Jefferson in Paris

1995, History/Drama, 2h 19m

16 Reviews 1,000+ Ratings

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His wife having recently died, Thomas Jefferson (Nick Nolte) accepts the post of United States ambassador to pre-revolutionary France, though he finds it difficult to adjust to life in a country where the aristocracy subjugates an increasingly restless peasantry. In Paris, he becomes smitten with cultured artist Maria Cosway (Greta Scacchi), but, when his daughter visits from Virginia accompanied by her attractive slave, Sally Hemings (Thandie Newton), Jefferson's attentions are diverted.
  • Rating:
    PG-13
  • Genre:
    History, Drama
  • Original Language:
    English
  • Director:
    James Ivory
  • Producer:
    Ismail Merchant
  • Release Date (Theaters):
     limited
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  • Box Office (Gross USA):
    $2.5M
  • Runtime:
  • Sound Mix:
    Surround, Stereo

Cast & Crew

Nick Nolte
Thomas Jefferson
Greta Scacchi
Maria Cosway
Jean-Pierre Aumont
D'Hancarville
Simon Callow
Richard Cosway
Seth Gilliam
James Hemings
James Earl Jones
Madison Hemings
Michaël Lonsdale
Louis XVI
Nancy Marchand
Madame Abbesse
Thandiwe Newton
Sally Hemings
Gwyneth Paltrow
Patsy Jefferson
Charlotte de Turckheim
Marie Antoinette
Lambert Wilson
Marquis de Lafayette
James Ivory
Director
Ismail Merchant
Producer
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Audience Reviews for Jefferson in Paris

  • Feb 12, 2016
    A bunch of supposition unsupported by the known facts but a handsome production, if a bit overlong. Jefferson's daughter Martha Jefferson Randolph, by all reports a vivacious charming girl, is done an injustice by way of the sulky, petulant flat performance Paltrow gives of her.
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