Quills

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film historical drama film period drama film

Quills is a 2000 period drama film that fictionalizes the final years of the Marquis de Sade, featuring Geoffrey Rush in a critically acclaimed leading role.

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Quills (play) 1

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instanceOf film ⓘ
historical drama film ⓘ
period drama film ⓘ
basedOn Quills self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Quills (play)
basedOnWorkAuthor Doug Wright ⓘ
cinematographyBy Rogier Stoffers ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
director Philip Kaufman ⓘ
distributor Searchlight Pictures ⓘ
surface form: Fox Searchlight Pictures
editedBy Peter Boyle ⓘ
featuresCharacter Abbé du Coulmier ⓘ
Dr. Royer-Collard ⓘ
Madeleine LeClerc ⓘ
Marquis de Sade ⓘ
genre biographical film ⓘ
drama film ⓘ
historical fiction film ⓘ
period film ⓘ
hasTheme censorship ⓘ
freedom of expression ⓘ
madness ⓘ
power and control ⓘ
religion ⓘ
sexuality ⓘ
leadPerformanceBy Geoffrey Rush ⓘ
mainSubject Marquis de Sade ⓘ
mpaaRating R ⓘ
musicBy Stephen Warbeck ⓘ
narrativeLocation Charenton asylum ⓘ
nominatedFor Academy Award for Best Actor ⓘ
Academy Award for Best Art Direction ⓘ
Academy Award for Best Costume Design ⓘ
Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay ⓘ
surface form: Academy Award for Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material Previously Produced or Published
notableFor critically acclaimed performance by Geoffrey Rush ⓘ
originalLanguage English ⓘ
portrayal fictionalized account of the final years of the Marquis de Sade ⓘ
portrays Marquis de Sade ⓘ
productionCompany Searchlight Pictures ⓘ
surface form: Fox Searchlight Pictures
publicationDate 2000 ⓘ
releaseYear 2000 ⓘ
runtime approximately 124 minutes ⓘ
screenwriter Doug Wright ⓘ
setInPlace France ⓘ
setInTime early 19th century ⓘ
stars Geoffrey Rush ⓘ
Joaquin Phoenix ⓘ
Kate Winslet ⓘ
Michael Caine ⓘ

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Quills → basedOn → Quills self-linksurface differs ⓘ
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Geoffrey Rush → notableWork → Quills ⓘ
Jane Menelaus → notableWork → Quills ⓘ
Kate Winslet → notableWork → Quills ⓘ