Merchant & Ivory
Category: Drama
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The Householder(1962)
SKU: D71280
The first collaboration from filmmakers Ismail Merchant and James Ivory focuses on a young couple from India whose arranged marriage turns out to be troublesome, as they are too young and inexperienced to adjust to one another. The husband's mother gets involved in their marital problems, but her domineering presence becomes more than ... more
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The Guru(1969)
FullscreenSKU: D60576
A rock star (Michael York) takes off from the pressures of his Swinging London lifestyle to study sitar with an Indian musician (Utpal Dutt), who reluctantly allows him to come along for a rendezvous with his own spiritual master (Nana Palsikar). Trenchant comedic take on the George Harrison/Ravi Shankar/Maharishi Yogi connection from ... more
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Bombay Talkie(1970)
WidescreenSKU: D48383
Entrancing Merchant-Ivory drama follows middle-aged British "junk novelist" Jennifer Kendal to India to watch the filming of one of her works. While there, she begins a tempestuous affair with married Indian actor Shashi Kapoor (Kendal's real-life spouse) that leads to tragedy. Zia Mohyeddin, Aparna Sen also star. 111 min. Widescreen ... more
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Savages(1972)
SKU: D61260
A Merchant/Ivory production that takes a satirical look at society and its manners, as a group of natives enter a deserted mansion and begin to dress and behave like their "civilized" counterparts. Sam Waterston, Lewis J. Stadlen, Susan Blakely, Kathleen Widdoes star. 106 min. Widescreen (Enhanced); Soundtrack: English Dolby Digital ... more
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The Wild Party(1975)
WidescreenSKU: D61154
Inspired by the infamous Fatty Arbuckle rape and manslaughter scandal, this fascinating drama from director James Ivory examines the dark side of stardom. At a decadent Hollywood party, has-been silent movie comic James Coco becomes enamored with beauty Raquel Welch. But when their romantic tryst leads to tragedy, the failing funnyman ... more
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Roseland(1977)
SKU: D72227
The famed New York City ballroom serves as the setting for a dramatic trio of stories from the Merchant/Ivory team: A lonely widow learns to love again; a sly gigolo gets his comeuppance; and a German charwoman treats herself to a night on the town. Teresa Wright, Lou Jacobi, Christopher Walken, Geraldine Chaplin, and Lilia Skala star. ... more
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SKU: D61259
Witty, engaging comedy from the creators of "A Room With a View," concerning the lure that ancient paintings in a Rajah's possession has upon visitors from the West who'll stop at nothing to get them. Dame Peggy Ashcroft, Victor Banerjee, Saeed Jaffrey. 83 min. Standard; Soundtrack: English Dolby Digital mono; Subtitles: English; ... more
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Jane Austen In Manhattan(1980)
SKU: D72226
A previously unseen play written by Jane Austen becomes the prize in a feud between a famed, traditional acting teacher (Anne Baxter) and her former protege, an avant garde director (Robert Powell), in this satiric seriocomedy from director James Ivory. 111 min. Standard; Soundtrack: English Dolby Digital mono; ... more
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The Bostonians(1984)
SKU: D11751
Henry James' epic of life in 19th-century New England gets a splendid screen treatment. Feminism, jealousy and sexual needs are examined in a tale involving a lawyer (Christopher Reeve), a spinster (Vanessa Redgrave) and a charismatic teenage girl (Madeleine Potter). With Jessica Tandy and Wallace Shawn; directed by James Ivory. 122 ... more
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Maurice(1987)
SKU: D49899
Moving drama set in Edwardian England, where the love that develops between two Cambridge students earns them the scorn of those around them. E.M. Forster's long-suppressed novel of homosexual love becomes a superb film, with a brilliant cast that includes James Wilby, Hugh Grant, Rupert Graves, Denholm Elliott, and Ben Kingsley. 140 ... more
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Slaves Of New York(1989)
WidescreenSKU: D63182
Tama Janowitz' best-selling tale of the young and trendy artistes populating Manhattan's Lower East Side comes to life in this affecting drama. Bernadette Peters stars as a struggling fashion designer who must deal with her selfish, would-be artist boyfriend while trying to make her own mark. Chris Sarandon, Adam Coleman Howard, Mary ... more
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SKU: D81036
This magnificent adaptation of E.M. Forster's novel from producer Ismail Merchant and director James Ivory concerns the loves and class struggles of two families in England in 1910. Academy Award-winner Emma Thompson and Helena Bonham Carter are middle-class sisters whose lives become entwined with an aristocratic clan headed by Anthony ... more
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The Remains Of The Day(1993)
WidescreenSKU: D31025
Magnificently acted, beautifully realized Merchant/Ivory production about a repressed English butler (Anthony Hopkins), his 20 years of service to his employer, Lord Darlington (James Fox), and his lost chance at love with the estate's housekeeper (Emma Thompson). With Christopher Reeve, Hugh Grant; adapted from Kazuo Ishiguro's acclaimed ... more
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Surviving Picasso(1996)
WidescreenSKU: D57417
The private side of the 20th century's most renowned and influential painter is memorably brought to life by star Anthony Hopkins in this stirring Merchant-Ivory biodrama. Set in France in the '40s and '50s, the film follows the middle-aged Picasso's stormy relationship with one of his many mistresses, aspiring artist Francoise Gilot ... more
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Cotton Mary(1999)
WidescreenSKU: D21063
Set in post-colonial India in the early 1950s, director Ismail Merchant's intriguing character study stars Madhur Jaffrey as a middle-aged nurse, troubled by her mixed-race heritage, who works her way into the household of British journalist James Wilby and wife Greta Scacchi as a nanny for their newborn child. Neena Gupta, Sakina Jaffrey ... more
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The Golden Bowl(2000)
WidescreenSKU: D27040
This adaptation of Henry James' novel centers on an opulent family in England and Italy during the early 1900s. Jeremy Northam is convinced by tycoon Nick Nolte to marry his daughter (Kate Beckinsale) for monetary reasons. Nolte then unknowingly weds Northam's old lover (Uma Thurman), who is also his daughter's best friend. Deceit then ... more
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Le Divorce(2003)
SKU: D51262
American-born poet Naomi Watts is down in the dumps in Paris after her cheating French husband leaves her. Kate Hudson, Watts' stepsister, arrives to offer moral support, but has amorous entanglements of her own with a married diplomat. What's more, Hudson's new lover is the brother of Leslie Caron, mother of Watts' adulterous spouse. ... more
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The White Countess(2005)
WidescreenSKU: D87926
A blind 1930s American businessman (Ralph Fiennes) moves to Shanghai hoping to open a bar. A disreputable countess (Natasha Richardson) helps him realize his ambitions, but the insulated universe of the establishment--named "The White Countess"--can't keep out the reality of World War II. The final production from Ismail Merchant, ... more
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WidescreenSKU: D04707
An ambitious young scholar (Omar Metwally) travels to Uruguay to convince a deceased writer's family to award him permission to author a biography. Shaken by the novelist's suicide, his brother (Anthony Hopkins), wife (Laura Linney), and mistress (Charlotte Gainsbourg) are less than enthusiastic about granting his wishes. Director James ... more
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