Jefferson in Paris

Jefferson in Paris
Original poster
Directed byJames Ivory
Written byRuth Prawer Jhabvala
Produced byIsmail Merchant
Humbert Balsan
Paul Bradley
Donald Rosenfeld
Starring
CinematographyPierre Lhomme
Music byRichard Robbins
Production
companies
Distributed byGaumont (France)[1]
Buena Vista Pictures Distribution (international)
Release dates
  • March 31, 1995 (1995-03-31) (United States)
  • May 17, 1995 (1995-05-17) (France)
Running time
139 minutes
CountriesFrance
United States
LanguagesEnglish
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.

  1. ^ "Jefferson in Paris (1993)". UniFrance. Retrieved 25 October 2021.
  2. ^ Goodridge, Mike (September 13, 1996). "The Survivors". Screen International. pp. 19–22.

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