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HERE IS WHERE THE SKY IS BLUE: Films by Merchant Ivory

The Chiswick Cinema is delighted to host an exclusive retrospective of the works of Academy Award-winner James Ivory from Autumn 2024 to Summer 2025 programmed with Ivory’s kind participation. The season charts the course of his trailblazing career revealing the breadth of his emotionally elegant and meticulously lyrical filmography. Each screening features a specially recorded interview shot at the cinema with James Ivory, before the film.

Season Produced by Chris Parker and Bridget Osborne. Season Artwork by AguadoPoloDesign.

With our sincere thanks to: Melissa Chung, Luca Lucenari, Bridget Osborne, Andrea Carnevali, Chris Harris.

About the film:
Merchant Ivory is a feature documentary film produced and directed by Stephen Soucy in collaboration with Oscar-winner, Director and Screenwriter, James Ivory.

The film is the definitive presentation and tribute to the Merchant Ivory partnership, anchored by interviews with James Ivory and forty-one Merchant Ivory close collaborators detailing and celebrating their experiences of being a part of the “wandering company” helmed by legendary producer Ismail Merchant.

With six Academy Award-winners among the notable artists participating, including Emma Thompson and Vanessa Redgrave, the documentary provides new and compelling perspectives on a unique partnership that produced seminal films over four decades.

Cast

Emma Thompson • Hugh Grant • Vanessa Redgrave • Felicity Kendal • Helena Bonham Carter • James Ivory • Ismail Merchant

Director

Stephen Soucy

Running Time

111 minutes
moderate sex references, nudity, bloody images, brief drug misuse