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Straight Outta Compton (2014)
A group of friends come together to create the rap group NWA. Soon, they blow away the public and the music scene with their tales of life on the streets of Compton.
Animal actors in this production were monitored through American Humane Society’s No Animals Were Harmed™ program.
Straight Outta Compton
Detailed Animal Action Report
In the opening sequence, we see the pit-bull eating from a bowl, then running through the house when the police break in the doors, then chasing the Eazy-E character outside before the actor jumps over a fence. This scene was shot in several takes over one evening. In the opening scene where we see the dog walk through the room, the trainer used a brownie to have the dog walk from one side of the room to the other. When the police break down the doors and everyone runs off in the chaos, the dog was not on set for that scene. When the dog runs through the door closely followed by the swat team, the trainer was outside the backdoor. She called the dog to her and he ran from point A to point B, which was outside. When the dog runs after Eazy-E, trainers were again at opposite sides of the set, calling the dog to run from point A to point B. At no point was the dog running after the actor. The actor running was filmed separate from the dog chasing him.
In the scene where the dog growls at Dr. Dre in Suge Knight’s office, a trainer was hiding underneath the table to cue the dog to stand and growl.
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Release Date: August 4, 2014
Certification: Full Certification
Genre: Drama, Music
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