#Ismail Merchant

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English actor James Wilby in his leading role as Maurice Hall is photographed with director James Ivory, producer Ismael Merchant and actor Hugh Grant on location filming ‘Maurice’, November 1986.

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Vanity Fair:

A PASSAGE TO WILBURY | September 1987 | Ismail Merchant

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Watching 1 movie everyday for Pride Month 1/30

Maurice (1987), dir. James Ivory

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James Ivory (1928–) and Ismail Merchant (1936–2005).

The couple stayed together for 44 years, from 1961 until Merchant's death. They made 28 films with each other — among them A Room with a View, Maurice, Howards End and The Remains of the Day — through their own company, Merchant Ivory Productions.

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Dame Maggie Smith and Dame Judi Dench in A Room With A View (dir. James Ivory, Ismail Merchant, 1985)

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Which version of this do you prefer?

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Happy 96th, James Ivory.

With Ismail Merchant. 1975 photo by Mary Ellen Mark.

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Also posting these two separately

16 Mar 2024, BFI Flare LGBTQ+ Film Festival 2024, BFI Southbank, London: VIP arrivals Rupert Graves and Greta Scacchi, there for the UK premiere of Stephen Soucy’s Merchant Ivory documentary – which also turned out to be a huge reunion of the (UK) Merchant Ivory family.

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Heat and Dust (1983) | dir. James Ivory

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occasionally I remember that my mom has met Ismail Merchant and it instantly ruins my day (I am so incredibly jealous)

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your golden trio:

my golden trio:

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The Documentary film of Merchant Ivory(2023) directed by Stephen Soucy is on its way of Global Premiere. Firstly Nov. 11th and 12th in New York. I found a lot of black and white photos of James' attending the 45th Cannes International Film Festival in the film. Never seen them before...

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James Wilby on Ismail Merchant for Stephen Soucy's documentary on Merchant Ivory.

"In my head, I thought he was the big bad wolf, you know, I remember when we saw the film, the first screening of the film, I had actually seen it before, but only in an editing room. I was sitting behind Ismail, I think. And when the credits rolled, and I just saw his shoulders doing that, and Ismail just, was tears rolling down his face, he turned round to me and went, "it's so beautiful, god!" But it was entirely genuine, this is a, you know, this is a man who wore his heart on his sleeve, and at that point, I went, "oh, this is not the big bad wolf," and he was immensely generous to me, and I became very, very, very fond of him."

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Howards End (1992, James Ivory)

11/11/2024

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SUBLIME CINEMA #654 - THE REMAINS OF THE DAY

I’ve been on a Merchant-Ivory kick recently; there’s something comforting about the fastidiousness of both the filmmaking and the subject matter. Both seem completely alien today. 

This is a masterpiece, about such formal relationships that most everything, even the most shattering centerpieces, are left unsaid. I’m not sure there exists a more emotionally subtle film. 

Amazing cast.