Sarah Polley was on a flight back from working on Hal Hartley's No Such Thing in Iceland when she read the Alice Munro short story "The Bear Came Over the Mountain" in The New Yorker.
Vicente and Kliot have since worked with directors such as Steven Soderbergh, Brian De Palma, Hal Hartley, Nicole Holofcener, Jim Jarmusch, and Alex Gibney.
The band was formed in 1993 in Oxford, England, and named after Hal Hartley's film, The Unbelievable Truth.
Hal Roach | Hal Holbrook | Hal David | HAL 9000 | Hal Willner | Hal McKusick | Hal Linden | Hal Galper | Hal Ashby | Nina Hartley | James Hal Cone | Hartley Wintney | Hal Ketchum | Hal Jordan | Hal Rogers | Hal Miller | Hal Clement | HAL | Bob Hartley | Shallow Hal | Lindsay Hartley | Hartley's | Shannon–Hartley theorem | Matthieu Hartley | Marsden Hartley | Hartley | HAL Tejas | Hal Patino | Hal Miller (actor) | Hal Hopson |
Mariano's television credits include Jay-Z's comeback music video "Show Me What You Got" and a cameo in the NBC television series Chuck, several commercials for Old Navy, minor roles in Steven Spielberg's "Minority Report" and Hal Hartley's "The Girl From Monday", as well as a reoccurring role in "Rescue Me".
Artificial Eye released the region 2 PAL-format DVD as part of their Hal Hartley Collection, available as a standalone edition or in a 3-disc set with Trust and Henry Fool.