| Description |
1 videodisc (139 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. |
| System Details |
DVD, region 1, widescreen (1.85:1) presentation; Dolby Digital 2.0 surround. |
| Language |
English or French dialogue, Spanish subtitles; closed-captioned. |
| Cast |
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). |
| Credits |
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. |
| Note |
DVD release of the 1995 motion picture. |
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For specific features see interactive menu. |
| Audience |
MPAA rating: PG-13, for mature theme, some images of violence, and a bawdy puppet show. |
| 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. |
| Subject |
Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826 -- Drama.
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Hemings, Sally -- Drama.
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Cosway, Maria Hadfield, 1759-1838 -- Drama.
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Cosway, Richard, 1740-1821 -- Drama.
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Eppes, Maria, 1778-1804 -- Drama.
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Randolph, Martha Jefferson, 1772-1836 -- Drama.
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Louis XVI, King of France, 1754-1793 -- Drama.
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Marie Antoinette, Queen, consort of Louis XVI, King of France, 1755-1793 -- Drama.
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DVDs.
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| Genre |
Feature films.
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Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
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| Added Author |
Nolte, Nick.
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Scacchi, Greta.
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Newton, Thandiwe, 1972-
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Paltrow, Gwyneth, 1972-
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Jones, James Earl.
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Aumont, Jean Pierre.
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Callow, Simon, 1949-
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Turckheim, Charlotte de.
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Merchant, Ismail.
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Ivory, James.
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Jhabvala, Ruth Prawer, 1927-2013.
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Robbins, Richard, 1940-2012.
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Touchstone Pictures.
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Merchant Ivory Productions.
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Touchstone Home Entertainment (Firm)
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| ISBN |
0788844016 |
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9780788844010 |
| Standard No. |
786936209853 |
| Music No. |
29291 Touchstone Home Entertainment |
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