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Merchant Ivory Productions is a film company founded in 1961 by producer Ismail Merchant (1936–2005) and director James Ivory (b. 1928). Merchant and Ivory were life and business partners from 1961 until Merchant's death in 2005. During their time together, they made 44 films.
In Solid Ivory, a carefully crafted mosaic of memories, portraits, and reflections, the Academy Award–winning filmmaker James Ivory, a partner in the legendary Merchant Ivory Productions and the director of A Room with a View, Howards End, ...
Often collaborating with the seriously talented screenwriter Ruth Prawer Jhabvala, Merchant Ivory Productions became known as the maestros of period drama, and these enduring movies show why. 1. Shakespeare Wallah (1965)
Nov 13, 2023 · Soucy examines the romantic union of Merchant and Ivory and the anomaly of a gay couple forming one of the longest and most successful partnerships in film industry history.
MERCHANT IVORY (2023) is the first definitive feature documentary to lend new and compelling perspectives on the partnership, both professional and personal, of director James Ivory, producer Ismail Merchant and their primary associates, writer Ruth Prawer Jhabvala and composer Richard Robbins.
From Shakespeare Wallah, the bittersweet tale of a wandering theatrical company in India, which established the company's reputation in 1965, to the richly detailed comic masterpiece A Room with a View in 1986, and the poignant Oscar-winning film Howards End in 1992, Merchant Ivory has provided audiences around the world with thoughtful and ...
Jul 28, 2017 · For a film collective with a reputation for safe, tasteful features, Merchant Ivory have never been afraid of bawdiness or subversion. Maurice (1987), a Forster adaptation about a gay man in Edwardian Britain, was made at a time when homophobia was at a high.
Tony Buckingham (Geoffrey Kendal) and his wife Carla (Laura Lidell) are the actor-managers of a troupe of traveling Shakespearean actors in post-colonial India; they must grapple with a diminishing demand for their craft as the English theatre on the subcontinent is supplanted by the emerging genre of Indian film.
6 days ago · Merchant and Ivory, producer-director team known for their richly textured cinematography and ability to evoke brilliant performances from some of the world’s finest actors. Producer Ismail Merchant and director James Ivory were especially known for their low-budget adaptations of complex novels.
MERCHANT IVORY (2023) is the first definitive feature documentary to lend new and compelling perspectives on the partnership, both professional and personal, of...
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