Nick Nolte and Gwyneth Paltrow in Jefferson in Paris (1995)

Gwyneth Paltrow in Jefferson in Paris (1995)

Nick Nolte and Thandiwe Newton in Jefferson in Paris (1995)

Greta Scacchi in Jefferson in Paris (1995)

The guiding creative force behind "Jefferson in Paris" is the renowned filmmaking partnership of director James Ivory (left), producer Ismail Merchant (center) and Academy Award-winning screenwriter Ruth Prawer Hjabvala (right).

Thandiwe Newton in Jefferson in Paris (1995)

Greta Scacchi, James Ivory, and Thandiwe Newton in Jefferson in Paris (1995)

Nick Nolte, Greta Scacchi, Pierre Lhomme, James Ivory, Kevin Jewison, and Simon Moseley in Jefferson in Paris (1995)

Nicole Kidman at an event for Jefferson in Paris (1995)

Nick Nolte, Greta Scacchi, and Thandiwe Newton in Jefferson in Paris (1995)

Nick Nolte and Greta Scacchi in Jefferson in Paris (1995)

Seth Gilliam in Jefferson in Paris (1995)

The freedom which James Hemings (Seth Gilliam, left) and his sister Sally (Thandie Newton, right) learn to cherish as members of Jefferson's entourage in Paris, is a sacred right they are reluctant to give up when their master decides to return to Monticello.

Nick Nolte, Greta Scacchi, and Catherine Samie in Jefferson in Paris (1995)