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Jan 7, 2024 · Merchant Ivory productions ran from 1961 until 2007, creating 43 films: 42 produced by Merchant, 30 directed by Ivory, 23 written by Prawer Jhabvala and 21 scored by Robbins. The interviewees who have worked with this extraordinary quartet of film craftsmen compose an exquisite mosaic of talking heads, capable of providing insight into the ...
- Shakespeare Wallah (1965) The second Merchant Ivory movie follows a troupe of stage actors traveling across India putting on Shakespeare plays. It's loosely based on the story of Geoffrey Kendal – father of Felicity – who earned the nickname "Shakespearewallah" because of his dedication to Shakespeare during an era when theater was being eclipsed by Bollywood.
- The Europeans (1979) Though it was shot on a tight budget, Merchant Ivory managed to make their first period drama look pretty lavish. Adapted by Prawer Jhabvala from Henry James' novel, it centers on a fascinating encounter between a wealthy New England family and their more bohemian and eccentric European cousins.
- The Bostonians (1984) This fiercely intelligent Henry James adaptation has a brilliant, Oscar-nominated performance from Vanessa Redgrave. She plays Olive Chancellor, a leading light of the women's suffrage movement who enters into an unlikely rivalry with her chauvinist relative Basil Ransom (Christopher Reeve).
- A Room with a View (1985) Merchant Ivory's reputation really grew thanks to this stellar E.M. Forster adaptation with an Oscar-winning Prawer Jhabvala screenplay.
Nov 13, 2023 · There’s often been unfair snobbery about the films of Merchant Ivory, the production banner founded in 1961 by producer Ismail Merchant and director James Ivory, which gives Stephen Soucy’s ...
Oct 30, 2023 · Merchant Ivory was written and directed by Stephen Soucy and is his first feature-length documentary. The rest of the team includes Jon Hart, Ryan Homsey, Adam Scott, and Joe Guthrie. Executive producers include James Ivory and Charles S. Cohen; the film was produced by Modernist Film and Cohen Media Group.
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Aug 23, 2016 · That’s tough,” Ivory shrugs, not overly concerned. “It changes every year, practically,” he says, before bringing up the 1987 adaptation of E.M. Forster’s gay love story Maurice ...
Apr 13, 2024 · Merchant Ivory: Directed by Stephen Soucy. With John David Allen, Helena Bonham Carter, John Bright, Hugh Grant. Follows the history of the Merchant Ivory partnership, featuring interviews with James Ivory and close collaborators detailing and celebrating their experiences of being a part of the company.
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Jan 11, 2024 · Merchant Ivory is a touching and beautifully rendered look at an artistic and personal collaboration that spanned decades and gave the world so much to enjoy, ponder and celebrate. The movies — Howards End, Mr. & Mrs. Bridge and Shakespeare Wallah , among others — are gifts to future generations of cinephiles, and this exquisite documentary ...
