Quote of the day
There is not only no free state which would now establish it, but there is no slave state, which, if it had had the free alternative as we now have, would have founded slavery.
Ismail Merchant
Born: December 25, 1936
Died: May 25, 2005 (aged 68)
Bio: Ismail Merchant was an Indian-born film producer and director. He worked for many years in collaboration with Merchant Ivory Productions which included director James Ivory as well as screenwriter Ruth Prawer Jhabvala.
Known for:
- Howards End (1992)
- A Room with a View (1985)
- The Remains of the Day (1993)
- Shakespeare Wallah (1965)
- The White Countess (2005)