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Slaves of New York (1989) James Ivory, Bernadette Peters, Adam Coleman Howard, Chris Sarandon
Eleanor lives with the artist Stash. Just like his artist friends Read More »
The White Countess (2005) James Ivory, Ralph Fiennes, Natasha Richardson, Vanessa Redgrave
Shanghai. 1936. Crossroads of the world. Into this city of political intrigue comes Sofia Read More »
Jane Austen in Manhattan (1980) James Ivory, David Redden, Michael Wager, Robert Powell
Two teachers vie for the right to stage a play written by Jane Austen when she was twelve years old. Read More »
Mr. & Mrs. Bridge (1990) James Ivory, Paul Newman, Joanne Woodward, Saundra McClain
It’s about a five member family. The father is a conservative and traditional person who directs the family. Read More »
The Guru (1969) James Ivory, Rita Tushingham, Michael York, Utpal Dutt
Britain’s top pop artiste, Tom Pickle, travels to Bombay, India, circa 1960s to learn to play the sitar Read More »
Hullabaloo Over Georgie and Bonnie’s Pictures (1978) James Ivory, Peggy Ashcroft, Larry Pine, Saeed Jaffrey
This lighthearted romp through Royal India presents a world of Maharajas, palaces, imperiled art objects Read More »
The Europeans (1979) James Ivory, Lee Remick, Robin Ellis, Wesley Addy
It’s the mid-nineteenth century. Adult siblings Felix Young and Eugenia Munster were born and raised in Europe Read More »
A Soldiers Daughter Never Cries (1998) James Ivory, Leelee Sobieski, Kris Kristofferson, Barbara Hershey
This fictionalized story, based on the family life of writer James Jones, is an emotionless slice-of-life story. Read More »
Heat and Dust (1983) James Ivory, Julie Christie, Greta Scacchi, Christopher Cazenove, Drama, Romance
Anne is investigating the life of her grand-aunt Olivia, whose destiny has always been shrouded with scandal. Read More »
Maurice (1987) James Ivory, James Wilby, Rupert Graves, Hugh Grant, Drama, Romance
Two male English school chums find themselves falling in love at Cambridge. To regain his place in society, Clive gives up his forbidden love, Maurice (pronounced “Morris”) and marries. Read More »
A Room with a View (1985) James Ivory, Maggie Smith, Helena Bonham Carter, Denholm Elliott, Drama, Romance
When Lucy Honeychurch and chaperone Charlotte Bartlett find themselves in Florence with rooms without views, fellow guests Mr Emerson and son George step in to remedy the situation. Meeting the Emersons could change Lucy’s life forever but, once back in England, how will her experiences in Tuscany affect her marriage plans?
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The Golden Bowl (2000) James Ivory, Uma Thurman, Jeremy Northam, Kate Beckinsale, Drama, Romance
Adam Verver, a US billionaire in London, dotes on daughter Maggie, an innocent abroad. An impecunious Italian, Prince Amerigo, marries her even though her best friend, Charlotte Stant, an alabaster beauty with brains, no money, and a practical and romantic nature, is his lover. She and Amerigo keep it secret from Maggie that they know each other, so Maggie interests her widowed father in Charlotte, who is happy with the match because she wants to be close to Amerigo. Charlotte desires him, the lovers risk discovery, Amerigo longs for Italy, Maggie wants to spare her father pain, and Adam wants to return to America to build a museum. Amidst lies and artifice, what fate awaits adulterers?
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