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OPEN HEARTED chronicles the most difficult journey of my life: preparing for, undergoing and recovering from my third open-heart surgery at the ripe age of 27. And not only do I have to come to terms with my own mortality, I also have to deal with my anxious divorced parents who haven't seen each other in years. Making this film almost killed me.

Credits:

Produced, Directed and Edited by Marc Ostrick

Photographed by Adam Boucher

Associate Producers: Adam Boucher & Rita Stern

Additional Cameras: Ezra Soiferman, Felix Pire, Aidan McGlaze, Amelia McPartlon, Ben Boodman

Associate Editor: Felix Pire

Music by: Gregg Fine & Michael L'Acqua

Animation by David Criley

Sound Mix: Michael Geisler, BadaBing! BadaBoom! Productions

Heart Sounds Recorded by: Dr. Michael Criley

Cover Art by Bernard Chang

Subjects:

Michele Ostrick

Gil Ostrick

Rosaleen Ostrick

Dr. Hillel Laks

Dr. Welton Gersony

Dr. Denton Cooley

Dr. Joseph Perloff

Pam Miner, RN

Jeff Gross, Medtronic

Dr. Cahill

Keith Miller

Adam Ross

Roz Frankel

And your truly Marc Ostrick

Open Hearted is a 2012 special interest movie with a runtime of 1 hour and 3 minutes.