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Release Date
• USA: Dec 15, 2000
• UK: 19 Jan 2001
DVD Release Date
• R1: May 8, 2001
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MPAA Rating
Rated R for strong sexual content including dialogue, violence and language.
Running Time
2 hours, 4 minutes
Country USA, Germany, UK
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
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• Quills (2000)
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Genre: Romance, Drama, Period Piece, Erotic, Murder, Gore, Doctor, Biography, Disturbing
Tagline: There are no bad words... only bad deeds.
Plot: Deep in the corridors of the Charenton Asylum, past the giggles of madmen and the clanking of chains, a writer sits, penning page after page of incendiary prose. Stories so erotic, so deeply perverse, that Napoleon himself issues an order to silence the man at any cost. The writer's name? The Marquis de Sade.The notorious Marquis (GEOFFREY RUSH) whose blasphemous writings are encouraged by a God-fearing priest, Abbe de Coulmier (JOAQUIN PHOENIX), who believes in curing the insane through his humanistic principles. As Coulmier urges him to write, "to purge his evil thoughts upon the page," an adoring chamber maid, Madeleine LeClerc (KATE WINSLET) abets the Marquis' cause and smuggles the scandalous writings out of the asylum for publication. Both risk everything for this wicked genius, until a new doctor (MICHAEL CAINE) arrives at Charenton hell-bent on "curing" the Marquis of his nasty writing habit by any means necessary.
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| Directed by |
Philip Kaufman
The Right Stuff, Rising Sun, The Unbearable Lightness of Being |
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| Cast |
Geoffrey Rush
Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl, Finding Nemo, Shakespeare in Love |
 | Kate Winslet
Titanic, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Finding Neverland |
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 | Michael Caine
Batman Begins, Austin Powers in Goldmember, The Cider House Rules |
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 | | Patrick Malahide
The World Is Not Enough, The Long Kiss Goodnight, U.S. Marshals | |
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