Background
Good Machine rode the wave of independent film success in the early 1990s, bringing the work of Ang Lee, Hal Hartley, and Nicole Holofcener to the attention of American and international audiences. It was involved in production and/or distribution of a number of films, including Lee's The Ice Storm and Ride with the Devil; Hal Hartley projects such as Flirt (1995), Edward Burns's The Brothers McMullen and Todd Solondz's Happiness.
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