The Attic Door » 11. Press

Press – KOHD Interview

Danny Daneau — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 00:46:09 +0000

KOHD Daybreak interview for the Bend Film Festival. Featuring Eric Ernst (writer) and Danny Daneau (director). THE ATTIC DOOR went on to win “Best Feature” “Best Cinematography” and “Best Score” at the festival.

Our Casting Director Wins a Heller Award

Danny Daneau — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 22:07:02 +0000

A shout out to our wonderful casting director, Erica Silverman, who won a Heller Awards from the Talent Managers Association (TMA) Board of Directors at the 2009 Heller Award Ceremony for Outstanding Talent Agents on October 20, 2009. The event celebrates the people responsible for building actors’ careers and recognized their outstanding achievements and contributions to the entertainment industry.

Erica Silverman helped weed through hundreds of child actors, holding many casting calls and dealing with a lot of parents. She is single-handily responsible for finding our leads Jake Johnson and Madison Davenport, of which we owe the success of our entire film. We love you Erica and wish you many more successes.

Interview – The Rich Life with Bill Valentine

Danny Daneau — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 17:32:59 +0000

Producer Erica Harrell and director Danny Daneau are interviewed by Bill Valentine with “The Rich Life,” a syndicated, Money Talk radio show broadcast live every Sunday 11am – 2pm (Pacific Time). The focus of the interview is on the business of independent filmmaking.

Questions include – How to start up a production company? Where to raise money? How to earn money back?

Take a listen in iTunes by clicking here.

Film Hype Reviews Trailer and Poster

Danny Daneau — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 21:51:38 +0000

Congrats to our poster designer, Julie McLaughlin, who got 2 out of 2 Snails (yes that is good) on filmhype.net for her amazing poster design. We also got a warm review for our trailer which earned one snail and flattering remarks. We’ll take our snail with great pride.

Thanks filmhype for the support!

Only on iTunes – Radio Interview – Sisters KZSO

Danny Daneau — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 01:47:03 +0000

While in Oregon, Eric Ernst (writer) and Danny Daneau (director) spent a day at the beatiful Sisters High School to talk about THE ATTIC DOOR and answer questions about indie filmmaking. While there, they were interviewed by th high schools AMAZING radio station. If you got 20min to kill, take a listen by clicking here (will launch iTunes).

Nugget News Features “Attic” (again)

Danny Daneau — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 19:07:37 +0000

The local paper for Sisters, Oregon has published a closing article about the festival and has featured our film once again. Thank you Jeff Spry for writing the article and being such a driving force of support while we were in town.

In case you missed the first article, click here to read.

Nugget Newspaper Sets Great Expectations

Danny Daneau — Sat, 10 Oct 2009 20:24:50 +0000

Sisters, Oregon is a charming little town built in the middle of Deschutes National Forest. It’s only a 20min drive from our host town of Bend and is this year part of the film festival. We are very excited today to be screening at 3pm at the Sisters Movie House, a small five screen venue built as an old barn with state-of-the-art picture and sound. The local paper wrote a wonderful interview that is really helping set some great buzz in town.

Read The Nugget here.

Video Interview with “On the Go-Go”

Danny Daneau — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 14:43:59 +0000

Check out director Danny Daneau and writer Eric Ernst interviewing with onthego-go.com.

Bend Radio Interview – Clear 101.7

Danny Daneau — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 11:21:01 +0000

In preparation for the Bend Film Festival, Clear 101.7 aired the following interview today with director Danny Daneau and writer Eric Ernst. Take a listen below.

Play Radio Interview

Exclusive Sneak Peak

Danny Daneau — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 00:23:07 +0000

We’ve been pretty guarded about getting any footage out, but at last the time has come. There are some exciting premiere screenings in the near future which means it is time to start revealing our hand. The sneak peak teaser below is just a small taste of our film. You can watch it in high definition by clicking here. Please enjoy, and help spread the word by clicking the “share” button once you start playing the video. Also remember to join our newsletter by entering your information in the left hand column.

Thank you everyone who’s helped us this far. Here is THE ATTIC DOOR…