Quills(2000)- Production Details

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Synopsis

Story of the Marquis de Sade's long imprisonment at the Chartenton Asylum for the Insane. Escaping execution during the French Revolution, Sade is given preferential treatment at Chartenton and allowed to write. But after his book "Justine" is smuggled out of the asylum and published in Paris, torturer Royer-Collard is sent to discipline the unruly writer.

Production Details

In Theaters

  • November 22, 2000

MPAA Rating

R

Genres

Adaptation, Drama, Biopic, Period, Thriller

Run Time

2 hours 5 minutes

Distributors

Fox Searchlight Pictures

Box Office

$7,060,876

Also Known As

  • Quills (la plume et le sang)

Production Status

Released

Filming Locations

  • Royal Naval College, Greenwich, England, United Kingdom
  • England, United Kingdom
  • Pinewood Studios, Iver Heath, Buckinghamshire, England, United Kingdom

Produced In

Germany

Director

Philip Kaufman

Director

Vic Armstrong

Director

CAST

Geoffrey Rush

Marquis de Sade

Kate Winslet

Madeleine

Joaquin Phoenix

Abbe Coulmier

Michael Caine

Doctor Royer-Collard

Billie Whitelaw

Madame LeClerc

Patrick Malahide

Delbene
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