Product Information
Set in the year 1794, this is a fictional tale of the Marquis de Sade and his desire to get his stories published whilst imprisoned in a mental asylum.Product Identifiers
ProducerNick Wechsler, Peter Kaufman, Mark Huffam, Julia Chasman
EAN5039036007474
eBay Product ID (ePID)3951246
Product Key Features
Film/TV TitleQuills
ActorPatrick Malahide, Michael Caine, Amelia Warner, Billie Whitelaw, Kate Winslet, Stephen Moyer, Joaquin Phoenix, Geoffrey Rush
DirectorPhilip Kaufman
Subtitle LanguageCzech\Danish\English\Finnish\Hebrew\Hungarian\Icelandic\Norwegian\Polish\Portuguese\Swedish
Release Year2001
FeaturesAudio Commentary by Writer Dong Wright\3 Featurettes\Theatrical Trailer\Tv Spot\Stills Gallery, Widescreen, Closed Caption, With Subtitles
Aspect Ratio1.85 Wide Screen\16:9 Anamorphic Wide Screen
GenreDrama, General
Additional Product Features
Certificate18
Number of Discs1
Director of PhotographyRogier Stoffers
Costume DesignerJacqueline West
Production DesignerMartin Childs
ReviewsNew York Times - ...Geoffrey Rush [plays] Sade as a gleeful voluptuary unfettered by either morality [or] sentimentality....Mr. Kaufman revels in the chaos....Ms. Winslet's shrewdness as an actress has never been better displayed than it is here..., Hollywood Reporter - ...[Rush] runs with it. It's a brave, take-no-prisoners performance....Winslet manages to instill nice complexity...as does Phoenix..., Movieline - ...Funny, engrossing and unpredictable....Rush gives a towering portrayal of one of the most infamous men in history..., Box Office - ...Rush relishes his role....Winslet captures both the beauty and the spirit of the character...
Hearing ImpairedEnglish
Additional InformationBased 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.
Movie/TV TitleQuills
ComposerStephen Warbeck
Sound sourceDolby Digital 5.1
ScreenwriterDoug Wright
Format DescriptionDVD 9
EditorPeter Boyle