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	India - Food - Ismail Merchant’s Passionate Meals (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Merchant does not regard cooking as a mundane activity that involves stirring and frying ingredients in a mechanical fashion, for Mamu jaan, a good cook, like a good film maker should have imagination and flair- a taste for the unconventional, an appreciation for the subtle and a desire to gratify his or her ego.
		Nowhere are Merchants’ twin passions more intertwined than in France and Italy and his previous two cookbooks, Ismail Merchant’s Paris- Filming and Fasting in France and Ismail Merchant’s Florence- Filming and Feasting in Tuscany blend vignettes of his filmmaking with mouth-watering stories about the many memorable meals he has made and enjoyed in France.
		Ismail Merchant believes in the dictum that a way to a man’s stomach is through his heart.
	www3.estart.com /india/food/ismail.html (779 words)

	Reelwriter.net on Ismail Merchant
		Merchant steps into the director's chair for the sixth time with a beautifully crafted exploration of one man's journey from rags to riches in a mystical land.
		Ismail Merchant, best known as the producing arm of Merchant Ivory Productions, directs the film based on Nobel Laureate V.S. Naipail's novel of the same name.
		Ismail Merchant: I was in Bombay as a student.
	www.reelwriter.net /2002/merchant.html (927 words)

	Ismail Merchant - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Ismail Merchant (December 25, 1936 – May 25, 2005) was an Indian-born film producer, best known for the results of his famously long collaboration with Merchant Ivory Productions which included director James Ivory and screenwriter Ruth Prawer Jhabvala.
		Born Ismail Noormohamed Abdul Rehman, he was the son of Hazra Memon and Noormohamed Haji Abdul Rehman, a Mumbai Memon textile dealer.
		Merchant died in London, aged 68, following surgery for abdominal ulcers[4].
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Ismail_Merchant (626 words)

	Washington Blade Online
		With the death of 68-year-old film producer Ismail Merchant on Wednesday, May 25, however, most mainstream news organizations are trying to rewrite history, or at least omit some of it.
		Ismail Merchant's 44-year gay relationship was mostly ignored by the mainstream media.
		It is well known that the 44-year relationship between Merchant and James Ivory â” who was the director of the film companyâs like Oscar-nominated "Howard's End," "Room with a View," and "Remains of the Day" â” was romantic as well as creative.
	www.washblade.com /thelatest/thelatest.cfm?blog_id=806 (480 words)

	Merchant Ivory Productions :: Ismail Merchant
		Merchant's first film was a theatrical short, The Creation of Woman, which was nominated in 1961 for an Academy Award and was an official entry from the United States in the Cannes Film Festival that same year.
		Merchant's third feature film as Director, Cotton Mary, was set in Kerala, India and starring Madhur Jaffrey, Greta Scacchi, and James Wilby.
		Merchant is also a renowned chef and author of a number of books on cuisine, including Ismail Merchant's Indian Cuisine; Ismail Merchant's Florence; Ismail Merchant's Passionate Meals and Ismail Merchant's Paris: Filming and Feasting in France.
	www.merchantivory.com /ismail.html (767 words)

	SignOnSanDiego.com > News > Features -- Ismail Merchant, half of Merchant-Ivory filmmaking duo, dies at 68
		Merchant, who was born in Bombay but spent most of his life in the West, had been unwell for some time and recently underwent surgery for abdominal ulcers, according to Indian television reports.
		Merchant and Ivory, an American, made some 40 films together and won six Oscars since forming their famous partnership in 1961 with German-born screenwriter Ruth Prawer Jhabvala.
		Merchant and Ivory departed in recent years from the flawlessly appointed period films for which they were famous.
	www.signonsandiego.com /news/features/20050525-1105-obit-merchant.html (440 words)

	Ismail Merchant--Biography
		Though the uninformed often think "Merchant Ivory" is one man, Ismail Merchant and James Ivory did not meet until 1960, when Merchant was 24 and the California-born director Ivory was 32.
		It was also Merchant and Ivory's first collaboration with screenwriter Ruth Prawer Jhabvala, who worked on nearly twenty of their most successful (and representative) films.
		Ismail Merchant has directed the short Mahatma and the Mad Boy (1973) and the features In Custody (1994) and La Proprietaire (1996).
	www.geocities.com /Hollywood/Hills/2850/ismail2.html (468 words)

	Ismail Merchant passes away at 68 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Merchant's other love was cuisine; he is the author of numerous books on cooking, including Ismail Merchant's Indian Cooking and Ismail Merchant's Passionate Meals.
		Merchant was honored with the Honorary Doctor of Arts degree from Bard's College, New York.
		Merchant was a man who believed in making his kind of movies and never bent to commercial interests.
	www.rediff.com /movies/2005/may/25ismail.htm (543 words)

	BBC NEWS \| Entertainment \| Film producer Merchant dies at 68
		Merchant Ivory film producer Ismail Merchant has died at the age of 68, his London office has said.
		Merchant produced almost 50 films for the company and also turned his hand to directing on a handful of occasions.
		Merchant said in an interview with the Associated Press last year that their films worked because they told good stories.
	news.bbc.co.uk /2/hi/entertainment/4580689.stm (559 words)

	Take 5: Ismail Merchant - Moviefone
		Ismail Merchant, together with director James Ivory, belonged to one of the most prolific teams in filmmaking history.
		Working in tandem, Merchant and Ivory virtually cornered the market on the mannered parlor drama with films like 'A Room with a View' and 'Howards End,' to the point that the mere mention of their names carries the power to instantly conjure up sounds of rattling teacups and rustling corsets.
		Before his death, Merchant shared with us five films that inspired their film Le Divorce, a Parisian romance set in the present day (it's the only Merchant Ivory film ever to feature a snippet of a 'Simpsons' episode).
	movies.aol.com /feature/take5/merchant.adp (1207 words)

	Merchant Ivory Productions :: 40 Years of Independent Filmmaking History - Ismail Merchant - James Ivory - Ruth Prawer ...
		It is with great sadness that Merchant Ivory Productions announces that Ismail Merchant, our company founder and beloved producer for more than 44 years, has passed away after a brief illness in a London hospital where he was working on his latest film, The White Countess.
		James Ivory in Conversation is an exclusive series of interviews with a director known for the international scope of his filmmaking on several continents.
		Ismail Merchant takes us on a guided tour of how a middle class Muslim boy from Bombay became an internationally acclaimed producer with a string of award winning films to his credit.
	www.merchantivory.com (180 words)

	Blog of Death: Ismail Merchant
		Ismail Noormohamed Abdul Rehman Merchant, a Hollywood producer and director whose period films won six Academy Awards, died on May 25.
		Born in Bombay, India, Merchant moved to the United States in 1958 and became a messenger for the United Nations.
		Bridge" and "Jefferson in Paris." Merchant usually worked as a producer while Ivory directed, however, it was not uncommon for them to switch duties.
	www.blogofdeath.com /archives/001407.html (389 words)

	Ismail Merchant @ Filmbug UK (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Although Ismail Merchant was born in Bombay, he has lived and worked for most of his life in the West, completing his education at New York University where he earned his Masters Degree in Business Administration.
		Merchant's first film was a theatrical short, THE CREATION OF WOMEN, which was nominated in 1961 for an Academy Award and was an official entry from the United States in the Cannes Film Festival that same year.
		Merchant's previous film as Director/Producer was COTTON MARY, filmed in Kerala, and starring Madhur Jaffrey, Greta Scacchi, and James Wilby.
	www.filmbug.co.uk /db/342775 (598 words)

	Tributes paid to Ismail Merchant (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		London, Nov 21 (IANS) Rich tributes were paid to noted filmmaker Ismail Merchant in an art house in London with several film stars recalling the qualities of head and heart of the India-born director.
		Film critic Derek Malcolm, spoke of Merchant "who, in Bombay, took me to a transvestite knocking-shop" then played a prank, by tapping on his hotel door at night, pretending to be a call girl.
		Merchant died before he could begin a film starring her as Kali in "The Goddess".
	www.nowrunning.com /news/news.asp?it=4912 (451 words)

	NPR : Acclaimed Producer Ismail Merchant
		Indian-born filmmaker Ismail Merchant died in a London hospital.
		Merchant, born in Mumbai (Bombay), was educated in New York.
		Merchant Ivory Productions made more than 40 films, and many of those works were nominated for Academy awards.
	www.npr.org /templates/story/story.php?storyId=4667918 (162 words)

	Ismail Merchant, 68, Filmmaker Renowned for Costume Dramas - May 26, 2005 - The New York Sun
		Ismail Merchant, the Indian film producer who died yesterday at 68, was for more than 40 years one of the most unorthodox but successful independent filmmakers in Hollywood.
		Merchant's great strength as a producer was a knack for funding his various projects and an ability to produce films for several million dollars less than those of his contemporaries.
		By the early 1990s, Merchant and his partner were established as one of the most successful teams in Hollywood.
	www.nysun.com /article/14483 (453 words)

	CBC.ca Arts - Ismail Merchant, of Merchant Ivory fame, dies
		Ismail Merchant, the producer of the Merchant Ivory film company, has died at the age of 68.
		Merchant said in an interview with the Associated Press last year that the secret to the success of a Merchant Ivory film is the story.
		Merchant Ivory was also responsible for such films as A Room With a View and The Remains of the Day.
	www.cbc.ca /arts/story/2005/05/25/merchant050525.html (1381 words)

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		Ismail Merchant is the producer of some of the most critically acclaimed films in the history of cinema, including A Room with a View, Howard’s End, and The Remains of the Day.
		Born in Bombay, Ismail Merchant has worked in the U.S. for most of his life.
		The forty-six films run such a gamut, but perhaps the one thread connecting all Merchant Ivory films is that they are an exploration of cultural displacement, the discomfort in cultural boundaries, and the uneasiness of interactions between different cultures and classes.
	www.asiasource.org /arts/merchant.cfm (1502 words)

	Ismail Merchant's Trinidad \| Food & Wine (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		The producer half (usually) of the Merchant Ivory team, Ismail is also the author of several cookbooks and is one of the world's great home cooks.
		Ismail is wandering around the stalls and trucks with great interest, talking to all the vendors.
		The trucks are filled with small, perfect pineapples, oranges (Ismail buys a hundred for about five dollars), cauliflower, bunches of neatly tied dasheen (a green similar to spinach, with long, pointed leaves, used in soups and stews), deep-ruby-red tomatoes, bananas, bitter Chinese winter melons, coconuts and huge round balls of chocolate.
	www.foodandwine.com /articles/ismail-merchants-trinidad (1827 words)

	User Reviews and comparison blog on Ismail Merchant - Movie Personalities by bharat5 on MouthShut.com
		Ismail asked her to think and tell him if they could make another film.
		Ismail Merchant was the public face of the famed trio that included James Ivory and Ruth Prawer Jhabvala.
		Merchant ended his shootings for the day by offering a multi-course meal he would cook.
	www.mouthshut.com /review/Ismail_Merchant-94738.html (1278 words)

	Ismail Merchant — Infoplease.com
		The Proprietor - The Proprietor Director: Ismail Merchant Writers: Jean-Marie Besset and George Trow Director of...
		Merchant/Ivory synonymous with style.(Distinguished Producer/Director)(James Ivory, Ismail Merchant)
		Former prexy Bill Clinton attended the preem of Ismail Merchant's "The Mystic Masseur".
	www.infoplease.com /ipea/A0759641.html (238 words)

	Amazon.com: Ismail Merchant's Florence: Filming and Feasting in Tuscany/70 Recipes: Books: Ismail Merchant,Derrick ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		In fact, the 70 recipes are almost incidental to Merchant's gastronomic tour of the area, the accompanying photography, and tales of the film's near disasters and final successes.
		Ismail Merchant’s lively account of the filming of the hugely successful A Room with a View is really a song in praise of the Tuscan table.
		Through vivid prose and extraordinary photographs, Merchant enables the reader to fully experience Tuscan cuisine—whether dining at Florence’s famous Il Cavallino restaurant or in the stately Villa Maiano, whether enjoying a picnic spread out on a hillside or sampling the fruit and vegetables fresh from the farms that give Tuscan cooking its incomparable quality.
	www.amazon.com /Ismail-Merchants-Florence-Filming-Feasting/dp/0810936399 (913 words)

	Ismail Merchant, 1936-2005 - Newsweek: International Editions - MSNBC.com
		June 6 issue - Ismail Merchant was proud of the fact that "Merchant-Ivory" had become a double-barreled brand name: it evoked the low-budget, high-quality period dramas that his 44-year partnership with American director James Ivory had made famous.
		After graduating in 1960, Merchant made his first film, a 14-minute short called "The Creation of Woman." With trademark chutzpah, he sent fake press releases to media outlets announcing that a famous Indian producer was coming to Hollywood.
		Now, they'll miss not just Merchant's legendary hospitality but also the charm of a bon vivant who combined old-style civility and good manners with the entrepreneurial spirit of the modern world.
	www.msnbc.msn.com /id/8018288/site/newsweek (663 words)

	Ismail Merchant Dies - Circle Theater Forum - GardenWeb
		LONDON (AP) -- Filmmaker Ismail Merchant, who with partner James Ivory became synonymous with classy costume drama in films such as ''A Room With A View'' and ''Howards End,'' died Wednesday.
		Merchant, who was born in Bombay but spent most of his life in the West, had been ill for some time and recently underwent surgery for abdominal ulcers, according to Indian television reports.
		Merchant first traveled to the United States in 1958 to study for a business degree at New York University but soon became involved in the film world.
	glyphs.gardenweb.com /forums/load/circle/msg051601018517.html (645 words)

	Ismail Merchant - interview with Indian movie producer Ismail Merchant - The Star is India - Interview Interview - Find ...
		Ismail Merchant - interview with Indian movie producer Ismail Merchant - The Star is India - Interview
		Ismail Merchant disproves Rudyard Kipling's prognosis that "East is East, and West is West, and never the twain shall meet." The twain meet in Merchant's voice, the seductive honey tone of an Indian educated in good schools, and in his princely bearing.
		ISMAIL MERCHANT: No. The very first film I directed was a half-hour short called Mahatma and the Mad Boy [1973].
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m1285/is_n4_v24/ai_15125383 (873 words)

	Merchant Ivory Productions - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Merchant Ivory Productions (1961-) is a film company founded by director James Ivory and producer Ismail Merchant.
		Their films were for the most part directed by the former, produced by the latter and scripted by Ruth Prawer Jhabvala (a noted exception was the 1993 film In Custody, directed by Merchant and based upon a novel by Anita Desai).
		Of this collaboration, Merchant once commented: "IT IS a strange marriage we have at Merchant Ivory...I am an Indian Muslim, Ruth is a German Jew, and Jim is a Protestant American.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Merchant_Ivory_Productions (248 words)

	Amazon.com: Ismail Merchant's Indian Cuisine: Books: Ismail Merchant (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Ismail Merchant's Passionate Meals: The New Indian Cuisine for Fearless Cooks and Adventurous Eaters by Ismail Merchant
		The author's favorite time of year is the holiday season from Thanksgiving through Twelfth Night, and his 22 stylish menusfor major feasts and casual gatheringsshow a knack for combining ingredients and lightening traditional foods.
		Ismail Merchant — Find pics, news, movies, interviews, filmography and more at Moviefone.
	www.amazon.com /Ismail-Merchants-Indian-Cuisine-Merchant/dp/0671684779 (695 words)

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