ventura: Pet Detective Right from the start you can see that this video slot…

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    Brandon Floyd Professor Lee DRAM 2366 December 4, 2016 Director Comparative Analysis When looking for a director I started by searching for one that did the genre that I love so much. This genre being comedy and while searching I came across a director by the name of Tom Shadyac. He is a director known for his comedic films and collaborations with Jim Carrey and Eddie Murphey. The Three films I choose by him were “The Nutty Professor”, “Ace Ventura: The Pet Detective”, and “Bruce All Mighty”.…

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    Jim Carrey Research Paper

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    1994 was the breakthrough year for Jim Carrey. He was cast in the lead roles in Ace Ventura: Pet Detective, The Mask and Dumb and Dumber. Dumb and Dumber was a commercial success, and a huge boost in him comic career, grossing over $270 million worldwide. He received his first Golden Globe Award nomination for Best Actor for his work in The Mask. And he is one of the top 25 actors of all time in terms of box office earnings. H, his films average just under $100 million in…

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    Jim Carrey is one of the best comedians of our time. He has been in many amazing movies and has made many people laugh. He is now an extremely famous and popular comedian but he was not always this successful he had a very humble start. Jim Carrey although now a famous comedian he started just like anybody else. Jim Carrey grew up in Newmarket, Ontario, Canada; he was born on January 17, 1962 (Biography.com). Carrey got his start at a stand up spot in a club in Toronto (biography.com). In 1978,…

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    When you hear famous movie quotes like “alrighty then” “Let's put another shrimp on the barbie” and “just when I think you can’t get any Dumber…. You go and totally redeem yourself.” Immediately Jim Carrey the famous comedian actor pops into your head. He has starred in a multitude of number 1 box office hits like Ace Ventura pet Detective, Dumb and Dumber, The Mask and Liar Liar to name a few. The Golden Globe winner has became a household name despite the many setbacks in his life. Jim Carrey…

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    Carol. Jim Carrey could have been Captain Jack Sparrow in the Pirates Of The Caribbean, but was working on another movie. Jim Carrey was also supposed to play Austin Powers in Austin powers: International Man of Mystery, but he choose not to take the part.Carrey was paid 23 million dollars for the movie “The Number Three” Jim Carrey has appeared in over thirty eight feature films. Jim Carrey was the first actor to get 20 million dollars from just one movie. He was the lead in NBC’s 1984 comedy…

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    West. So is Tyga's plan to humiliate Kylie an attempt to ground her in the real world? Probably not, because odds are the plan doesn't exist at all. According to Gossip Cop, the first reports of Kylie and Tyga's relationship problems, which came from Radar Online, weren't true. According to Gossip Cop, Radar Online cited a Snapchat where Kylie called Tyga "mean" as proof that the two were on the rocks, but never acknowledged the playful banter and displays of affection from the couple in the…

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    My Thoughts On I Am I Am is a documentary by Tom Shadyac the director of such comedy movies as Ace Ventura: Pet Detective, Liar Liar, Patch Adams, and many more. In 2007 he had a biking accident and suffered post-concussive syndrome or PCS. He was in very severe pain and even thought about killing himself to escape the agony he was enduring. Eventually the symptoms lessened and he began to feel better physically. But both spiritually and emotionally he still didn’t feel right. He began to…

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