Jefferson in Paris
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Jefferson in Paris
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The work Jefferson in Paris represents a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Oshkosh Public Library. This resource is a combination of several types including: Work, Moving Image, Visual Materials.
- Label
- Jefferson in Paris
- Statement of responsibility
- Touchstone Pictures and Merchant Ivory Productions
- Language
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- eng
- fre
- eng
- spa
- eng
- eng
- Summary
- In the mid-1780s, widower Thomas Jefferson replaces Benjamin Franklin as the U.S. representative to French regents Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette. He tries to resist the beautiful Mrs. Cosway. Also in Paris is Jefferson's daughter Patsy; when another daughter dies back in Virginia, Jefferson sends for his youngest, who brings along her slave, Sally Hemings, then 15, whom he also finds irresistible
- Cataloging source
- FQG
- Characteristic
- videorecording
- Credits note
- Producer, Ismail Merchant ; co-producer, Humbert Balsan ; director, James Ivory ; writer, Ruth Prawer Jhabvala ; photography, Pierre L'Homme ; editing, Andrew Marcus, Isabel Lorente ; music, Richard Robbins
- Dewey number
- 791.43/72
- Intended audience
- MPAA rating: PG-13, for mature theme, some images of violence, and a bawdy puppet show
- Language note
- English or French dialogue, Spanish subtitles; closed-captioned
- PerformerNote
- Nick Nolte (Thomas Jefferson), Greta Scacchi (Maria Cosway), Simon Callow (Richard Cosway), Thandie Newton (Sally Hemings), Jean-Pierre Aumont (D'Hancarville), James Earl Jones (Madison Hemings), Beatrice Winde (Mary Hemings), Gwyneth Paltrow (Patsy Jefferson), Estelle Eonnet (Polly Jefferson), Seth Gilliam (James Hemings), Michael Lonsdale (Louis XVI), Charlotte de Turckheim (Marie Antoinette), Todd Boyce (William Short), Tim Choate (Reporter), Ismail Merchant (Tipoo Sultan's Ambassador), Daniel Mesguich (Mesmer)
- Runtime
- 139
- Target audience
- general
- Technique
- live action
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