OPENING NIGHT | SNEAK PREVIEW
This illuminating documentary offers a new perspective on the remarkable partnership of Oscar-winning director James Ivory and Indian producer Ismail Merchant. Footage from more than fifty interviews, clips and archival material gives voice to the family of actors and technicians who, together with screenwriter Ruth Prawer Jhabvala and composer Richard Robbins, transformed and legitimised the emotionally rich costume drama.
POST FILM DISCUSSION
CHAIR: Martha Kearney
Martha Kearney has been a news broadcaster at the BBC for 35 years as well as presenting many arts programmes. She launches a new Radio 4 series "This Natural Life" in November.
Jenny Beavan, OBE, is one of the most prolific and well-respected Costume Designers both in the UK and internationally, for her visionary work across stage and screen. She came to prominence for her decade-long collaboration with John Bright on creating the costumes for Merchant Ivory Productions. She has won three Academy Awards, four BAFTAs, two Emmys and an Olivier award.
James Wilby is an award-winning actor who has worked extensively in film, television and theatre over the past forty years. He has had leading roles in Merchant Ivory films Maurice, Howards End and Cotton Mary. Other films include A Handful of Dust, Regeneration, Gosford Park and The Duke. His television work includes such hits as Motherlove, Crocodile Shoes, Lady Chatterley, Bertie and Elizabeth and Poldark. His most recent theatre work includes Ghosts and Gaslight.