Merchant Ivory

Overview

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. Footage from more than fifty interviews, clips, and archival material gives voice to the family of actors and technicians who helped define Merchant Ivory’s Academy Award-winning work of consummate quality and intelligence. With six Oscar winners among the notable artists participating, these close and often long-term collaborators intimately detail the transformational cinematic creativity and personal and professional drama of the wandering company that left an indelible impact on film culture.

Directed by Stephen Soucy

Top cast

James Ivory

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Jenny Beavan

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John Bright

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Vanessa Redgrave

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Simon Callow

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Emma Thompson

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Hugh Grant

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Helena Bonham Carter

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Sam Waterston

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Greta Scacchi

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James Wilby

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Rupert Graves

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Tony Pierce-Roberts

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Felicity Kendal

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Samuel West

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Ismail Merchant

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