Jefferson in Paris | |
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Directed by | James Ivory |
Written by | Ruth Prawer Jhabvala |
Produced by | Ismail Merchant Humbert Balsan Paul Bradley Donald Rosenfeld |
Starring | |
Cinematography | Pierre Lhomme |
Music by | Richard Robbins |
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Distributed by | Gaumont (France)[1] Buena Vista Pictures Distribution (international) |
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Running time | 139 minutes |
Countries | France United States |
Languages | English French |
Budget | $14 million |
Box office | $5.9 million[2] |
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.