Quills (2000)

Movie"Meet the Marquis de Sade. The pleasure is all his."
Audience Score
71
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R 2 hr 4 minDec 25th, 2000Drama
A nobleman with a literary flair, the Marquis de Sade lives in a madhouse where a beautiful laundry maid smuggles his erotic stories to a printer, defying orders from the asylum's resident priest. The titillating passages whip all of France into a sexual frenzy, until a fiercely conservative doctor tries to put an end to the fun.
StarringGeoffrey RushKate WinsletJoaquin Phoenix
DirectorPhilip Kaufman

Movie Details

Theatrical Release:December 25th, 2000
On DVD & Blu-ray:May 8th, 2001 - Buy DVD
Movie Budget:$13,500,000
Movie Box Office Gross:$7,060,876 (Worldwide)
Original Language:English
Executive Producers:Des McAnuff, Sandra Schulberg, Rudolf G. Wiesmeier
Production Companies:Charenton Productions, Fox Searchlight Pictures, Industry Entertainment, Walrus & Associates, Hollywood Partners
Movie Tags:
based on play or musicalparis, france19th centurysmuggling (contraband)maidasylumfrench revolution