#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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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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Ismail Merchant, December 25, 1936 – May 25, 2005.

With James Ivory. Photo by Mikki Ansin.

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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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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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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. 

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[undinecissy]

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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Title sequences for Merchant Ivory (2023)

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Happy 96th, James Ivory.

With Ismail Merchant. 1975 photo by Mary Ellen Mark.

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E. M. FORSTER via RUTH PRAWER JHABVALA A Room with a View

[Lucy finishes playing the pensione piano. Mr. Beebe claps.]

MR BEEBE May I say something rather daring?

LUCY Oh, Mr. Beebe, You sound like Miss Lavish. Don't tell me you're writing a novel, too.

MR. BEEBE If I were, you would be my heroine. And I should write, “If Miss Honeychurch ever chooses to live as she plays, it will be very exciting. Both for us and for her.”

LUCY Mother doesn't like me playing Beethoven. She says I'm always peevish after.

MR. BEEBE Naturally … One would be … Stirred up. Won't you play some more?

LUCY No, I think I'll go out.

MR. BEEBE Alone? Is that wise, Miss Honeychurch?

LUCY To be wise one might have stayed at home in Summer Street. I'll not go far, I promise.