Merchant Ivory

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.

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  Stephen Soucy

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  James Ivory
  Self
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  Jenny Beavan
  Self
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  John Bright
  Self
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  Vanessa Redgrave
  Self
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  Simon Callow
  Self
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  Emma Thompson
  Self
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  Hugh Grant
  Self
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  Helena Bonham Carter
  Self
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  Sam Waterston
  Self
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  Greta Scacchi
  Self
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  James Wilby
  Self
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  Rupert Graves
  Self
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  Tony Pierce-Roberts
  Self
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  Felicity Kendal
  Self
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  Samuel West
  Self
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  Ismail Merchant
  Self (Archive Footage)