Production Companies Fox Searchlight Pictures, Hollywood Partners Munich (as Hollywood Partners), Industry Entertainment, Walrus & Associates (as Walrus & Associates Ltd.)
Studio Fox Searchlight, Hollywood Partners, Industry Entertainment, Walrus & Associates
The Marquis de Sade was the originator of the term "sadist": one who receives sexual satisfaction from the infliction of pain on others.
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Doug Wright's play won an Obie Award.
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The real Abbe Coulmier was a four-foot-tall hunchback.
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Theatrical release: November 22, 2000.
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The Marquis de Sade's written works remained banned in France until the mid-1960s.
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The Marquis de Sade died in the Charenton Asylum in 1814.
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Michael Caine told the New York Daily News in January 2001, "It looks serious onscreen, but the more serious the subject, the more funny it is on the set. When things are too bizarre to contemplate as a human being, you have to deal with it with a sense of humor."
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The National Board of Review named QUILLS the best film of 2000.
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The Broadcast Film Critics Association nominated QUILLS for Best Picture.
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Peter Clinton of cnn.com named QUILLS one of the 10 best films of 2000.
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Geoffrey Rush received a Golden Globe nomination for Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture--Drama.
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The Florida Film Critics Circle and the Las Vegas Film Critics Society named Geoffrey Rush Best Actor for his stellar performance in QUILLS.
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Doug Wright was nominated for a Golden Globe for Best Screenplay--Motion Picture.
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The San Diego Film Critics Society's Best Body of Work award for 2000 went to Joaquin Phoenix (GLADIATOR, QUILLS, THE YARDS).
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Joaquin Phoenix was named Best Supporting Actor by the Broadcast Film Critics Association and the National Board of Review for his work in GLADIATOR, QUILLS, and THE YARDS.
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