Quills (film)

Quills
Quills
	Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Philip Kaufman
Screenplay by	Doug Wright
Based on	Quills; by Doug Wright
Produced by	Julia Chasman; Peter Kaufman; Nick Wechsler;
Starring	Geoffrey Rush; Kate Winslet; Joaquin Phoenix; Michael Caine;
Cinematography	Rogier Stoffers
Edited by	Peter Boyle
Music by	Stephen Warbeck
Production; companies	Industry Entertainment; Walrus & Associates;
Distributed by	Fox Searchlight Pictures
Release dates	2 September 2000 (Telluride); 22 November 2000 (United States); 15 December 2000 (United Kingdom); 10 February 2001 (BIFF); 8 March 2001 (Germany);
Running time	124 minutes
Countries	United States; United Kingdom; Germany;
Languages	English; Latin;
Budget	$13.5 million
Box office	$18 million

Quills is a 2000 period film directed by Philip Kaufman and adapted from the Obie award-winning 1995 play by Doug Wright, who also wrote the original screenplay.^[4] Inspired by the life and work of the Marquis de Sade, Quills re-imagines the last years of the Marquis's incarceration in the insane asylum at Charenton. It stars Geoffrey Rush as de Sade, Kate Winslet as laundress Madeleine "Maddie" LeClerc, Joaquin Phoenix as the Abbé de Coulmier, and Michael Caine as Dr. Royer-Collard.

Well received by critics, Quills garnered acclaim for its performances from Rush, and Winslet and its screenplay. The film received nominations for three Academy Awards, four BAFTA Awards, two Golden Globe Awards, and two Screen Actors Guild Awards. The National Board of Review named it the Best Film of 2000. The Writers Guild of America awarded Doug Wright with the Paul Selvin Award.

The film was a modest art house success, averaging $27,709 per screen its debut weekend, and eventually grossing $17,989,277 internationally. Noted for its artistic licenses, Quills filmmakers and writers said they were not making a biography of de Sade, but exploring issues such as censorship, pornography, sex, art, mental illness, and religion.^[5]

^ "QUILLS (18)". British Board of Film Classification. 19 October 2000. Retrieved 27 September 2012.
^ "Quills (2000) - Box office / business". Amazon.com. Internet Movie Database. 18 May 2001. Retrieved 27 September 2012.
^ Cite error: The named reference mojo was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^ Sanello 2002, p. 132
^ Lemons, Steven (30 November 2000). "A Conversation with Philip Kaufman". Salon.com. Retrieved 18 February 2016.

[BBFC-1] "QUILLS (18)". British Board of Film Classification. 19 October 2000. Retrieved 27 September 2012.

[2] "Quills (2000) - Box office / business". Amazon.com. Internet Movie Database. 18 May 2001. Retrieved 27 September 2012.

[mojo-3] Cite error: The named reference mojo was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

[Sanello132-4] Sanello 2002, p. 132

[Interview1-5] Lemons, Steven (30 November 2000). "A Conversation with Philip Kaufman". Salon.com. Retrieved 18 February 2016.

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