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Cast
Nick Nolte | As: Thomas Jefferson | |
Greta Scacchi | As: Maria Cosway | |
Thandiwe Newton | As: Sally Hemings | |
Gwyneth Paltrow | As: Patsy Jefferson | |
Jean-Pierre Aumont | As: D'Hancarville |
Storyline
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.
Tagline: | A powerful man torn between his love for one woman and his secret desire for another. |
Certification: | PG-13 |
Cast
Nick Nolte |
Thomas Jefferson |
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Greta Scacchi |
Maria Cosway |
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Thandiwe Newton |
Sally Hemings |
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Gwyneth Paltrow |
Patsy Jefferson |
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Jean-Pierre Aumont |
D'Hancarville |
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Simon Callow |
Richard Cosway |
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Seth Gilliam |
James Hemings |
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James Earl Jones |
Madison Hemings |
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Michael Lonsdale |
Louis XVI |
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Nancy Marchand |
Madame Abbesse |
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Charlotte de Turckheim |
Marie Antoinette |
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Lambert Wilson |
Marquis de Lafayette |
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Vincent Cassel |
Camille Desmoulins |
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Steve Kalfa |
Dr. Guillotin |
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Jessica Lloyd |
Julia |
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Todd Boyce |
William Short |
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Nigel Whitmey |
John Trumbull |
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Nicolas Silberg |
Monsieur Petit |
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Elsa Zylberstein |
Adrienne de Lafayette |
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William Moseley |
George Washington de Lafayette |
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Vernon Dobtcheff |
King's Translator |
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Daniel Mesguich |
Mesmer |
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Thibault de Montalembert |
Assistant |
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Beatrice Winde |
Mary Hemings |
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Tim Choate |
Reporter |
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Ismail Merchant |
Royal Indian Man |
Directed By
James Ivory |
Director |
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Writing Credits
Ruth Prawer Jhabvala |
Writer |
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Production Crew
Ismail Merchant |
Producer |
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Donald Rosenfeld |
Executive Producer |
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Sylvie Brocheré |
Casting |
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Celestia Fox |
Casting |
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Joanna Merlin |
Casting |
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Paul Bradley |
Executive Producer |
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Humbert Balsan |
Co-Producer |
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Edited By
Andrew Marcus |
Editor |
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Isabelle Lorente |
Editor |
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Costume and Makeup
Jenny Beavan |
Costume Design |
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John Bright |
Costume Design |
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Evelyne Byot |
Makeup Department Head |
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Anne-Marie Demeur |
Makeup Artist |
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Bernard Floch |
Makeup Artist |
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Lydia Pujols |
Makeup Artist |
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Carol Hemming |
Makeup Artist |
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Marie-France Thibault |
Hairstylist |
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Sound
Richard Robbins |
Original Music Composer |
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François Groult |
Sound |
Visual Effects
Camera
Pierre Lhomme |
Director of Photography |
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Lighting
Art Department
Guy-Claude François |
Production Design |
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Thierry François |
Art Direction |
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Bernadette Saint Loubert |
Set Decoration |
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Other Crew
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