I spoke to Holly Bario, the president of production at Amblin Partners, the film’s studio. Still, he said, he wasn’t surprised as he has taken the same actions whenever he thought an animal was being mistreated. THE GERMAN SHEPHERD IS ONE OF FIVE DOGS USED IN THE FILM. Not once did he witness anything that would have led him to suspect what he saw on the TMZ video.īut as you may recall, PETA immediately called for a boycott of the film.? I must admit, as mad as I was, er, am, I’ve been looking forward to seeing this film.? Polone said after the video was released on TMZ he also started getting messages on social media from folks some politely asking what happened and others being a bit more brutal. Polone, who has written several articles in HR, said he had been on the set at least 70 percent of the time during the films 11-week production and closely observed how the animals and trainers, who were from a company called Birds and Animals Unlimited, ?interacted. So now, the idea that I’m connected to an accusation of the abuse of a dog is, to understate it, painful.
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I wanted to promote the feelings I developed for animals by making a meaningful movie about the same.
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In part, my feelings about animals were formed as a child by films like Sounder and Born Free and TV shows like Lassie. Love of animals defines my existence, and that love is what drove me to struggle for years to get Bruce Cameron’s brilliant and widely cherished novel about the bond between a person and a dog made into a movie. Gavin Polone penned an article in Hollywood Reporter saying how as producer, ” much of my identity is fused with the belief that I am a lover and defender of animals and their welfare.”
Apparently, the film’s producer hadn’t either and when he did, he said he was “appalled!” And now we’ve got our hot little hands on the video that shows it.īut I wasn’t the only one who hadn’t seen the footage. I mean, heck, they’re police dogs right? But clearly, this German shepherd was scared. We always think of this breed of dog as tough. ?You may recall the story about the upcoming film, ‘A Dog’s Purpose’ being under fire after a video was leaked showing a frightened German shepherd dog being coerced into rushing water. It’s one thing to hear of a frightened animal, but seeing it is another.
*We covered this story the other day but dang, I hadn’t seen the video.
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