Merchant Ivory

2023

1 hr. 52 min.

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MERCHANT IVORY (2023) is 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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Stephen Soucy

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James Ivory

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Stephen Soucy

Screenwriter

Jon Hart

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Stephen Soucy

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Jon Hart

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David Rooney

Hollywood Reporter

Anyone with a fondness for these movies and for tales of what might be described as a gentlemen guerrilla filmmaking operation will find immense pleasure here.

Nov 15, 2023

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Tony Medley

CWEB.com

...an interesting look at what goes into and along with the production of the movies told by the principals and a plethora of actors and crew who worked with them.

Rated: 8/10

Jan 13, 2024

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James Wegg

JWR

No serious film lover should miss this documentary.

Rated: 4.5/5

Jan 11, 2024

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Brian Eggert

Deep Focus Review

A good doc about a filmmaker should inform and analyze, cater to longtime fans and newcomers, and also inspire the viewer to go out and watch the subject’s movies. Merchant Ivory does all that with a touch of class and evident passion for its subject.

Rated: 3.5/4

Jan 7, 2024

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Nadine Whitney

Loud and Clear Reviews

Stephen Soucy’s documentary is both frank and elusive. There were many truths to Merchant Ivory and not all of them as palatable or polite as people would garner from their works.

Rated: 4/5

Jan 7, 2024

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Bradley Gibson

Film Threat

Merchant Ivory pulls back the curtain on the fascinating lives of everyone who was lucky enough to move in the orbit of Ismail Merchant and James Ivory and reveals how those marvelous films got made.

Rated: 9/10

Nov 16, 2023

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Synopsis

MERCHANT IVORY (2023) is 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.

Director: Stephen Soucy
Executive Producer: James Ivory, Charles S. Cohen
Screenwriter: Stephen Soucy, Jon Hart
Genre: Documentary
Original Language: English