Jefferson in Paris

Jefferson in Paris is a 1995 historical drama film directed by James Ivory, from a script by Ruth Prawer Jhabvala, and starring an ensemble cast with Nick Nolte as Thomas Jefferson.
==Synopsis==
Thomas Jefferson, then a US minister to France, is a widower and tries to carry on. As he arrives in Paris with his two daughters, he starts two trysts: one with a married Italian artist, and one with an enslaved maid.
==Cast==
*Nick Nolte as Thomas Jefferson
*Gwyneth Paltrow as Patsy Jefferson
*Estelle Eonnet as Polly Jefferson
*Thandiwe Newton as Sally Hemings
*Seth Gilliam as James Hemings
*Todd Boyce as William Short
*Nigel Whitmey as John Trumbull
*Nicolas Silberg as Monsieur Petit
*Catherine Samie as Cook
*Lionel Robert as Cook's Helper
*Greta Scacchi as Maria Cosway
*Simon Callow as Richard Cosway
*Lambert Wilson as Marquis de Lafayette
*Elsa Zylberstein as Adrienne de Lafayette
*William Moseley as Georges Washington de Lafayette
*Jean-Pierre Aumont as d'Hancarville
*Anthony Valentine as British Ambassador
*Michael Lonsdale as Louis XVI
*Charlotte de Turckheim as Marie-Antoinette
*Damien Groëlle as The Dauphin
*Louise Balsan as Madame Royale
*Valérie Toledano as Madame Elizabeth
*Vernon Dobtcheff as King's Translator
*Nancy Marchand as Madame Abbesse
*Jessica Lloyd as Julia
*Daniel Mesguich as Mesmer
*Thibault de Montalembert as Assistant
*William Christie as Conductor
*Jean-Paul Fouchécourt as Dardanus
*Ismail Merchant as Tipoo Sultin's Ambassador
*Vincent Cassel as Camille Desmoulins
*Martine Chevallier as Mademoiselle Contat
*James Earl Jones as Madison Hemings
*Beatrice Winde as Mary Hemings
*Tim Choate as Reporter
==Trivia==
*The film heavily plays into the notion that Jefferson fathered six children with Sally Hemmings. While controversial at the time, this turned out to be true when DNA evidence confirmed so years later.
*Jack Nicholson and Christopher Reeve were both considered for the role of Thomas Jefferson.
*Gwyneth Paltrow shares the same birthday as the character she plays.
==Videos==
Jefferson in Paris (1995) ORIGINAL TRAILER
==External links==
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Category:1995 films
Category:Touchstone Pictures films
Category:Live-action films
Category:PG-13 rated films