Jefferson in Paris
| Jefferson in Paris | |
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Original poster | |
| Directed by | James Ivory |
| Written by | Ruth Prawer Jhabvala |
| Produced by | Ismail Merchant Humbert Balsan Paul Bradley Donald Rosenfeld |
| Starring | |
| Cinematography | Pierre Lhomme |
| Music by | Richard Robbins |
Production companies | |
| Distributed by | Gaumont Buena Vista International (France) Buena Vista Pictures Distribution (Select territories) |
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Running time | 139 minutes |
| Countries | France United States |
| Languages | English French |
| Budget | $14 million |
| Box office | $5.9 million |
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.