2009.10.17
Limited number of copies of Special Edition now available at Kensington Pet Supply

2009.08.14
Encore screening at the Big Island Film Festival Summer Series

2009.05.25
Begleiter director Dan Margules served as judge at Tails of Kensington dog show

2009.05.24
Oliver Dorman, dog featured in "Begleiter," passed away

2009.05.08
happy-the-dog.com selected Cool Dog Site of the Day by dogmark.net

2009.04.30
Special screening at Rex Downing Open House for house used in opening scene

2009.04.25
Screening and filmmaker panel at Oceanside Public Library (Oceanside, CA)

2009.03.09
Dan Margules debuts bi-weekly blog on screenwriting-related topics at fivesprockets.com

2008.12.05
Special Edition DVD also available at Amazon.com

2008.12.04
Special Edition DVD released, available at CreateSpace.com

2008.10.21
YouTube channel created, trailer uploaded

2008.05.17
Screened by Desert Film Society at Camelot Theatres in Palm Springs

2008.03.29
Winner, Audience Award, Best Long Short, Avalon Short Film Festival

2008.03.27
Official Selection: Avalon Short Film Festival

2008.03.08
"Written By" section added to web site with excerpts from other scipts by Dan Margules

2008.03.07
Desert Film Society invites BEGLEITER to screen in Palm Springs

2008.02.24
San Francisco Premiere: San Francisco Bay Area International Children's Film Festival at WonderCon

2008.02.16
Added annotated screenplay to web site

2008.01.23
Official Selection: San Francisco Bay Area International Children's Film Festival

2007.11.11
New York Premiere, nominated for Best Domestic Short: Queens International Film Festival

2007.10.24
Official Selection: Queens International Film Festival

2007.10.07
Los Angeles Premiere, L.A. International Children's Film Festival, Calamigos Ranch, Malibu.

2007.09.15
Screened at Southern Winds Film Festival, Shawnee, OK.

2007.09.13
Official Selection: Los Angeles International Children's Film Festival

2007.09.08
"For the Love of Dogs" exhibit featuring "Begleiter" at Cornell Museum, Delray Beach, FL ends.

2007.09.03
First unsolicited invitation to submit to a festival with a fee waiver

2007.08.19
Nominated for Best Short, Narrative, at Southern Winds Film Festival

2007.08.10
The Tampa Film Review screening, Florida.

2007.08.01
Official Selection: Southern Winds Film Festival, Shawnee, Oklahoma!

2007.07.31
rRed Elephant Cafe screening in Honolulu.

2007.06.15
Spencer (Happy the Dog) passes away of undetermined causes at age 7.

2007.06.14
"Begleiter" featured in "For the Love of Dogs" exhibit at Cornell Museum, Delray Beach, FL, starting today through September 8.

2007.06.12
Begleiter featured in the Festival Marketplace at the CFC Worldwide Short Film Festival through 6/17.

2007.05.21
"Begleiter" wins $500 as first runner-up in PetStyle.com competition!

2007.05.20
"Begleiter" wins Golden Honu award for Best Family Feature at Big Island Film Festival, Waikoloa, Hawaii.

2007.05.18
Screened at outdoor Ohana venue at Big Island Film Festival, Waikoloa, Hawaii; on-line voting ends at PetStyle.com.

2007.04.20
"Begleiter" star Spencer profiled in The Ridgeback Register.

2007.04.17
On-line voting commences for PetStyle & Gen Art Pet-Centric Short Film Competition

2007.04.14
Screened at Akron Independent Film Festival, Ohio

2007.04.11
Finalist: PetStyle & Gen Art Pet-Centric Short Film Competition

2007.04.10
Official Selection: Akron Independent Film Festival, Ohio

2007.04.07
Screened at Sunscreen Film Festival, St. Petersburg, Florida.

2007.04.01
Filmmaker Dan Margules profiled in Smooth Jazz News.

2007.03.27
Special promotional screening at Bar Basic in San Diego.

2007.03.15
"Best of the Rest" (runner-up) award, DeReel Independent Film Festival, Australia.

2007.03.14
Screened at Delray Beach Film Festival; 2nd unscheduled screening added by popular demand!

2007.03.10
Official Selection: Big Island Film Festival - Waikoloa, Hawaii

2007.03.05
Reviewed by Cinema Crazed.

2007.02.21
Kensington-Talmadge Community Association benefit screening.

2007.02.19
Official Selection: Sunscreen Film Festival

2007.01.26
Trail Dance Film Festival screening with filmmaker Q&A over the phone.

2007.01.14
Filmmaker Dan Margules profiled in Arts section of San Diego Union-Tribune

2007.01.09
Official Selection: Delray Beach Film Festival

2006.12.09
"Begleiter" wins Golden Oosik award for Best Short at Anchorage International Film Festival

2006.12.02
Screening at Anchorage Festival sells out!

2006.11.20
Official Selection: Trail Dance Film Festival

2006.10.31
Begleiter selected as one of 10 finalists nominated for Best Short at Anchorage International Film Festival.

2006.10.04
Official Selection: Anchorage International Film Festival

2006.09.29
Begleiter gets another thumbs-up review, from Tail Slate.

2006.09.28
Margules hired to rewrite big-budget feature about a dog named Boomer Jack.

2006.09.17
David Marchesani's The Road Ahead screens at Temecula Film Festival featuring cameo appearance by Begleiter director Dan Margules.

2006.09.09
Dan Margules on indie filmmaker panel at Imperial Beach Film Festival, shows clip from Begleiter.

2006.09.01
Four star review published on worldsgreatestcritic.com by J.C. Maçek III.

2006.08.24
Begleiter featured in the Film Market at the Palm Springs International Festival of Short Films through 8/30.

2006.07.10
The Road Ahead by David Marchesani accepted to the Temecula Film Festival. Film features hilarious cameo appearance by Dan Margules.

2006.07.10
IMDb listing complete.

2006.06.27
Partial credits added to IMDb.

2006.06.24
First public screening takes place in St. Paul, Minnesota.

2006.06.19
Created Withoutabox Audience page with BLOG.

2006.06.09
Solstice schedule announced; Begleiter screens in prime Saturday night slot!

2006.05.03
First festival notification: Official Selection at Solstice Film Festival!

2006.04.18
Dan Margules elected president of San Diego Filmmakers!

2006.03.22
Cast & Crew screening at Mission Valley library, sponsored by East County Animal Rescue.

2006.02.01
Commenced festival submission phase, beginning with the Los Angeles Film Festival.

2006.01.27
Received finished DVDs!

2006.01.18
DVD artwork finalized. DVD master and artwork sent to duplication facility.

2006.01.05
Completed DVD encoding and authoring.

2006.01.01
Launched re-designed website.

2005.12.14
Added subtitles and new audio mix to master. Post-production officially completed!

2005.12.09
Audio remixed one last time.

2005.12.07
Our first festival rejection - we will not be going to Berlin this winter.

2005.11.23
Color correction completed and Pantavision effects added at DVS InteleStream.

2005.10.30
Final cut sent to Los Angeles for color correction.

2005.10.17
Work-in-progress version submitted to Berlin Film Festival.

2005.10.16
Industry test screening earns Begleiter big thumbs up; panel includes festival programmers and an actual Academy Award winner!

2005.10.14
Final Cut Pro guru Tim Griffen saves project from numerous technical problems introduced while updating end credits.

2005.10.07
Additional trims made by assistant editor Matt Wenhardt. Running time down to 27 minutes. End credits finalized.

2005.10.02
Final audio mix completed.

2005.09.08
Original score by Alphonse Mouzon completed and delivered.

2005.08.26
Aleisha Russell featured in new Weezer video "We Are All On Drugs"!

2005.07.12
Recorded end credits theme song "Happy the Dog" by Leah.

2005.05.13
Alphonse Mouzon agrees to compose original score.

2005.02.16
Additional voiceovers recorded by Jonathan Allen and Connie Terwilliger.

2005.01.13
More than 100 hours of editing completed. Picture locked at 29 minutes.

2005.01.08
Second ruff cut completed. Down to 29 minutes.

2004.12.06
Reshot dogs on beach and various reaction shots and inserts.

2004.11.20
Happy's voiceovers recorded.

2004.11.19
Reshoots scheduled for December 6.

2004.10.28
"Ruff" cut completed! Clocks in at 36 minutes.

2004.09.14
Signed agreement with Robert Mason and Doghouse Productions for post-production sound design.

2004.09.11
Video capture completed.

2004.09.09
Marion's voiceovers recorded.

2004.08.26
Garrett Krnich signs on as editor, begins capturing video right away.

2004.07.19
Dan Margules' feature-length spec screenplay West of 5 optioned by Mad Rabbit!

2004.07.19
Line Producer Nicole Andres fired; relationship with Open Independence dissolved.

2004.06.26
Wrapped production only one day behind schedule.

2004.06.22
Shot scenes with Ken Osmond.

2004.06.21
Day 1 of Principal Photography.

2004.06.18
All locations locked. Permits approved and mailed to Open Independence.

2004.06.13
Sound Mixer Nini Glover signs on.

2004.06.01
Open Independence signs Diane Snow and Lauren Cremascoli as Animal Wranglers; Prize-winning Rhodesian Ridgeback "Spencer" attached to play Happy.

2004.05.26
Final Shooting Draft of script completed.

2004.05.24
Ken Osmond attached to play Celebrity.

2004.05.19
Roundtable meeting with San Diego Film Commission.

2004.05.14
Associate Producer Gina Ramirez accepted to USC!

2004.05.13
John Henry Litten cast as Happy. Brian Taraz cast as Nick.

2004.05.10
Domain happy-the-dog.com registered.

2004.05.05
Aleisha Russell cast as Marion.

2004.04.29
Cinematographer Joel Deutch attached to project.

2004.01.16
First draft of script completed.