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James Ivory Profiles tobyyoung.co.uk The Merchant Ivory company has gone on to produce over 30 films and is in 'The Guinness Book of Records' as the longest film partnership in history. Part of the problem with Merchant Ivory's adaptations is they don't make enough of an attempt to convey the feeling of the original in cinematic terms. Ivory readily admits that their E.M. Forster adaptations appeal to snobs, but claims this is inevitable given that they are set in Edwardian England. www.tobyyoung.co.uk /339/james_ivory.html

Merchant Ivory solidifies its position as father of independent film The Merchant Ivory producer was eager to promote his latest film, "A Soldier's Daughter Never Cries," in which a girl comes of age while living with expatriate parents in Paris in the 1960s and '70s. Merchant describes his relationship with Ivory and Jhabvala as sangam, which in Hindi means the sacred meeting of three rivers. Merchant says he was fascinated by Jhabvala's background, having learned the details of the Shoah only the previous year. www.jewishaz.com /jewishnews/981023/film.shtml

DVD Times - The Merchant Ivory Collection The DVD is released on the 6th September as part of a 'Merchant Ivory in India' boxset. One of Merchant Ivory's best films is released in a two-disc set with a good trasnfer and some substantial extras. It is also available as part of the six-film Merchant Ivory Connoisseur Collection and the full 20-film box set, available from 6 September. www.dvdtimes.co.uk /content.php?contentid=12503

Merchant-Ivory Bring Jefferson's Passions to Screen Next, Merchant and Ivory are plunging into ``Surviving Picasso,'' which depicts the artist's life in the 1940s in Paris and early '50s in the south of France. What really attracted the Merchant- Ivory team to Jefferson's story was his great affection for the wife of an English painter, whom he met in Paris, and his apparent affair with a young girl who was his slave. In spite of the fact that Merchant and Ivory are often associated with films on foreign and historical subjects -- ``The Europeans,'' ``The Bostonians,'' ``A Room With a View,'' ``Howards End,'' ``Remains of the Day'' -- the two have never tackled the subject of a famous historical figure. www.sfgate.com /ea/stack/0325.html

CANOE -- JAM! Movies: Filmmaker Ismail Merchant dies Merchant, who was born in Mumbai but spent most of his life in the West, was surrounded by family and friends when he died at a London hospital, Merchant Ivory Productions said in a statement on its website. Ivory directed and Merchant produced, but unlike other film duos in which the director usually steals the limelight, the two were equal partners to their devoted public. Merchant and Ivory were at their best in such literary realms of the past. jam.canoe.ca /Movies/2005/05/25/1055501-ap.html

BBC News FILM Merchant Ivory's novel ways Merchant, who produces, was born in India while Ivory, the director, was born in the United States. Looking over Merchant Ivory's catalogue of work, the cultural diversity behind the company is evident in the range of locations and subject matter of its films. Merchant Ivory reunited the two stars in 1993's The Remains of the Day. news.bbc.co.uk /1/low/entertainment/film/1831233.stm

Merchant Ivory Productions The Householder was Merchant and Ivory’s first feature length film and the first Indian film to be distributed worldwide by a major American company, Columbia Pictures. The latest Merchant Ivory Production, Le Divorce, from the best-selling novel by Diane Johnson and adapted for the screen by Merchant Ivory’s longtime collaborator, Ruth Prawer Jhabvala, stars Kate Hudson, Naomi Watts, Glenn Close, Stockard Channing, Matthew Modine, Sam Waterston and Leslie Caron and is expected to be released this summer by Fox Searchlight. 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. www.merchantivory.com /ismail.html

CBC Arts: Ismail Merchant, of Merchant Ivory fame, dies 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. Among the soon-to-be-released films from Merchant Ivory is The Goddess, a musical which stars pop singer Tina Turner as the Hindu deity Shakti. www.cbc.ca /storyview/AOL/arts/national/2005/05/25/Arts/merchant050525.html

Rediff On The NeT: Merchant Ivory Sign Oscar-Nominee Nick Nolte For $ 20 Million Movie The film to be directed by James Ivory with a script by Ruth Prawer Jhabvala would be the most expensive film made by the Merchant Ivory team, whose last film, A Soldier's Daughter Never Cries was made for about $10 million. The four-decade-old Merchant Ivory Productions is getting ready to step into the 21st century with the screen adaptation of Henry James's The Golden Bowl written in the early years of this century. This is the second time Nolte is working with the Merchant Ivory Jhabvala team, after Jefferson in Paris, a critical and box-office failure produced by Walt Disney. www.rediff.co.in /news/1999/may/18us2.htm

Boxoffice Magazine [The Deceivers (The Merchant Ivory Collection)] It's marvelously enlightening as to the tightly-knit team that Merchant and Ivory have assembled -- it really is a finely-tuned machine, a fact of which one is constantly reminded by the oft-repeated refrain about how remarkable it is that Merchant extracts so much production value for so little money. The first and best of the lot is the 45-minute documentary "Building Howards End," which revisits the experience with Merchant, Ivory and their entire cast. Merchant produced the film, which tells the story of an Englishman (Pierce Brosnan) who goes undercover in 1825 India to infiltrate and undermine the notorious and murderous Thugee cult. www.boxoff.com /scripts/dvd.asp?where=ID&terms=6211

Boston.com / A&E / Movies / Merchant Ivory Seeking New 'Heights' of Success Although Merchant calls "Heights" an example of the "younger" Merchant Ivory, he also is quick to point out that his company has always worked with young talent. For example, Merchant Ivory produced the big-screen adaptation of the 1980s postmodern boho tome "Slaves of New York," by Tama Janowitz. Still in release through Fox Searchlight, "Divorce" is admittedly a modern-day variant of the traditional Merchant Ivory period piece, a comedy of manners pitting American against French sensibilities. www.boston.com /ae/movies/articles/2003/11/03/merchant_ivory_seeking_new_heights_of_success?mode=PF

Bollywood - Special Feature - Beyond Dreams: A Conversation with Ismail Merchant Merchant Ivory Productions is a whole team of collaborators, technicians, and colleagues who work together on projects. Merchant Ivory Productions (MIP) has a special essence and meaning in the minds of viewers all over the world. It is not uncommon to hear of things and settings not related to films in anyway, being referred to or described as “Merchant Ivory.” This richness of meaning and shared understanding can very well be a textbook case in creating a successful brand. www.planetbollywood.com /Features/s021303-175631.php

glbtq >> arts >> Ivory, James , and Ismail Merchant Perhaps the most enduring and influential gay partnership in film history, James Ivory and Ismail Merchant are known for their visually sumptuous period pieces based on familiar literary works. After forty-five years of collaboration in life and in art, the Merchant Ivory partnership ended on May 25, 2005, when Ismail Merchant died in London of complications from stomach surgery. After critical and commercial mishaps with Savages (1972) and The Wild Party (1975), Merchant and Ivory found what would become their characteristic mode with The Europeans (1979), a cinematic adaptation of Henry James's novel. www.glbtq.com /arts/ivory_merchant.html

Variety.com - Award Central 2005  - Merchant/Ivory synonymous with style Renowned as much for spectacle as they are for working miracles with minuscule budgets, director James Ivory and partner-producer Ismail Merchant Ismail Merchant 's sartorial achievements rely on a small circle of costume designers that intuitively understands their vision. Ramsay praises Merchant and Ivory for giving her complete artistic control, saying, "There's a huge difference between working in the world of Hollywood and working in the Merchant Ivory world. By The mere mention of the words "Merchant Ivory Productions" conjures up images of Edwardian England ("A Room With a View") and sweeping, highly stylized period films ("Jefferson in Paris," "The Golden Bowl" "The Golden Bowl") filled with exquisite costumes. www.variety.com /ac2005_article/VR1117917638?nav=costumeart

Merchant Ivory Productions - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia director James Ivory and producer Ismail Merchant, best known for its period costume dramas. Merchant Ivory Productions is a film company founded by It was founded in 1961 "to make English-language films in India aimed at the international market", although they have also made period and contemporary films set in England and America. en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Merchant_Ivory_Productions

Amazon.co.uk: DVD: Maurice (the Merchant Ivory Collection) MAURICE was Merchant Ivory's follow up to the wonderful ROOM WITH A VIEW, but it is nowhere near as widely seen as its predecessor. Ivory captures the essence of this book superbly, in terms of character, dialogue and fundamentals such as plot, which is largely in keeping with the original story-line. The great weakness of Ivory's Forster films is the portrayal of the working class (witness Samuel West in HOWARD'S END), probably because he goes for RADA types like Graves when a swift trawl through the cast of Eastenders might have been more productive. www.amazon.co.uk /exec/obidos/ASIN/B0002W13R0

Merchant and Ivory Foundation In addition, Ismail Merchant and James Ivory will host a wine and cheese reception for the public at TSL on May 24th, Saturday evening at 7pm. On Sunday, May 25th at 5pm, Merchant and Ivory will host an opening reception showcasing the Bollywood inspired photography of Jonathan Torgovnik at the Red Mills in Claverack. All festival proceeds benefit the Merchant and Ivory Foundation's support of filmmakers, screenwriters, photographers, and musicians, as well as Time and Space Limited's ongoing mission to support community growth through the arts with theatrical productions, film screenings, gallery exhibitions, discussion forums, and community outreach. www.merchantivoryfoundation.com /bollywood.html

Film Threat Back Talk Forums - Ivory without Merchant By Josh Grossberg Wed May 25, 9:23 PM ET Ismail Merchant, the producer whose venerable partnership with director James Ivory led to such Oscar-winning costume dramas as A Room with a View, Howard's End and The Remains of the Day, died in a London hospital Wednesday. James Ivory is an American and Ismail Merchant was from India. Merchant's family is expected to announce funeral arrangements in the coming days. www.filmthreat.com /forums/printthread.php?t=2688

PALME D'OR Merchant Ivory long-time collaborator, Ruth Prawer Jhabvala, set about writing the screenplay: it took her two years to write after years of research prior to that. Despite - or perhaps because of - Merchant Ivory's authentic visual detail, James Ivory gives a surprisingly free rein to his actors, acknowledging the importance of their intuitive response to their role. But although the political aspects of his life are well documented, historians still disagree over the personal aspects of the statesman's life and it was impossible for Merchant Ivory not to interpret certain events and people somewhat creatively. www.filmfestivals.com /cannes/cfilm4.htm

Views of Merchant ivory Merchant Ivory Productions and Artistic License Films have colloborated to form a series including Merchant Ivory's biggest films as well as their lesser known gems. Laemmle Theatre is proud to bring a fourteen film retrospective of Merchant Ivory films from four continents. www.laemmle.com /series/merchivory

Merchant Ivory Productions Ismail Merchant and James Ivory announced today that the Merchant and Ivory Foundation will be a long-term sponsor of the Telluride Film Festival's "SHOWcase for Shorts" program, beginning at this year's festival. Ismail Merchant and James Ivory received the Distinguished Producer/Director Award, presented to them by screen and stage star Bernadette Peters. Filmmaker Ismail Merchant and rock-n-roll diva Tina Turner chat in a houseboat outside the southern Indian city of Cochin, February 12, 2004. www.merchantivory.com /news.html

Me Against the Keyboard: Review: James Ivory in Conversation - and a Merchant Ivory Bibliography This is an excellent book regardless of whether your main interest is in Merchant Ivory productions, film-making (and stories from behind-the-scenes) or (at an anthropological / social science level) the story of three people born, raised and working across three different continents. [this is considered the standard work on Merchant Ivory with full film-by-film review of their entire career; very user-friendly and an absolute must-have for fans, although the 2nd edition only goes up to 1997 i.e. As you probably know if you've been following MATK for some time, one of my big passions in life is Merchant Ivory (the people, the films, the music, the locations, the books, everything). gerodimos.blogspot.com /2005/06/review-james-ivory-in-conversation-and.html

BBC NEWS Entertainment Film Merchant Ivory to get Bafta honour One of the film world's most successful partnerships, Merchant Ivory, is to be given one of the UK film industry's most prestigious honours. James Ivory and Ismail Merchant, the men behind films including A Room with a View and The Remains of the Day, will be given a Bafta Academy Fellowship at this weekend's Bafta Awards, the UK's main film awards ceremony. Mr Merchant, born in India, and Mr Ivory, born in the United States, have been working together since 1961 and their films have won six Oscars. news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/entertainment/film/1827438.stm

Filmtracks: The Golden Bowl (Richard Robbins) First, since the Merchant Ivory tales tend to involve an insufferable amount of dialogue, the music is meant to simply provide an accent for the atmosphere otherwise created by the costumes and art direction. You fans of Merchant Ivory films out there know who you are, and unless you've gotten prior enjoyment out of those films and their music, I would be weary of this newest Robbins score. With dozens of adaptations of classic dramatic novels under their belts, the Merchant Ivory team continues to produce films of character development that take place in the 1800's or early 1900's. www.filmtracks.com /titles/golden_bowl.html?page=print

DVD - The Bostonians - The Merchant Ivory Collection Merchant Ivory Productions’ acclaimed screen adaptation of the Henry James classic charts the struggle between two charismatic forces to gain control over the destiny of a spirited young woman. Merchant Ivory Productions, The Criterion Collection, and Home Vision Entertainment are proud to present The Merchant Ivory Collection Against a backdrop of luminous New England landscapes, battle is joined, and for Olive the struggle will prove an odyssey that forces her to acknowledge her true nature. www.usa.md /ItemId/B0000A02TV

Merchant, Ismail, and Ivory, James --  Encyclopædia Britannica The film producer-director team of Merchant and Ivory celebrated their 35th anniversary as creative partners in 1996 and, along with screenwriter Ruth Prawer Jhabvala (who wrote the majority of their films), were identified by the Guinness Book of World Records as cinema's longest-running partnership. The film producer-director team of Merchant and Ivory celebrated their 35th anniversary as creative partners in 1996 and, along with screenwriter Ruth Prawer Jhabvala (who wrote the majority of... More results on "Merchant, Ismail, and Ivory, James" when you join. www.britannica.com /eb/article?tocId=9112998

DVD Verdict Review - Bombay Talkie The problem is that the emotionally restrained tone we now recognize as a hallmark of the Merchant Ivory aesthetic stifles the melodrama, and the movie lacks the exuberance of the lightweight musical entertainments to which it pays homage. This DVD is part of the second wave of the Merchant Ivory Collection, produced by Home Vision Entertainment in association with The Criterion Collection, and under the supervision of Ismail Merchant and James Ivory. Produced by Merchant Ivory and directed by Anthony Korner, the 31-minute piece is a simple biography of Miss Helen, the premiere dancer in Bollywood films at the time of Bombay Talkie 's production (at the time the documentary was made, she'd been in over 500 films). www.dvdverdict.com /printer/bombaytalkie.php

Merchant Ivory: The Deceivers UK James Bond star PIERCE BROSNAN plays the heroic lead role in Merchant Ivory’s 1988 adaptation of John Masters’ THE DECEIVERS, an exotic, gripping adventure yarn, based on a true story. Merchant Ivory: The Deceivers UK Merchant Ivory: The Deceivers www.uk-present.co.uk /PrismDirect/Video-DVD/Merchant-Ivory-The-Deceivers.php

Amazon.ca: DVD: Maurice - The Merchant Ivory Collection Merchant Ivory's made some extraordinary films in their day but "Maurice" is, in this viewer's opinion, their greatest film. This item is part of the Merchant Ivory Collection series. This film is a faithful adaptation of Forster's novel and brilliantly brought to life by the winning team of Merchant Ivory. www.amazon.ca /exec/obidos/ASIN/B00014NE62

James Ivory--Biography Merchant, Ivory and Jhabvala are also known for their adaptations of literary classics. Merchant and Ivory went on to earn a reputation for quality films made on shoestring budgets, with their best work—heavily influenced by Satyajit Ray examining the interplay between different cultures ( Bombay Talkie, 1970; Heat and Dust, 1983). Ivory began his career as a documentary filmmaker before teaming up with producer www.geocities.com /Hollywood/Hills/2850/james.html

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