Good Machine
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Good Machine was an independent
film production, film distribution
, and foreign sales company started in the early 1990s by its co-founders and producers, Ted Hope
and James Schamus
. David Linde
joined in the late 90s to start the international sales company. They sold the company to Universal Pictures
in 2001; in 2002 it was acquired by Vivendi SA, which merged it with USA Films to create Focus Features
. Hope, along with the heads of production development and business affairs (Anthony Bregman, Anne Carey
, and Diana Victor) then went on to form the independent production company This is that
.
In 2001, the Museum of Modern Art
celebrated a ten-year anniversary of Good Machine's work, commemorating their support of international and domestic filmmakers.
, 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.
and his partner, Ted Hope
, Good Machine produced many important independent films over the years, among them Safe (Todd Haynes, 1995) and The Wedding Banquet
(Ang Lee, 1993). The company survived by doing line producing for hire and keeping overhead costs low. Many films were commercially successful thanks to centrist marketing strategies. The creation of a foreign sales company also gave Schamus and Hope greater control of Good Machine’s products, increased financing sources, and provided information about what people in the marketplace wanted.
During its tenure Good Machine was host to developing and nurturing talent, including Anne Carey
, Anthony Bregman, Mary Jane Skalski
, Glen Basner, Ross Katz
, Kelly Miller, Lamia Guellati, Heta Parte, Jawal Nga
, Stefanie Azpiazu, and Peter Ostopholis. Overall, Good Machine produced and handled sales for over 100 feature and short films, tallying a combined 25 Oscar nominations, 20 Golden Globe nominations, 21 Sundance Film Festival
entries (including four grand jury prize winners),
which earned a combined worldwide box office in excess of $400 million. Along with its in-house projects, Good Machine also entered into a number of high-profile co-productions with many of the indie world's top production houses, including Killer Films
(Storytelling (film)
, Happiness (film)) and GreeneStreet Films (In the Bedroom
).
After merging with Focus Features
, in 2002, with Schamus and Good Machine sales partner David Linde still aboard, Focus served as Universal Pictures
’s indie arm, functioning ‘as a magnet for talent, keeping filmmakers like Ang Lee
, Steven Soderbergh
, Spike Jonze
, Neil LaBute
, Mira Nair
, and Todd Haynes
"in the Universal fold, and creating an incubator for emerging filmmakers and stars".
successes in the film business are:
. Ted Hope chose to
part with the company to form the This is that corporation
with Good Machine head
of development Anne Carey
. Under the This is that banner the two have produced
critically acclaimed films like Adventureland
, The Savages
, and Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
, continuing Good Machine's tradition of bringing the modern independent auteur film to moviegoers.
James Schamus remained with Universal, whose new small-picture arm became Focus Features
.
filmmakers. For example, James Schamus is a frequent collaborator with Ang Lee.
Ted Hope continues to work closely with Hal Hartley, producing his 2006 film Fay
Grim with This is that.
Independent film
An independent film, or indie film, is a professional film production resulting in a feature film that is produced mostly or completely outside of the major film studio system. In addition to being produced and distributed by independent entertainment companies, independent films are also produced...
film production, film distribution
Film distribution
The distribution of a film is the process through which a movie is made available to watch for an audience by a film distributor...
, and foreign sales company started in the early 1990s by its co-founders and producers, Ted Hope
Ted Hope
Ted Hope is an American independent film producer based in New York City.As the American Indie wave hit in the early 90’s, Ted was among the first producers to emerge from the pack, and today remains one of the few consistently delivering vital and exciting new work...
and James Schamus
James Schamus
James Schamus is an award-winning screenwriter The Ice Storm and producer Brokeback Mountain, and is CEO of Focus Features, the motion picture production, financing, and worldwide distribution company whose films have included Lost in Translation, Milk, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, The...
. David Linde
David Linde
David Linde is the CEO of Lava Bear Films as a film production and financing company developing projects specifically designed for the global marketplace...
joined in the late 90s to start the international sales company. They sold the company to Universal Pictures
Universal Pictures
-1920:* White Youth* The Flaming Disc* Am I Dreaming?* The Dragon's Net* The Adorable Savage* Putting It Over* The Line Runners-1921:* The Fire Eater* A Battle of Wits* Dream Girl* The Millionaire...
in 2001; in 2002 it was acquired by Vivendi SA, which merged it with USA Films to create Focus Features
Focus Features
Focus Features is the art house films division of NBC Universal's Universal Pictures, and acts as both a producer and distributor for its own films and a distributor for foreign films....
. Hope, along with the heads of production development and business affairs (Anthony Bregman, Anne Carey
Anne Carey
Anne Carey is an independent film producer based in New York City.Carey began her career working as the head of development for William Morris Agency, serving their top film and television clients. In the early 1990s she began working as both a producer and head of development for production...
, and Diana Victor) then went on to form the independent production company This is that
This Is That
This is That is a news satire program broadcast on CBC Radio. The program began as a summer replacement in 2010, returned in the summer of 2011, and was added to the regular schedule in the fall of 2011...
.
In 2001, the Museum of Modern Art
Museum of Modern Art
The Museum of Modern Art is an art museum in Midtown Manhattan in New York City, on 53rd Street, between Fifth and Sixth Avenues. It has been important in developing and collecting modernist art, and is often identified as the most influential museum of modern art in the world...
celebrated a ten-year anniversary of Good Machine's work, commemorating their support of international and domestic filmmakers.
Background
Good Machine rode the wave of independent film success in the early 1990s, bringing the work of Ang LeeAng Lee
Ang Lee is a Taiwanese film director. Lee has directed a diverse set of films such as Eat Drink Man Woman , Sense and Sensibility , Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon , Hulk , and Brokeback Mountain , for which he won an Academy...
, Hal Hartley
Hal Hartley
Hal Hartley is an American film director, screenwriter, producer composer, who became a key figure in the American independent film movement of the 1980s and 1990s...
, and Nicole Holofcener
Nicole Holofcener
Nicole Holofcener is an American film and television director. She has directed four feature films, most recently Please Give.-Career:...
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
The Ice Storm (film)
The Ice Storm is a 1997 drama film directed by Ang Lee, based on the 1994 novel of the same name by Rick Moody.The film features an ensemble cast of Kevin Kline, Joan Allen, Tobey Maguire, Christina Ricci, Elijah Wood, and Sigourney Weaver...
and Ride with the Devil; Hal Hartley
Hal Hartley
Hal Hartley is an American film director, screenwriter, producer composer, who became a key figure in the American independent film movement of the 1980s and 1990s...
projects such as Flirt (1995), Edward Burns
Edward Burns
Edward Fitzgerald Burns is an American actor, film producer, writer and director.-Early life:Burns was born in Woodside, Queens, New York, the son of Molly , a federal agency manager, and Edward J. Burns, a public relations spokesman and police officer. He was raised a Roman Catholic...
's The Brothers McMullen
The Brothers McMullen
The Brothers McMullen is a 1995 American comedy-drama film directed, written, produced by, and starring Edward Burns. It deals with the lives of the three Irish Catholic McMullen brothers from Long Island, New York, over three months, as they grapple with basic ideas and values — love, sex,...
and Todd Solondz
Todd Solondz
Todd Solondz is an American independent film screenwriter and director known for his style of dark, thought-provoking, socially conscious satire. Solondz has been critically acclaimed for his examination of the "dark underbelly of middle class American suburbia", a reflection of his own background...
's Happiness.
History
Launched in 1991 from a small loft space in lower Manhattan by writer—producer Columbia professor James SchamusJames Schamus
James Schamus is an award-winning screenwriter The Ice Storm and producer Brokeback Mountain, and is CEO of Focus Features, the motion picture production, financing, and worldwide distribution company whose films have included Lost in Translation, Milk, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, The...
and his partner, Ted Hope
Ted Hope
Ted Hope is an American independent film producer based in New York City.As the American Indie wave hit in the early 90’s, Ted was among the first producers to emerge from the pack, and today remains one of the few consistently delivering vital and exciting new work...
, Good Machine produced many important independent films over the years, among them Safe (Todd Haynes, 1995) and The Wedding Banquet
The Wedding Banquet
The Wedding Banquet is a 1993 film about a gay Taiwanese immigrant man who marries a mainland Chinese woman to placate his parents and get her a green card. His plan backfires when his parents arrive in the United States to plan his wedding banquet....
(Ang Lee, 1993). The company survived by doing line producing for hire and keeping overhead costs low. Many films were commercially successful thanks to centrist marketing strategies. The creation of a foreign sales company also gave Schamus and Hope greater control of Good Machine’s products, increased financing sources, and provided information about what people in the marketplace wanted.
During its tenure Good Machine was host to developing and nurturing talent, including Anne Carey
Anne Carey
Anne Carey is an independent film producer based in New York City.Carey began her career working as the head of development for William Morris Agency, serving their top film and television clients. In the early 1990s she began working as both a producer and head of development for production...
, Anthony Bregman, Mary Jane Skalski
Mary Jane Skalski
Mary Jane Skalski is a film producer based in New York City and winner of the Independent Spirit John Cassavetes Award for The Station Agent. She attended University of Michigan during the late 1980s and moved to New York, NY upon graduation...
, Glen Basner, Ross Katz
Ross Katz
Ross Katz is a Jewish American film producer, screenwriter and film director.Prior to becoming a producer, Katz was a commercial rock DJ on 94 WYSP FM in Philadelphia. He got his start in movies working as a grip on Quentin Tarantino's Reservoir Dogs, then interned at Good Machine eventually...
, Kelly Miller, Lamia Guellati, Heta Parte, Jawal Nga
Jawal Nga
Jawal Nga is a Libyan-American film producer and founder of Tiny Dancer Films. He was raised in Tripoli, Libya and London, United Kingdom. He graduated from New York University's Tisch School of the Arts in 1996 and currently resides in New York City....
, Stefanie Azpiazu, and Peter Ostopholis. Overall, Good Machine produced and handled sales for over 100 feature and short films, tallying a combined 25 Oscar nominations, 20 Golden Globe nominations, 21 Sundance Film Festival
Sundance Film Festival
The Sundance Film Festival is a film festival that takes place annually in Utah, in the United States. It is the largest independent cinema festival in the United States. Held in January in Park City, Salt Lake City, and Ogden, as well as at the Sundance Resort, the festival is a showcase for new...
entries (including four grand jury prize winners),
which earned a combined worldwide box office in excess of $400 million. Along with its in-house projects, Good Machine also entered into a number of high-profile co-productions with many of the indie world's top production houses, including Killer Films
Killer Films
Killer Films is a New York City-based independent film production company founded by American movie producers Christine Vachon and Pamela Koffler in 1995...
(Storytelling (film)
Storytelling (film)
Storytelling is a 2001 film, directed by Todd Solondz. It features original music by Belle & Sebastian, later compiled on an album of the same name...
, Happiness (film)) and GreeneStreet Films (In the Bedroom
In the Bedroom
In the Bedroom is a 2001 American crime drama film directed by Todd Field, and dedicated to Andre Dubus, whose short story Killings is the source material on which the screenplay, by Field and Robert Festinger, is based...
).
After merging with Focus Features
Focus Features
Focus Features is the art house films division of NBC Universal's Universal Pictures, and acts as both a producer and distributor for its own films and a distributor for foreign films....
, in 2002, with Schamus and Good Machine sales partner David Linde still aboard, Focus served as Universal Pictures
Universal Pictures
-1920:* White Youth* The Flaming Disc* Am I Dreaming?* The Dragon's Net* The Adorable Savage* Putting It Over* The Line Runners-1921:* The Fire Eater* A Battle of Wits* Dream Girl* The Millionaire...
’s indie arm, functioning ‘as a magnet for talent, keeping filmmakers like Ang Lee
Ang Lee
Ang Lee is a Taiwanese film director. Lee has directed a diverse set of films such as Eat Drink Man Woman , Sense and Sensibility , Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon , Hulk , and Brokeback Mountain , for which he won an Academy...
, Steven Soderbergh
Steven Soderbergh
Steven Andrew Soderbergh is an American film producer, screenwriter, cinematographer, editor, and an Academy Award-winning film director. He is best known for directing commercial Hollywood films like Erin Brockovich, Traffic, and the remake of Ocean's Eleven, but he has also directed smaller less...
, Spike Jonze
Spike Jonze
Spike Jonze is an American director, producer and actor, whose work includes music videos, commercials, film and television...
, Neil LaBute
Neil LaBute
Neil N. LaBute is an American film director, screenwriter and playwright.-Early life:LaBute was born in Detroit, Michigan, the son of Marian, a hospital receptionist, and Richard LaBute, a long-haul truck driver. LaBute is of French Canadian, English and Irish ancestry, and was raised in Spokane,...
, Mira Nair
Mira Nair
Mira Nair is an Indian film director and producer based in New York. Her production company is Mirabai Films.She was educated at Delhi University and Harvard University. Her debut feature film, Salaam Bombay! , won the Golden Camera award at the Cannes Film Festival and also earned the nomination...
, and Todd Haynes
Todd Haynes
Todd Haynes is an American independent film director and screenwriter. He is best known for his feature films Superstar: The Karen Carpenter Story, Poison, Velvet Goldmine, Safe, and the Academy Award-nominated Far from Heaven and I'm Not There.- Style and themes :The writes that "Haynes is...
"in the Universal fold, and creating an incubator for emerging filmmakers and stars".
Key Players
Among the individuals who worked at Good Machine and have gone on to othersuccesses in the film business are:
- Stephanie Azpiazu, Vice President of Development at Likely Story
- Glen Basner, founder of FilmNation, former head of sales for The Weinstein CompanyThe Weinstein CompanyThe Weinstein Company is an American film studio founded by Bob and Harvey Weinstein in 2005 after the brothers left the then-Disney-owned Miramax Films, which they had co-founded in 1979...
and Focus FeaturesFocus FeaturesFocus Features is the art house films division of NBC Universal's Universal Pictures, and acts as both a producer and distributor for its own films and a distributor for foreign films.... - Anthony Bregman, head of production at Good Machine, co-founder of This is thatThis Is ThatThis is That is a news satire program broadcast on CBC Radio. The program began as a summer replacement in 2010, returned in the summer of 2011, and was added to the regular schedule in the fall of 2011...
with Anne Carey and Ted Hope, founder of Likely Story who have gone on to produce Synecdoche, New YorkSynecdoche, New YorkSynecdoche, New York is a 2008 American drama film written and directed by Charlie Kaufman, and starring Philip Seymour Hoffman. It was Kaufman's directorial debut.The film premiered in competition at the 61st Annual Cannes Film Festival on May 23, 2008... - Anne CareyAnne CareyAnne Carey is an independent film producer based in New York City.Carey began her career working as the head of development for William Morris Agency, serving their top film and television clients. In the early 1990s she began working as both a producer and head of development for production...
, head of development at Good Machine, co-founder of This is thatThis Is ThatThis is That is a news satire program broadcast on CBC Radio. The program began as a summer replacement in 2010, returned in the summer of 2011, and was added to the regular schedule in the fall of 2011... - Lamia Guellati, former assistant to Ted Hope who went on to executive produce the feature Ezra (film)Ezra (film)Ezra is a 2007 drama film directed by Newton I. Aduaka. It was shown at the 2007 Sundance Film Festival and the 2007 Ouagadougou Panafrican Film and Television Festival where it won the Grand Prize.The story concerns a child soldier in Sierra Leone....
- Ross KatzRoss KatzRoss Katz is a Jewish American film producer, screenwriter and film director.Prior to becoming a producer, Katz was a commercial rock DJ on 94 WYSP FM in Philadelphia. He got his start in movies working as a grip on Quentin Tarantino's Reservoir Dogs, then interned at Good Machine eventually...
, executive at R. K. FilmsR. K. FilmsR.K Films was the studio that Raj Kapoor owned. It was created in 1948, one year after the independence of India. It had a rough start, as its first movie, Aag was a flop. Most of the R.K. Films productions share a common theme of criticising society and depicting love across social...
, has gone on to produce Lost in TranslationLost in Translation (film)Lost in Translation is a 2003 American film written and directed by Sofia Coppola; her second feature film after The Virgin Suicides and it stars Bill Murray and Scarlett Johansson...
and Marie AntoinetteMarie AntoinetteMarie Antoinette ; 2 November 1755 – 16 October 1793) was an Archduchess of Austria and the Queen of France and of Navarre. She was the fifteenth and penultimate child of Holy Roman Empress Maria Theresa and Holy Roman Emperor Francis I.... - Peter Kujawksi, former assistant to James Schamus, currently Senior Vice President of Focus FeaturesFocus FeaturesFocus Features is the art house films division of NBC Universal's Universal Pictures, and acts as both a producer and distributor for its own films and a distributor for foreign films....
- Kelly Miller, production executive on Crouching Tiger, Hidden DragonCrouching Tiger, Hidden DragonCrouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon is a 2000 wuxia film. An American-Chinese-Hong Kong-Taiwanese co-production, the film was directed by Ang Lee and featured an international cast of ethnic Chinese actors, including Chow Yun-Fat, Michelle Yeoh, Zhang Ziyi, and Chang Chen...
while with Good Machine, has gone on to a strong career of post-production supervising - Jawal NgaJawal NgaJawal Nga is a Libyan-American film producer and founder of Tiny Dancer Films. He was raised in Tripoli, Libya and London, United Kingdom. He graduated from New York University's Tisch School of the Arts in 1996 and currently resides in New York City....
, Executive Producer of Howl (film)Howl (film)First Howl is an upcoming horror film directed by David Flores and written by Clint Morris and stars Parisse Boothe, Eric Stoltz and Kristina Anapau...
, founder of Tiny Dancer Films - Mary Jane SkalskiMary Jane SkalskiMary Jane Skalski is a film producer based in New York City and winner of the Independent Spirit John Cassavetes Award for The Station Agent. She attended University of Michigan during the late 1980s and moved to New York, NY upon graduation...
, producer of The Visitor (film)The Visitor (2008 film)The Visitor is a 2008 American drama film written and directed by Thomas McCarthy and produced by Michael London and Mary Jane Skalski. Executive producers were Jeff Skoll and Omar Amanat...
and The Station AgentThe Station AgentThe Station Agent is a 2003 American comedy-drama film written and directed by Thomas McCarthy. McCarthy's script about a man who seeks solitude in an abandoned train station in Newfoundland, New Jersey won him the Independent Spirit Award for Best First Screenplay.-Plot:Finbar McBride, a quiet,... - Diana Victor, head of business affairs at This is thatThis Is ThatThis is That is a news satire program broadcast on CBC Radio. The program began as a summer replacement in 2010, returned in the summer of 2011, and was added to the regular schedule in the fall of 2011...
Disbandment
In 2002, Good Machine was acquired by Universal PicturesUniversal Pictures
-1920:* White Youth* The Flaming Disc* Am I Dreaming?* The Dragon's Net* The Adorable Savage* Putting It Over* The Line Runners-1921:* The Fire Eater* A Battle of Wits* Dream Girl* The Millionaire...
. Ted Hope chose to
part with the company to form the This is that corporation
This is that corporation
This is that corporation is one of the leading independent feature film production companies. Established in 2002, and based in New York City, the company was founded by and is fully owned by Anne Carey, Ted Hope, and Diana Victor...
with Good Machine head
of development Anne Carey
Anne Carey
Anne Carey is an independent film producer based in New York City.Carey began her career working as the head of development for William Morris Agency, serving their top film and television clients. In the early 1990s she began working as both a producer and head of development for production...
. Under the This is that banner the two have produced
critically acclaimed films like Adventureland
Adventureland (film)
Adventureland is a 2009 Retro comedy-drama film written and directed by Greg Mottola. The film stars Jesse Eisenberg, Kristen Stewart, Margarita Levieva, Ryan Reynolds, Martin Starr, Bill Hader, and Kristen Wiig.-Plot:...
, The Savages
The Savages (film)
The Savages is a 2007 American comedy-drama film, written and directed by Tamara Jenkins. It stars Philip Seymour Hoffman and Laura Linney and premiered at the Sundance Film Festival.-Plot:...
, and Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind is a 2004 American romantic science fiction film about an estranged couple who have each other erased from their memories, scripted by Charlie Kaufman and directed by the French director, Michel Gondry. The film uses elements of science fiction, psychological...
, continuing Good Machine's tradition of bringing the modern independent auteur film to moviegoers.
James Schamus remained with Universal, whose new small-picture arm became Focus Features
Focus Features
Focus Features is the art house films division of NBC Universal's Universal Pictures, and acts as both a producer and distributor for its own films and a distributor for foreign films....
.
Additional Information
The company garnered a reputation for having producers with close relationships tofilmmakers. For example, James Schamus is a frequent collaborator with Ang Lee.
Ted Hope continues to work closely with Hal Hartley, producing his 2006 film Fay
Grim with This is that.
Selected filmography (Production Company)
- Brokeback MountainBrokeback MountainBrokeback Mountain is a 2005 romantic drama film directed by Ang Lee. It is a film adaptation of the 1997 short story of the same name by Annie Proulx with the screenplay written by Diana Ossana and Larry McMurtry...
(2005) - Thumbsucker (film)Thumbsucker (film)Thumbsucker is a 2005 American comedy-drama film directed by Mike Mills adapted from the Walter Kirn novel of the same name. The movie focuses on teenager Justin Cobb and how he copes with his thumb sucking problem, and his experiments with hypnosis, sex and drugs.-Plot:Justin Cobb is a shy...
(uncredited, 2005) - The Door in the FloorThe Door in the FloorThe Door in the Floor is a 2004 American drama film written and directed by Tod Williams. The screenplay is based on the first third of the 1998 novel A Widow for One Year by John Irving.-Plot:...
(2004) - Hulk (film)Hulk (film)Hulk is a 2003 American superhero film based on the fictional Marvel Comics character of the same name. Ang Lee directed the film, which stars Eric Bana as Dr. Bruce Banner, as well as Jennifer Connelly, Sam Elliott, Josh Lucas, and Nick Nolte...
(2003) - American Splendor (film)American Splendor (film)American Splendor is a 2003 American biographical comedy-drama film about Harvey Pekar, the author of the American Splendor comic book series. The film is also in part an adaptation of the comics, which dramatize Pekar's life...
(2003) - Adaptation (film). (2002)
- The Laramie Project (film)The Laramie Project (film)The Laramie Project is a 2002 drama film written and directed by Moisés Kaufman. Based on the play of the same name, the film tells the story of the aftermath of the 1998 murder of Matthew Shepard in Laramie, Wyoming...
(2002) - Lovely & AmazingLovely & AmazingLovely & Amazing is a 2001 American dramedy film written and directed by Nicole Holofcener.-Plot:The story focuses on Jane Marks, her adult daughters Michelle and Elizabeth, and her pre-teen adopted African American daughter Annie, each of whom allows her personal insecurities to affect her life...
(2001) - Human Nature (film)Human Nature (film)Human Nature is a 2001 American comedy film written by Charlie Kaufman and directed by Michel Gondry. The film stars Tim Robbins, Rhys Ifans, Miranda Otto and Patricia Arquette...
(2002) - Storytelling (film)Storytelling (film)Storytelling is a 2001 film, directed by Todd Solondz. It features original music by Belle & Sebastian, later compiled on an album of the same name...
(2001) - In the BedroomIn the BedroomIn the Bedroom is a 2001 American crime drama film directed by Todd Field, and dedicated to Andre Dubus, whose short story Killings is the source material on which the screenplay, by Field and Robert Festinger, is based...
(2001) - Cherry FallsCherry FallsCherry Falls is a 2000 horror/thriller film written by Ken Selden and directed by Geoffrey Wright. The film stars Brittany Murphy, Jay Mohr, Michael Biehn and Jesse Bradford.-Plot:...
(2000) - Dancer in the DarkDancer in the DarkDancer in the Dark is a 2000 Danish musical drama film directed by Lars von Trier and starring Icelandic singer Björk, Catherine Deneuve, David Morse, Cara Seymour, Peter Stormare, Siobhan Fallon Hogan, and Joel Grey...
(2000) - Crouching Tiger, Hidden DragonCrouching Tiger, Hidden DragonCrouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon is a 2000 wuxia film. An American-Chinese-Hong Kong-Taiwanese co-production, the film was directed by Ang Lee and featured an international cast of ethnic Chinese actors, including Chow Yun-Fat, Michelle Yeoh, Zhang Ziyi, and Chang Chen...
(2000) - The Tao of SteveThe Tao of SteveThe Tao of Steve is a 2000 romantic comedy film written by Duncan North, Greer Goodman, and Jenniphr Goodman. It is directed by Jenniphr Goodman and stars Donal Logue and Greer Goodman....
(2000) - Ride with the Devil (film) (1999)
- Trick (film)Trick (film)Trick is a 1999 gay-themed romantic comedy film directed by Jim Fall. Trick appeared at the Sundance and Berlin film festivals in 1999. Filming was completed in less than three weeks in August 1998.-Plot:...
(1999) - The Lifestyle on IMDB (1999)
- Luminous Motion on IMDB (1998)
- Happiness (1998 film) (1998)
- No Looking BackNo Looking BackNo Looking Back is a 1998 American drama-genre film directed, written, produced, and starring Edward Burns. The film centers on the relationship of Charlie and Claudia . The film had a limited theatrical release and grossed less than $250,000 domestically.-Plot:Claudia is a waitress in a seaside...
1998 - Wonderland on IMDB (1997)
- Love God on IMDB (1997)
- The Sticky Fingers of Time on IMDB (1997)
- The Myth of FingerprintsThe Myth of FingerprintsThe Myth of Fingerprints is a 1997 American drama written and directed by Bart Freundlich and stars his real-life wife Julianne Moore.The film is named after track 11, "All Around the World or the Myth of the Fingerprints" on Paul Simon's Graceland album, released in August 1986...
(1997) - Office KillerOffice KillerOffice Killer is a comedy-horror film directed by Cindy Sherman. It was released in 1997 and stars Carol Kane, Molly Ringwald and David Thornton.- Plot :...
(1997) - The Ice Storm (film)The Ice Storm (film)The Ice Storm is a 1997 drama film directed by Ang Lee, based on the 1994 novel of the same name by Rick Moody.The film features an ensemble cast of Kevin Kline, Joan Allen, Tobey Maguire, Christina Ricci, Elijah Wood, and Sigourney Weaver...
(1997) - Arresting Gena on IMDB (1997)
- She's the OneShe's the OneShe's the One is a 1996 comedy-drama film, and the second feature film to be written and directed by New York actor and director Edward Burns...
(1996) - Walking and TalkingWalking and TalkingWalking and Talking is a 1996 independent film starring Catherine Keener, Anne Heche, Todd Field, Liev Schreiber and Kevin Corrigan.Walking and Talking is a story about two women best friends and how they deal with their changing relationship as one prepares to get married and the other struggles...
(1996) - Safe (1995)
- Roy Cohn/Jack Smith on IMDB (1994)
- The Brothers McMullenThe Brothers McMullenThe Brothers McMullen is a 1995 American comedy-drama film directed, written, produced by, and starring Edward Burns. It deals with the lives of the three Irish Catholic McMullen brothers from Long Island, New York, over three months, as they grapple with basic ideas and values — love, sex,...
(1995) - Eat Drink Man WomanEat Drink Man WomanEat Drink Man Woman is a Taiwanese film directed by Ang Lee and starring Sihung Lung, Yu-wen Wang, Chien-lien Wu, Kuei-mei Yang. Many of the cast had starred in Ang Lee's previous film, The Wedding Banquet with Sihung Lung and Ah Lei Gua once more playing central elderly figures, and Winston Chao...
(1994) - What Happened Was... (1994)
- River of Grass on IMDB (1994)
- The Wedding BanquetThe Wedding BanquetThe Wedding Banquet is a 1993 film about a gay Taiwanese immigrant man who marries a mainland Chinese woman to placate his parents and get her a green card. His plan backfires when his parents arrive in the United States to plan his wedding banquet....
(1993)
Selected filmography (Distributor)
- The Secret Life of WordsThe Secret Life of WordsThe Secret Life of Words is a 2005 Spanish film, directed by Isabel Coixet and starring Sarah Polley and Tim Robbins. The film was released on December 15, 2006 and grossed a worldwide total of $6,410,058.-Plot:...
(2005) - Laurel Canyon (film)Laurel Canyon (film)Laurel Canyon is a 2002 American drama film written and directed by Lisa Cholodenko. The film stars Frances McDormand, Christian Bale, Kate Beckinsale, Natascha McElhone, and Alessandro Nivola.-Plot:...
(2002) - Talk to HerTalk to HerTalk to Her is a 2002 Spanish comedy-drama film written and directed by Pedro Almodóvar, starring Javier Cámara, Darío Grandinetti, Leonor Watling, Geraldine Chaplin, and Rosario Flores...
(2002) - Buffalo Soldiers (film) (2001)
- The Man Who Wasn't ThereThe Man Who Wasn't ThereThe Man Who Wasn't There is a 2001 neo-noir film written and directed by Joel and Ethan Coen. Billy Bob Thornton stars in the title role. Also featured are James Gandolfini, Tony Shalhoub, Scarlett Johansson, Adam Alexi-Malle and Coen regulars Frances McDormand, Michael Badalucco, and Jon...
(2001) - The Devil's BackboneThe Devil's BackboneThe Devil's Backbone is a 2001 Spanish-Mexican gothic thriller film written by Guillermo del Toro, Antonio Trashorras and David Muñoz, and directed by Guillermo del Toro. It was independently produced by Pedro Almodóvar....
(2001) - Cherry FallsCherry FallsCherry Falls is a 2000 horror/thriller film written by Ken Selden and directed by Geoffrey Wright. The film stars Brittany Murphy, Jay Mohr, Michael Biehn and Jesse Bradford.-Plot:...
(2000) - The King Is AliveThe King is AliveThe King Is Alive is the fourth film to be done according to the Dogme 95 rules. It is directed by Kristian Levring. It was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2000 Cannes Film Festival.- Synopsis :...
(2000) - Trick (film)Trick (film)Trick is a 1999 gay-themed romantic comedy film directed by Jim Fall. Trick appeared at the Sundance and Berlin film festivals in 1999. Filming was completed in less than three weeks in August 1998.-Plot:...
(1999) - Happiness (1998 film) (1998)
- Xiu Xiu: The Sent Down GirlXiu Xiu: The Sent Down GirlXiu Xiu: The Sent Down Girl is a 1998 Chinese film directed by actress Joan Chen based during the 1970s in People's Republic of China, during the Cultural Revolution's Down to the Countryside Movement, instituted by Mao for political reasons. This drama film is the directorial debut of Chen...
(1998) - Love God on IMDB (1997)
- The Brothers McMullenThe Brothers McMullenThe Brothers McMullen is a 1995 American comedy-drama film directed, written, produced by, and starring Edward Burns. It deals with the lives of the three Irish Catholic McMullen brothers from Long Island, New York, over three months, as they grapple with basic ideas and values — love, sex,...
(1995) - Clean, ShavenClean, ShavenClean, Shaven is a 1994 film directed by Lodge Kerrigan, in which Peter Winter is a schizophrenic man desperately trying to get his daughter back from her adoptive mother...
(1993) - Pushing Hands on IMDB (1992)
- Pushing Hands (film)Pushing Hands (film)Pushing Hands is a film directed by Ang Lee. Released in 1992, it was his first feature film.- Plot :The story is about an elderly Chinese t'ai chi ch'uan teacher and grandfather who emigrates from Beijing to live with his son, American daughter-in-law, and grandson in a New York City suburb...
(1992) - The Hours and TimesThe Hours and TimesThe Hours and Times is a 1991 drama film written and directed by Christopher Münch. Starring David Angus and Ian Hart, it is a fictionalized account of what might have happened during a real holiday taken by John Lennon and The Beatles' manager Brian Epstein in 1963.-Plot:It is 1963 and John Lennon...
(1991) - Ambition on IMDB (1991)
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- Contemporary Independent Film http://books.google.com/books?id=9sYDqH2FAcsC&pg=PA8&dq=Launched+in+1991+from+a+small+loft+space+in+lower+Manhattan+by+write%E2%80%94producer%E2%80%94Columbia+professor+James+Schamus+and+his+partner&lr=&cd=1#v=onepage&q=Launched%20in%201991%20from%20a%20small%20loft%20space%20in%20lower%20Manhattan%20by%20writer%E2%80%94producer%E2%80%94Columbia%20professor%20James%20Schamus%20and%20his%20partner&f=false]
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