Merchant Ivory

Merchant Ivory

7.5

Aug 30 2024

2h 51m

Documentary

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.

James Ivory

James Ivory

Self

Ismail Merchant

Ismail Merchant

Self (archive footage)

Ruth Prawer Jhabvala

Ruth Prawer Jhabvala

Self (archive footage)

Jenny Beavan

Jenny Beavan

Self