Jefferson in Paris
Jefferson in Paris ( Jefferson in Paris ) is a Franco-American film carried out by James Ivory and left in 1995.
Synopsis
Evocation of the life of Thomas Jefferson, ambassador of the the United States at the court of France between 1785 and 1789. It is 41 years old when it arrives from Virginia accompanied by his Patsy oldest daughter and one of its slaves, James Hemings, in 1784. His wife died two years earlier, and eight years before it wrote and signed the Déclaration of independence.
Data sheet
- Title: Jefferson in Paris
- original Title: Jefferson in Paris
- Realization: James Ivory
- Scenario: Ruth Prawer Jhabvala
- Production: Ismail Merchant, Humbert Balsan, Paul Bradley and Donald Rosenfeld
- Production company: Touchstone Pictures
- Budget: 14 million dollars (10,27 million euros)
- Musique: Richard Robbins
- musical Direction baroque: William Lincoln Christie
- Photography: Pierre Lhomme
- Assembly: Isabelle Lorente and Andrew Marcus
- Decorations: Guy-Claude François
- Costumes: Jenny Beavan and John Bright
- Country of origin: France, the United States
- Format: Colors - 1,85:1 - Dolby DIGITAL - 35 mm
- Kind: Dramatic comedy
- Lasted: 139 minutes
- Comings out date: March 31st 1995 (the United States), May 17th 1995 (France)
Distribution
- Nick Nolte : Thomas Jefferson
- Greta Scacchi: Maria Cosway
with:
- Jean-Pierre Aumont: D' Hancarville
- Simon Callow: Richard Cosway
- Seth Gilliam: James Hemings
- James Earl Jones: Madison Hemings
- Michael Lonsdale: Louis XVI
- Commercial Nancy: Mrs Abbesse
- Thandie Newton: Sally Hemings
- Gwyneth Paltrow : Patsy Jefferson
- Groell Damien: The Dolphin
- Charlotte de Turckheim: Marie Antoinette
- Lambert Wilson: Marquis of Lafayette
- Elsa Zylberstein: Adrienne de Lafayette
and also:
- Nicolas Silberg: Mr Petit
- Catherine Samie: Cooker
- Square Stanislas of Malberg: Sucker
- Frederic van den Driessche: Mutilated Officer
- Humbert Balsan: Mutilated Officer
- Christopher Thompson: To interpret
- Jean-François Perrier: Liberal Aristocrat
- Eric Génovèse: Liberal Aristocrat
- Bruno Putzulu: Liberal Aristocrat (Barber)
- Andre Julien: Scientist
- Elisabeth Kaza: Card Player
- Agathe of Boulaye: Card Player
- Vernon Dobtcheff: King' S Translator
- Laure Killing: Lady off the Short
- Olivia Bonamy: Schoolgirl
- Sarah Mesguich: Schoolgirl
- Sylvia Bank: Head and Heart Filipino Range
- Leroy-Beaulieu: Head and Heart Range
- Celine Samie: Head and Heart Range (Rosina)
- Daniel Mesguich: Mesmer
- Ismail Merchant: Tipoo Sultan' S Ambassador
- Thibault de Montalembert: Assistant
- Vincent Cassel: Camille Desmoulins
- Jean Dautremay: Shopkeeper
- Beatrice Winde: Mary Hemings
- Tim Choate : To defer
and musicians, singers and dancers (scenes operated, church, party)
- William Christie: Leader of opera " Dardanus"
- Flourishing Arts: Together
- Jean-Paul Fouchécourt: Dardanus
- Sandrine Piau: Singer
- Sophie Daneman: Singer
- Francoise Denieau: Danceuse
- Natalie Van Parys : Danceuse
- George Keraghel: Dancor
- Nick Guyen: Dancor
Around film
- Of many scenes outsides was turned to CHU the Kremlin-Bicêtre. Indeed, this hospital has many old buildings, as well as paved parts.
- to be noted, appearance of Laure Marsac in the young Duchess.
Distinctions
- Nomination with the Palm of gold at the time of the Cannes festival 1995.
External bonds
- Jefferson in Paris on Internet Movie Database
- Merchant Ivory Production
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