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Release Date: 5/8/2001
 Original Release: 2000
 Format: DVD Widescreen
 Length: 124 minutes
 Rating: R (MPAA)
 Rating Reason: For strong sexual content including dialogue, violence, and language.
 UPC: 024543016625
 Studio: 20th Century Fox Home Entertainm
Directed by: Philip Kaufman
Featuring: Amelia Warner, Kate Winslet, Patrick Malahide, Stephen Moyer, Michael Caine, Geoffrey Rush, Joaquin Phoenix, Billie Whitelaw

Categories: Dramas, Theatrical Release, Violence, Writers, Sex, Sadomasochism (S&m)
Description
Based on the award-winning play by Doug Wright, this erotic and fantastical drama reconstructs the unknown fate of the Marquis de Sade, the writer and sexual deviant who was imprisoned in Charenton Asylum for the last 10 years of his life. QUILLS is a Gothic period piece from director Philip Kaufman that details the fall of the French Revolution and the subsequent imprisonment of the fallen aristocrat, a notorious free thinker who lived to write with an outstanding creative spirit and provocative sexual appetite. In the film, the Marquis de Sade (Geoffrey Rush) befriends the liberal director of the asylum, Abbe Coulmier (Joaquin Phoenix), and both share affections with the asylum laundress, Madeleine (Kate Winslet). Madeleine is a nubile but virginal young woman profoundly attracted to the mental prowess of the clever and wickedly defiant inmate who willingly smuggles his banished texts out of the asylum. But, when Napoleon reads JUSTINE, one of Sade's anonymous texts, he sends in Dr. Royer-Collard (Michael Caine), a cruel and moralistic man, to "cure" the Marquis of his supposed madness. However, the battle between the moralistic doctor and Sade only provokes the prisoner's rebellious spirit, resulting in a horrifying tragedy. QUILLS is a deliriously beautiful film that captures the free spirit of the imagination and the powers of undaunted artistic expression. Geoffrey Rush is a marvel as the profane and ingenious writer, strutting and flourishing about his erotically charged cell with awe-inspiring passion and greatness.

DVD Features


Region 1
Keep Case
Letterbox -
1.85
Audio:
Dolby Digital 5.1 - English
Dolby Surround - English
Dolby Surround - French
Additional Release Material:
Audio Commentary: Doug Wright - Screenwriter
Featurette:
1. "Marquis on the Marquee: A Discussion About the Screenplay Written by Doug Wright"
2. "Creating Charenton"
3. "Dressing the Part"
Trailers:
1. Original Theatrical Trailer
2. Spanish Theatrical Trailer
3. TV Spots
4. Music Promo Spot
Interactive Features:
Interactive Menus
Scene Access
Text/Photo Galleries:
Fact & Film: Historical and Production Information
Still Gallery

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Awards
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Technical Specifications
  • Surround Sound
  • Recording Mode - Dolby Surround AC-3
  • Closed Captioned
  • Color - Color
  • Widescreen
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Average Rating: 4 / 5
Number of Reviews: 3 (view all)
4 / 5  Posted on August 20, 2007
Reviewed by: Jarrod

'Quills' tells the story of the Marquis de Sade, a French aristocrat whose perversity and obscene sexual writings get him thrown into an asylum, as he offends both the king and the church, an...
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4 / 5  Posted on March 10, 2007
Reviewed by: Jessica Film Junkie

The highly sexualized story of the highly sexualized Marquis de Sade. He wrote naughty stories that entertained the masses, even when he was arrested and scorned, he found a way to get his stories...
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4 / 5  Posted on July 29, 2006
Reviewed by: AJ

A sharp and witty seriocomic look at the Marquis de Sade and how he fueled a generation of depravity and sexuality...or, in essence, tried to free society from its less than comely shackles. Of...
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