When Nature Calls

1985
R
1h 25m

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Parody Satire Sketch Comedy Slapstick Comedy

When construction worker Greg becomes fed-up with his foreman and the "city life", he takes his wife and kids on a wilderness adventure.When construction worker Greg becomes fed-up with his foreman and the "city life", he takes his wife and kids on a wilderness adventure.When construction worker Greg becomes fed-up with his foreman and the "city life", he takes his wife and kids on a wilderness adventure.

Director
- Charles Kaufman
Writers
- Charles Kaufman
- Straw Weisman
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4.6/10

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Director
- Charles Kaufman
Writers
- Charles Kaufman
- Straw Weisman
Stars

See production info at IMDbPro

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Trivia
As the family is leaving New York City, you can see a movie theater in the background is playing Deep Throat (1972)

Goofs
When the family's car runs over the camera, the numbers on the license plate are reversed.

Crazy credits
Separate credits sequence at end of film for the various animals used in the film is interrupted by a clip from the intro to "Leave It to Beaver", introducing "Jerry Mathers... as the Beaver" Script Proctologist: Steve Fox Creative Force: Warren Leight First Executive Mom: Elizabeth Beim Magic Fingers: Angie Lawrence

Alternate versions
The German video version released by UFA in 1987 omits the complete pre-title sequence. Later video version adds these scenes as bonus material after the main feature.

Connections
Featured in Tales from the Crapper (2004)

Soundtracks
The Outdoorsters
Music by David Buskin
Lyrics by Charles Kaufman, Straw Weisman, David Buskin
Produced by Jeff Kent
Performed by Robin Batteau and Steve Mandell

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10/10

Must watch even if undoubtedly this is a horrendously bad movie

So much bad taste in one movie. The acting is worse than home made. Everything is bad! But, I strongly believe we learn from mistakes and not only from our own mistakes. We learn from any mistake. This is an excellent example of "donts" which is healthy to review study and learn from. I feel I've learned a lot from it. I feel I need to watch it again and again. 10 stars from me because I've learned what happens when things go wrong. I learned more about the fine line between excellent and terrible comedy. Any creative person should watch this. Yes, it is very educational. I'm grateful I've been lucky enough to bump into this pathetic horrendous catastrophic piece of human failed attempt of being creative.