Search Party (2014)

Friends embark on a mission to reunite their friend with the woman he was supposed to marry.
Modified Certification

  Animal Action

Poster for Search Party
Search Party
Release Date: October 30, 2014
Certification: Modified Certification

In the scene where the actor shoots a net gun towards the villains and the net falls on a donkey, trainers hold donkey while they gently toss the open net onto her. After the donkey is put in position, trainer placed peanut butter in the donkey’s mouth so she will move her lips and lick to make it look as if the donkey vomited. The donkey vomiting was done in post with CGI. Smoke effect is fed underground via a hose to an area a few feet away.

When we see the donkey tied to a post, trainers brought the donkey to the set by a lead rope and tied her to a stake in the ground.

In the scene where a coyote chases an actor in the desert, one trainer was with the coyote while the other was on a mark a few feet away with a buzzer. When the trainer on the B-mark hit the buzzer, the other trainer let the coyote go and the coyote ran from point A to point B.

In the scene where we see an actress holding a puppy in a market stall, the actress was instructed on how to hold the puppy.

In the scene where a soccer ball rolls through a bunch of chickens, trainers placed chickens on a dirt road and tossed scratch on the road to keep them in one place. Background extras walk by and kids play soccer in the background. A soccer ball is gently rolled into the group of chickens. They avoid it and keep eating.

In the scene where a car crashes into a van and a fishbowl shatters, sending fish on the road, the fish were rubber and plastic. No real fish were used.

In the scene where we see a dead goat tied to the roof of a car, the goat was taxidermy. Production provided the proper documentation.