Open House
A New Musical Film by Dan Mirvish

Because finding a home should be something to sing about.


Press Info

Open House in the News! DVD-Specific Reviews & News Dan's Accident

Academy Campaign

  • Rave review and Oscar® buzz at Einsiders.com!
  • LA.com story on our Oscar® campaign!
  • Baltimore CityPaper reviewed the film for our World Premiere at the Maryland Film Festival. In the print version, the review was also one of the few designated with a "Must-see favorite!" notation.
  • Film Threat came to the screening at Slamdance and gave us not one, but TWO glowing reviews: "a funny, fast paced and above all very unique film!", so check 'em both out: The Official Film Threat Review and Chris Gore's personal review of the film.
  • Larry Katz of WTTR Radio in Baltimore wrote a rave review of the film. Check it out!
  • Another rave review, from the New York arts magazine The Improper!
  • Lobbying for an Oscar! Read the Omaha World-Herald's story on our hunt for a Best Musical Oscar!
  • East Hampton Star writes about how we marketed our film at the Hamptons Film Fest!
  • Wired has photos from Park City.
  • IndieWire has a great picture of the cast in front of our poster in Park City.
  • Yahoo put up a few glam shot of the cast in their "Sundance" section: here, here, and here.
  • Our pals at WireImage took lots more photos of us (if you're press and want some pics, definitely go here): here, here, and here.
  • Getty Photo Service also did a fancy photo shoot in Park City. (also great if you're press and want some nice shots). Look at these photos!
  • The Chicago Tribune did a recent Sunday piece about the film - in the Real Estate section of the paper! Chicago Tribune piece.
  • Weekly Variety. Right before the Oscars crowned Chicago as Best Picture, Weekly Variety did a front-page story on the rebirth of musicals. Open House got more ink than any other indie film in the piece! Weekly Variety.
  • Australian online film journal "Sense of Cinema" came to Slamdance, and if you scroll to the bottom of the page, you'll a short, but very nice review about "Open House."
  • The Omaha World-Herald, director Dan Mirvish's hometown paper, did a Sunday Arts, frontpage story about Open House and its many Omaha connections. Who knew there were so many? Omaha World-Herald.
  • Movie Poop Shoot, scroll down Jeffrey Wells' column to see Dan give his 2-cents on the MPAA's screener policy and shameless plug for Open House. Movie Poop Shoot.
  • Film Festival Today. Director Dan Mirvish recently wrote an article for Film Festival Today - a magazine that is particularly read by indie filmmakers and is distributed at most film festivals and many newstands around the US. FFT Article
  • Video Systems. Dan was also interviewed for a recent cover story in Video Systems magazine which included some stills of us using the new Panasonic camera: Video Systems article.
  • Millimeter Magazine More on using the Panasonic camera.Millimeter
  • Film Threat. Film Threat's own Chris Gore has a been a big supporter of Open House since its inception (he helped us find the cameras!) and dutifully covered the wrap party for his website!
  • Filmmaker Magazine. They have a little story about us in their Fall 2002 issue, which is also available online.
  • We're on TV!. To see a long piece about the production that aired on KABC-TV (Los Angeles) on their "Eye on LA" magazine show, download this small mpeg link!
  • IMDB!. We're finally listed correctly on the Internet Movie Database, but it's taking a while to get the full cast and crew list up there. If you're supposed to be listed, please don't submit your own name. We've probably already submitted it and they've just got a backlog of several weeks. But feel free to start putting in comments! More Press Links: Film Festivals Our Press Releases Still Photographs Production Notes If you are interested in getting more information about Open House or want to get involved, please feel free to contact us at:

    Dan Mirvish
    c/o Bugeater Films
    4252 Mentone Ave.
    Culver City, CA 90232
    ph: 310-839-2569
    email: bugeater@slamdance.com