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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16 people
James Ivory
Self
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John Bright
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Vanessa Redgrave
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Mission: Impossible
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Simon Callow
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Emma Thompson
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Brave
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Hugh Grant
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Love Actually
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Helena Bonham Carter
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Fight Club
Corpse Bride
Sam Waterston
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The Newsroom
Godless
Greta Scacchi
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The Odyssey
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James Wilby
Self
Known for
Maurice
The Great Train Robbery
Rupert Graves
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Sherlock
V for Vendetta
Stephen Soucy Director · Jon Hart Editor
Budget $600K · United States release August 30, 2024 · Produced in United States
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Budget
$600,000
Production
Modernist Film
Production
Cohen Media Group
Production
United States
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United States · November 11, 2023
Premiere · DOC NYC
United States · August 30, 2024
Limited theatrical
United States
October 15, 2024 · TV
Australia
November 8, 2024 · Premiere · British Film Festival
United Kingdom
March 16, 2024 · Premiere · BFI Flare
December 6, 2024 · Theatrical
February 3, 2025 · Digital
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