Ratings

MetaCritic Rating 45%
TMDB Rating 5.1
IMDB Rating 5.7
RottenTomatoes Rating 31%

Financials

Revenue: $2,474,000

Budget: $14,000,000

Profit: - $-11,526,000


Movie Details

Tag Line: A powerful man torn between his love for one woman and his secret desire for another.

Status: Released

Average Rating: 5

Release Date: Mar 31, 1995

Rating: PG-13

Run Time: 2h 19m

Original Language: English

Website: -

Production Countries: France , United States of America , United Kingdom

Production Companies: Merchant Ivory Productions , Touchstone Pictures , Franco London Films


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Synopsis

His wife having recently died, Thomas Jefferson 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, but, when his daughter visits from Virginia accompanied by her attractive slave, Sally Hemings, Jefferson's attentions are diverted.


Main Cast

Nick Nolte

Nick Nolte

Thomas Jefferson

Age : 83 | Popularity : 37%

Greta Scacchi

Greta Scacchi

Maria Cosway

Age : 64 | Popularity : 14%

Thandiwe Newton

Thandiwe Newton

Sally Hemings

Age : 51 | Popularity : 66%

Gwyneth Paltrow

Gwyneth Paltrow

Patsy Jefferson

Age : 51 | Popularity : 33%

Jean-Pierre Aumont

Jean-Pierre Aumont

D'Hancarville

Age : 90 | Popularity : 15%

Simon Callow

Simon Callow

Richard Cosway

Age : 74 | Popularity : 14%

Seth Gilliam

Seth Gilliam

James Hemings

Age : 55 | Popularity : 14%

James Earl Jones

James Earl Jones

Madison Hemings

Age : 93 | Popularity : 24%


Crew

Department Role Name
Production Casting
Celestia Fox
Celestia Fox
Joanna Merlin
Joanna Merlin
Sylvie Brocheré
Sylvie Brocheré
Co-Producer
Humbert Balsan
Humbert Balsan
Producer
Ismail Merchant
Ismail Merchant
Executive Producer
Donald Rosenfeld
Donald Rosenfeld
Paul Bradley
Paul Bradley
Editing Editor
Andrew Marcus
Andrew Marcus
Isabelle Lorente
Isabelle Lorente
Directing Director
James Ivory
James Ivory
Costume & Make-Up Costume Design
Jenny Beavan
Jenny Beavan
John Bright
John Bright
Camera Director of Photography
Pierre Lhomme
Pierre Lhomme
Writing Writer
Ruth Prawer Jhabvala
Ruth Prawer Jhabvala
Sound Original Music Composer
Richard Robbins
Richard Robbins
Art Production Design
Guy-Claude François
Guy-Claude François
Art Direction
Thierry François
Thierry François
Set Decoration
Bernadette Saint Loubert
Bernadette Saint Loubert
Department Role Name

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