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Boone Narr

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Boone Narr (born January 30, 1948) is an animal stunt coordinator[1] and trainer.[2] He founded Boone's Animals for Hollywood animal training facility located in Castaic, California in 1998. It operated until 2023. Narr is a Vietnam veteran and got into the entertainment industry in 1971.[3]

Training

Boone Narr, a native of Seattle, has been credited as an animal trainer, wrangler and supplier for a number of films and television programmes.

Animals trained at Boone's Animals for Hollywood have also been featured in many other television series, including CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, Ugly Betty and Criminal Minds.

Boone's Animals for Hollywood has also trained and supplied animals for a number of television commercials, including such brands as Budweiser, Disneyland, Walmart, John Deere, McDonald's, Cisco Systems, FedEx, Hewlett-Packard and American Express, among others.[citation needed]

It was reported in the Los Angeles Times that on the set of Narr's first film Any Which Way You Can, Clint Eastwood's sidekick orangutan "Clyde" (originally named "Buddha") was "trained with a can of mace and a pipe wrapped in newspaper."[4] The article actually drew from a book by Dale Peterson and Jane Goodall, who claimed that information from three observers suggested that the orangutan was frequently beaten, and that, some time toward the completion of the film, Buddha was punished for having stolen doughnuts from the set. They state that he was beaten for 20 minutes with a three-and-a-half foot ax handle, and that, after his death some months later, an autopsy suggested evidence of a cerebral hemorrhage.[5] Makeup effects artist William Munns has cast doubt on these claims, saying that Narr was "truly one of the best and kindest trainers I knew."[6]

Films

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Television

Maui, who played Murray the dog in Mad About You, was discovered by Boone Narr at the Castaic Animal Shelter along with its mother Bingo, who starred in the 1991 film Bingo.[9] Maui was twice voted the most popular dog by the readers of TV Guide.[12]

References

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    Linda Sunshine, Rob Minkoff (2000). Stuart Little: The Art, the Artists, and the Story Behind the Amazing Movie. Newmarket Press. p. 148. ISBN 978-1-55704-407-5.
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    Sandra Choron, Harry Choron (2005). Planet Dog: A Doglopedia (illustrated ed.). Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. pp. 44. ISBN 978-0-618-51752-7.
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    Mills, Nancy (1997-12-18). "The Big Cheese 'Mouse Hunt's' Animal Trainer Helps Actions Squeak Louder Than Words". NY Daily News. Retrieved 2012-11-15.
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    "'Every which way but abuse' should be motto". Los Angeles Times.
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    Peterson, Dale (March 22, 1993). Visions of Caliban: On Chimpanzees and People. USA: Houghton Mifflin. p. 145. ISBN 978-0820322063.
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    "An Interview with Makeup Effects Artist and Author, William Munns".
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    https://www.slideshare.net/RussCase/lemony-snicket-by-russ
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    https://www.animalactors.co.uk/blog/films/indiana_jones.htm
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    "A History of Animal Stars". American Humane Association. Archived from the original on 2009-02-10. Retrieved 2010-12-10.
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    Robert J. Emery (2003). The directors: take four, Volume 4. Allworth Communications. p. 215. ISBN 978-1-58115-279-1.
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    Eve Light Honthaner (2010). The Complete Film Production Handbook. Focal Press. p. 269. ISBN 978-0-240-81150-5.
  12. [12]
    TV Guide, Volume 46. Triangle Publications, 1998.
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