Merchant Ivory

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2024. 112 m. Stephen Soucy. Cohen Media Group. US. English. Rated NR.

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Featuring interviews with Vanessa Redgrave, Emma Thompson, Hugh Grant, Helena Bonham Carter, and many others, Merchant Ivory lends a new perspective on the partnership of Oscar winning director James Ivory and Indian producer Ismail Merchant. 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.

Please note that 9/5’s screening of Merchant Ivory featuring the Q&A with James Ivory will be preceded by Stephen Soucy’s short film Rich Atmosphere: The Music of Merchant Ivory Films (5 mins).

Alongside the documentary Merchant Ivory, we will be playing classic films by the iconic filmmaking duo, such as The Remains of the Day, A Room with a View, Howard’s End, and Maurice.

"Soucy’s documentary joyfully fulfills the mission of educating and entertaining, infused with the tremendous delight and loyalty of all those who worked with this seemingly magical production group."
Bradley Gibson, Film Threat

"Merchant Ivory ultimately feels like a a devoted document of a group of artists who lived complicated, interesting lives. And while this film may not fully capture that complexity, there are forty films they made that get to the heart of the matter."
Dan Mecca, The Film Stage

PAST EVENTS

Q&A with James Ivory, moderated by JBFC Board President Janet Maslin

Thursday, Sep. 5 2024, 7:00

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James Francis Ivory is an American film director, producer, and screenwriter. For many years, he worked extensively with Indian-born film producer Ismail Merchant, his domestic as well as professional partner, and with screenwriter Ruth Prawer Jhabvala. All three were principals in Merchant Ivory Productions, whose films have won seven Academy Awards; Ivory himself has been nominated for four Oscars, winning one. Ivory’s directorial work includes A Room with a View (1985), Maurice, (1987), Howards End, (1992), and The Remains of the Day (1993). For his work on Call Me by Your Name (2017), which he wrote and produced, Ivory won awards for Best Adapted Screenplay from the Academy Awards, British Academy of Film and Television Arts, Writers Guild of America, the Critics’ Choice Awards, and the Scriptor Awards, among others. Upon winning the Oscar and BAFTA at the age of 89, Ivory became the oldest-ever winner in any category for both awards. Ivory is still writing and involved with several film project.