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Statesman and 'Declaration Of Independence' author Thomas Jefferson is depicted during the time he served as America's Ambassador to France. The story follows his love life and dramatises a romance (widely believed to be exaggerated) between Jefferson and one of his youthful slaves. Read more

Starring Nick Nolte, Greta Scacchi, Thandie Newton, Jean-Pierre Aumont
Director James Ivory
Genres Drama

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    Newton slams Tinseltown casting couch

    • WENN Newsdesk
    • 17 Oct 2011

    Actress Thandie Newton has hit out at Hollywood's casting couch culture, revealing she was targeted by "gross" directors trying to "exploit" her naivety. The English actress broke into the mainstream with her role in 1994 movie Interview with the Vampire: The Vampire Chronicles and went on to find international fame the following year with her role in Jefferson In Paris. Now she's revealed she was twice targeted by sleazy producers in the early days of her career, claiming one director made... Read more

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    Newton shunned Cannes for Cambridge

    • 03 Nov 2009

    Thandie Newton refused to join in boozy celebrations to toast the success of her 1995 movie Jefferson In Paris - because she was busy revising for her university exams. The actress studied Archaeology and Anthropology at the prestigious Cambridge University when one of her early films debuted at the Cannes Film Festival in France. Newton shunned the bar with her castmates at the annual movie event - choosing instead to revise for her degree. She says, "I was studying for my finals at Cambridge Read more

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    • Jefferson In Paris
      Statesman and 'Declaration Of Independence' author Thomas Jefferson is depicted during the time he served as America's Ambassador to France. The story follows his love life and dramatises a romance (widely believed to be exaggerated) between Jefferson and one of his youthful slaves....