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Ishmail Merchant

Producer Ishmail Merchant of Merchant/ Ivory fame passed away this week.GREG ESPINOZA “I made it possible for you to come here! I welcomed you to this Earth – you made it a charnel house!”

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In this era of overblown, badly written CGI dreck, Merchant-Ivory's superb, nuanced dialogue and actor driven period pieces were a joy. Maurice, Howard's End, A Room With A View, The Europeans, The...

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Quote:Maurice, Howard's End, A Room With A View, Merchant-Ivory I've only seen a few of their films. One being "The Wild Party" which I think they disowned because AIP re-edited it to their disliking.

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The director's cut of this film, loosely based on the Fatty Arbuckle scandal, aired on The Movie Channel in recent years. It was superb! And a rare chance for Raquel Welch to show that she could...

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Call him Ismail. That was his name. You hear rumors about so many people in movies that I was surprised to learn for the first time in his obituaries that Merchant and Ivory were longtime companions .

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