1990s American Films

"Verne Troyer as Baby Bink's stunt double"

"Anna Thomson as Mrs. McCray"

"Dawn Maxey as Teenage Employee (Mother Goose Corner)"

"Robin Baber as Ursula"

"Trevor Dalton as Norm"

"Eddie Bracken as Old Soldier"

"Cynthia Nixon as Gilbertine"

"Fred Dalton Thompson as Dale Grissom"

"John Neville as Mr. Andrews"

"Beatrice Winde as Mary Hemings"

"James Earl Jones as Madison Hemings"

"Tim Choate as Reporter"

"Ismail Merchant as Tipoo Sultin's Ambassador"

"Vincent Cassel as Camille Desmoulins"

"Jessica Lloyd as Julia"

"Daniel Mesguich as Mesmer"

"William Christie as Conductor"

"Nancy Marchand as Madame Abbesse"

"Vernon Dobtcheff as King's Translator"

"Jean-Paul Fouchécourt as Dardanus"

"Michael Lonsdale as Louis XVI"

"Charlotte de Turckheim as Marie-Antoinette"

"Damien Groëlle as The Dauphin"

"Anthony Valentine as British Ambassador"

"Louise Balsan as Madame Royal"

"You will forgive my perhaps somewhat exaggerated anxiety. For an American, freedom of religious conscience is one of our great principles."

"Valérie Toledano as Madame Elizabeth"

"A wise man will only depend upon himself."

"Our heart is pleased because she is pleased."

"Jean-Pierre Aumont as d'Hancarville"

"William Moseley as George Washington de Lafayette"

"Lionel Robert as Cook's Helper"

"Greta Scacchi as Maria Cosway"

"Seth Gilliam as James Hemings"

"Todd Boyce as William Short"

"Nigel Whitmey as John Trumbull"

"Thandie Newton as Sally Hemings"

"Nicolas Silberg as Monsieur Petit"

"Nick Nolte as Thomas Jefferson"

"Gwyneth Paltrow as Patsy Jefferson"

"Estelle Eonnet as Polly Jefferson"

"Don't you wanna see what it's like to own your own body?"

"The film is lavishly produced and visually splendid, like all the Merchant-Ivory productions ("Howards End," "The Remains of the Day"). But what is it about? Revolution? History? Slavery? Romance? No doubt a lot of research and speculation went into Jhabvala's screenplay, but I wish she had finally decided to jump one way or the other. The movie tells no clear story and has no clear ideas; it is all elaborate glimpses of a private man who, as the architect of his own home, did not see why anyone would ever want to walk upstairs side-by-side."

"Casting Nick Nolte as a Founding Father may sound like this film's riskiest choice, but in fact it makes solid sense. Beyond having the right physical stature for the imposing, sandy-haired Jefferson, Mr. Nolte captures the man's vigor and his stiff sense of propriety. He may not adapt effortlessly to the role of an intellectual giant, but his performance is thoroughly creditable, despite lines like "My poor head was simply whirled about by my unruly heart." His intensely masculine presence goes a long way toward explaining Jefferson's deep, overlapping involvements with women at this stage of his life."

"Sal, if we stays in Paris, we's free."

"Catherine Samie as Cook"

"Simon Callow as Richard Cosway"

"God Almighty never meant to human beings to be like animals. We has a soul, and a head and a mind!"

"[on the verge of tears] There's something in my eye."

"He will never marry again because that is what he vowed to my mama on her deathbed."