The Way Back (2020)

A former basketball all-star, who has lost his wife and family foundation in a struggle with addiction attempts to regain his soul and salvation by becoming the coach of a disparate ethnically mixed high school basketball team at his alma mater.

Animal actors in this production were monitored through American Humane Society’s No Animals Were Harmed® program.

Detailed Animal Action Report

When we see goldfish in the lead actor’s son’s room, we were on set to make sure the goldfish were taken care of. The tank was setup with a biofilter and conditioned water. The fish was brought in a plastic bag and placed in a setup tank to acclimate to the temp of the tank. After they filmed the scene, they took the fish back to the store from where they were from.

In the scene where the actor drives down a residential road and stops in the road, with a line of geese crossing the street, production set up the placement of cars and the geese on the side of the road. On action, the trainers opened the pens and cued the geese to cross the road. The wranglers were on the edges of frame with nets in hand to guide the geese to the holding pens. The car never came close to the geese.

Release Date: June 23, 2020
Certification: Full Certification
Genre: Drama

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