Jefferson in Paris, Touchstone Pictures and Merchant Ivory Productions
Type
Label
Jefferson in Paris, Touchstone Pictures and Merchant Ivory Productions
Language
eng
Characteristic
videorecording
Intended audience
MPAA rating: PG-13, for mature theme, some images of violence, and a bawdy puppet show
Main title
Jefferson in Paris
Medium
videorecording DVD
Responsibility statement
Touchstone Pictures and Merchant Ivory Productions
Runtime
139
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
Target audience
general
Technique
live action
Classification
Contributor
- Nolte, Nick
- Ivory, James
- Aumont, Jean Pierre
- Robbins, Richard, 1940-2012
- Turckheim, Charlotte de
- Touchstone Home Entertainment (Firm)
- Jones, James Earl
- Jhabvala, Ruth Prawer, 1927-2013
- Scacchi, Greta
- Touchstone Pictures
- Paltrow, Gwyneth, 1972-
- Merchant, Ismail
- Merchant Ivory Productions
- Newton, Thandiwe, 1972-
- Callow, Simon, 1949-
Subject
- Hemings, Sally -- Drama
- Eppes, Maria, 1778-1804 -- Drama
- Marie Antoinette, Queen, consort of Louis XVI, King of France, 1755-1793 -- Drama
- Randolph, Martha Jefferson, 1772-1836 -- Drama
- Adulterio -- Teatro
- Cosway, Richard, 1740-1821 -- Drama
- XVI, Louis, King of France, 1754-1793 -- Drama
- Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826 -- Drama
- Biographical films
- Video recordings for the hearing impaired
- Feature films
- Eslavo -- Estados Unidos -- Teatro
- Historical films
- Cosway, Maria Hadfield, 1759-1838 -- Drama
Content
Incoming Resources
- Has instance1
Outgoing Resources
- Classification1
- Contributor15
- Nolte, Nick
- Ivory, James
- Aumont, Jean Pierre
- Robbins, Richard, 1940-2012
- Turckheim, Charlotte de
- Touchstone Home Entertainment (Firm)
- Jones, James Earl
- Jhabvala, Ruth Prawer, 1927-2013
- Scacchi, Greta
- Touchstone Pictures
- Paltrow, Gwyneth, 1972-
- Merchant, Ismail
- Merchant Ivory Productions
- Newton, Thandiwe, 1972-
- Callow, Simon, 1949-
- Genre4
- Subject14
- Hemings, Sally -- Drama
- Eppes, Maria, 1778-1804 -- Drama
- Marie Antoinette, Queen, consort of Louis XVI, King of France, 1755-1793 -- Drama
- Randolph, Martha Jefferson, 1772-1836 -- Drama
- Adulterio -- Teatro
- Cosway, Richard, 1740-1821 -- Drama
- XVI, Louis, King of France, 1754-1793 -- Drama
- Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826 -- Drama
- Biographical films
- Video recordings for the hearing impaired
- Feature films
- Eslavo -- Estados Unidos -- Teatro
- Historical films
- Cosway, Maria Hadfield, 1759-1838 -- Drama
- Content1