JAMES IVORY IN CLAVERACK, NY, FEBRUARY 2017. COAT: JEFFREY RUDES. SHIRT: IVORY’S OWN.

SITTINGS EDITOR: CALLIE CALLIE GAUGLER. DIGITAL TECHNICIAN: NATALIA READ-HARBER. PHOTOGRAPHY ASSISTANT: KYRRE KRISTOFFERSEN. RETOUCHING: DIGITAL101.

FROM LEFT: CHRISTOPHER REEVE, MICHAEL LONSDALE, AND ANTHONY HOPKINS IN THE REMAINS OF THE DAY, 1993; COURTESY OF MERCHANT IVORY PRODUCTIONS/COLUMBIA PICTURES. JAMES IVORY AND DANIEL DAY-LEWIS ON THE SET OF A ROOM WITH A VIEW, 1985; COURTESY OF MERCHANT IVORY PRODUCTIONS.

FROM LEFT: JAMES FOX IN THE REMAINS OF THE DAY, 1993; COURTESY OF MERCHANT IVORY PRODUCTIONS/ COLUMBIA PICTURES. JAMES WILBY AND IVORY ON THE SET OF MAURICE, 1987; COURTESY OF MERCHANT IVORY PRODUCTIONS/COHEN MEDIA GROUP.