Movies by James Ivory
As part of the cast:
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Unauthorized: The Harvey Weinstein Project (2011)
Cast: Peter Fonda, Ken Auletta, Harvey Weinstein …
Directed by: Barry Avrich
Narrated by actor Peter Fonda, this provocative portrait of film tycoon Harvey Weinstein documents the Miramax co-founder's transformation as he went from concert promoter to art-house…
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Lumière and Company (1995)
Cast: Bigas Luna, Theo Angelopoulos, Vicente Aranda …
Directed by: Merzak Allouache, John Boorman, David Lynch …
To honor the 100th anniversary of motion pictures, 40 international directors create their own mini-movies in this French documentary. The weapon of choice for each is a replica of the camera…
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The City of Your Final Destination (2009)
Cast: Omar Metwally, Anthony Hopkins, Laura Linney …
Directed by: James Ivory
After duping school officials into awarding him a grant to write a biography on novelist Jules Gund, grad student Omar Razaghi (Omar Metwally) must travel to Uruguay to get legitimate…
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The White Countess (2005)
Cast: Ralph Fiennes, Natasha Richardson, Vanessa Redgrave …
Directed by: James Ivory
Blinded by a traumatic event that took the lives of his wife and daughter, disenchanted ex-U.S. diplomat Todd Jackson (Ralph Fiennes) dreams of owning a gentleman's club. But his life…
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Le Divorce (2003)
Cast: Kate Hudson, Naomi Watts, Thierry Lhermitte …
Directed by: James Ivory
When charming young American Isabel Walker (Kate Hudson) travels to Paris to visit her expat sister, Roxanne (Naomi Watts), she finds that Roxanne's philandering French husband has…
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The Five Forty-Eight (2002)
Cast: Mary Beth Hurt, Laurinda Barrett, Laurence Luckinbill …
Directed by: James Ivory
The Broadway Theatre Archive presents another program in its series of televised plays from the 60s to the 80s. In this adaptation of a John Cheever story, a philandering executive finds…
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The Golden Bowl (2000)
Cast: Uma Thurman, Kate Beckinsale, James Fox …
Directed by: James Ivory
This adaptation of the classic novel by Henry James pits an American industrialist (Nick Nolte) and his daughter against two well-connected but impoverished social climbers (Uma Thurman and…
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Jefferson in Paris (1995)
Cast: Nick Nolte, Gwyneth Paltrow, Estelle Eonnet …
Directed by: James Ivory
Thomas Jefferson (Nick Nolte) spent five years as the U.S. ambassador to France, where he romanced a married woman, Maria Cosway (Greta Scacchi), and began a torrid affair with a young black…
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The Remains of the Day (1993)
Cast: Anthony Hopkins, Emma Thompson, James Fox …
Directed by: James Ivory
Dutiful butler Stevens (Anthony Hopkins) dedicates himself wholly to tending Lord Darlington's (James Fox) house, turning a blind eye to Darlington's Nazi sympathies. When…
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Howards End (1992)
Cast: Vanessa Redgrave, Helena Bonham Carter, Joseph Bennett …
Directed by: James Ivory
Ruth Wilcox's deathbed wish forever changes relations between her well-heeled family and bourgeois Schlegel sisters Margaret (Oscar winner Emma Thompson) and Helen (Helena Bonham Carter)…
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Howards End (1992)
Cast: Vanessa Redgrave, Helena Bonham Carter, Anthony Hopkins …
Directed by: James Ivory
Ruth Wilcox's deathbed wish forever changes relations between her well-heeled family and bourgeois Schlegel sisters Margaret (Oscar winner Emma Thompson) and Helen (Helena Bonham Carter)…
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Mr. & Mrs. Bridge (1990)
Cast: Paul Newman, Saundra McClain, Joanne Woodward …
Directed by: James Ivory
The American middle class is the target of this masterful Merchant-Ivory film based on a pair of novels by Evan S. Connell starring real-life husband and wife Paul Newman and Oscar nominee…
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Slaves of New York (1989)
Cast: Chris Sarandon, Bernadette Peters, Mary Beth Hurt …
Directed by: James Ivory
Director James Ivory's quirky indie paints an affecting portrait of the Big Apple's avant-garde art world and the splintered lifestyles of aspiring artists who tolerate noxious…
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Maurice (1987)
Cast: James Wilby, Hugh Grant, Rupert Graves …
Directed by: James Ivory
Set in pre-war I England, this Merchant-Ivory drama (based on the controversial E.M. Forster novel written in 1914 but not published until 1971) is about the coming of age of two young…
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A Room with a View (1986)
Cast: Helena Bonham Carter, Julian Sands, Daniel Day-Lewis …
Directed by: James Ivory
E.M. Forster's turn-of-the-century novel about Edwardian manners is expertly adapted for the screen. Lucy (Helena Bonham Carter) travels to Florence with her chaperone (Maggie Smith) in…
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The Bostonians (1984)
Cast: Christopher Reeve, Vanessa Redgrave, Jessica Tandy …
Directed by: James Ivory
Adapted from Henry James's novel, The Bostonians pits strong personalities against one another in a battle of the sexes, as an ardent feminist and a Southern gentleman vie for a…
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Heat and Dust (1983)
Cast: Greta Scacchi, Christopher Cazenove, Julian Glover …
Directed by: James Ivory
This Merchant-Ivory film stars Greta Scacchi as Olivia, an Englishwoman embroiled in a secret romance with a local (Shashi Kapoor) in 1920s India. Decades later, Olivia's great-niece,…
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Quartet (1981)
Cast: Alan Bates, Maggie Smith, Anthony Higgins …
Directed by: James Ivory
An aimless girl (Isabelle Adjani) and her shiftless husband (Anthony Higgins) are caught up in the literary social whirl of Paris in the 1920s. Soon, they become the protégés…
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Jane Austen in Manhattan (1980)
Cast: Robert Powell, Sean Young, Anne Baxter …
Directed by: James Ivory
At Sotheby's auction house in New York City, Pierre (Robert Powell), an avant-garde theatre director, battles with his former lover and professional mentor Lilianna Zorska (Anne Baxter)…
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The Europeans (1979)
Cast: Lee Remick, Robin Ellis, Wesley Addy …
Directed by: James Ivory
Based on Henry James's novel, The Europeans takes place in 1840s New England, where a cultured but nearly destitute sister and brother, raised in Europe, arrive at the doorstep of their…
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Hullabaloo Over Georgie and Bonnie's Pictures (1978)
Cast: Peggy Ashcroft, Larry Pine, Saeed Jaffrey …
Directed by: James Ivory
Two affluent siblings (Victor Banerjee and Aparna Sen) own a priceless collection of Indian art, which is currently being stored in their palace's dusty storeroom. Lady Gee (Dame Peggy…
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Roseland (1977)
Cast: Teresa Wright, Lou Jacobi, Don de Natale …
Directed by: James Ivory
At New York City's famed Roseland Ballroom, the romantic and brokenhearted come together in a trilogy of stories. The first vignette stars Teresa Wright as May, a widow, and Lou Jacobi…
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The Wild Party (1975)
Cast: James Coco, Raquel Welch, Perry King …
Directed by: James Ivory
In 1926, poet Joseph Moncure published a stunning poem about a Greenwich Village bash that goes dreadfully awry. Inspired by Moncure's work, The Wild Party chronicles the efforts of…
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Savages (1972)
Cast: Lewis J. Stadlen, Anne Francine, Thayer David …
Directed by: James Ivory
While performing a human sacrifice, a tribe called the Mud People follows a rolling croquet ball into a deserted mansion, where a mysterious change occurs: The primitives are suddenly…
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Bombay Talkie (1970)
Cast: Shashi Kapoor, Jennifer Kendal, Zia Mohyeddin …
Directed by: James Ivory
A successful English novelist (Jennifer Kendal) comes to India in search of new sensations and soon becomes involved with a poverty-stricken film writer and would-be poet (Zia Mohyeddi) and a…
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Shakespeare Wallah (1965)
Cast: Shashi Kapoor, Felicity Kendal, Geoffrey Kendal …
Directed by: James Ivory
Director James Ivory's 1965 film tells the story of a struggling English troupe of Shakespearean actors called Shakespeariana that goes on tour in India at a time when English influence…
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The Householder (1963)
Cast: Shashi Kapoor, Leela Naidu, Durga Khote …
Directed by: James Ivory
College professor Prem (Shashi Kapoor) and comely Indu (Leela Naidu) seem to be a mismatch in their arranged marriage. Although Prem grudgingly accepts his role as provider, he tries to…