Jefferson in Paris

Jefferson in Paris
Jefferson in Paris
	Original poster
Directed by	James Ivory
Written by	Ruth Prawer Jhabvala
Produced by	Ismail Merchant; Humbert Balsan; Paul Bradley; Donald Rosenfeld
Starring	Nick Nolte; Greta Scacchi; Jean-Pierre Aumont; Simon Callow; Seth Gilliam; James Earl Jones; Michael Lonsdale; Nancy Marchand; Thandiwe Newton; Gwyneth Paltrow; Charlotte de Turckheim; Lambert Wilson;
Cinematography	Pierre Lhomme
Music by	Richard Robbins
Production; companies	Touchstone Pictures; Merchant Ivory Productions
Distributed by	Gaumont (France); Buena Vista Pictures Distribution (international)
Release dates	March 31, 1995 (United States); May 17, 1995 (France);
Running time	139 minutes
Countries	France; United States
Languages	English; French
Budget	$14 million
Box office	$5.9 million

Jefferson in Paris is a 1995 historical drama film, directed by James Ivory, and previously entitled Head and Heart. The screenplay, by Ruth Prawer Jhabvala, is a semi-fictional account of Thomas Jefferson's tenure as the Ambassador of the United States to France before his presidency and of his alleged relationships with Italian-English artist Maria Cosway and his slave, Sally Hemings.

The film was critically and commercially unsuccessful, grossing $5.9 million on a $14 million budget.

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