PETA has not yet responded to Polone’s op-ed.A Dog’s Purpose, the upcoming film from Steven Spielberg’s Amblin Entertainment about how dogs don’t really die but instead are reincarnated over and over as other dogs to teach humans about love, was never going to be more than a slightly manipulative, feel-good movie targeted at anyone who has a soft-spot for puppies. (computer-generated imagery) stand-ins would astronomically drive up costs, Polone argues, and effectively prevent many of these projects from getting made-outweighing the potential benefits to animal actors. Requiring all media to replace all animals with C.G.I. To Polone, films like A Dog’s Purpose play an important role in fostering interest and support for animal welfare. When PETA means ‘any,’ it means no cats or dogs. “In response to my suggesting again that we should focus on replacing AHA”-the American Humane Association, which was in charge of making sure this film abided by ethical standards of animal treatment-”she countered that the group isn’t in favor of better protection for animals on sets but rather ‘to remove them entirely.’ She went on to urge me to never use any animals in movies or television again. “After this story broke, I exchanged emails with Lisa Lange, a senior VP at PETA,” Polone writes. But he also questioned PETA’s position on the issue, and the viability of its stance going forward. Polone made clear in his editorial that he regrets the mistakes that were made on-set-and that he accepts responsibility for whatever part he played in allowing them to happen. Polone added that after seeing the footage of Hercules that was taken on Thursday, “I’m happy to say that Hercules is obviously quite well.” The portion of the video that showed the dog going under the water occurred during that take.
In fact, shooting did stop, and the dog was returned to the side of the pool on which he had rehearsed the stunt-at which point he jumped in on his own. Polone outlined a scenario similar to the one Cameron laid out-noting the same discrepancy in which the dog had been asked to perform the stunt, and adding that the video was cut deceptively to make it look as though the dog had been forced into the water and subsequently submerged. THAT ISN’T A REAL DOG, it is a computer-generated dog leaping into the You see the dog jumping into a treacherous rushing wall of water. Of what happened, but they have included a clip from our trailer where Not only have theyīeen circulating the TMZ video, which portrays an inaccurate picture Publicity around these events with great energy.
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“Mistakes were made, and everything needs to be done to make sure those errors are not repeated,” Cameron said. Like most who saw the video, Cameron admitted that he “didn’t like” the part at the end of the video-when Hercules’s head goes under water-but noted that crew members were present to help. Bruce Cameron, who wrote the book from which A Dog’s Purpose was adapted, told CNN, “The written commentary accompanying the edited video mischaracterizes what happened.” Cameron added that the video shocked him “because when I was on-set, the ethic of everyone was the safety and comfort of the dogs.” Cameron said the dog, Hercules, was upset not because of the water but because he had rehearsed the stunt from the left side of the pool-and in the video, he was being prompted to perform it from the right side. In a later cut, the dog is seen going under the water as crew members yell and rush toward him.Īs W. The video that leaked Thursday to TMZ showed a dog named Hercules being lowered repeatedly into a pool of churning water, despite the animal's clear distress.
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