Quills [DVD] / Fox Searchlight Pictures presents an Industry Entertainment/ a Walrus & Associates, Ltd. production in association with Hollywood Partners ; a Philip Kaufman film ; produced by Nick Wechsler, Julia Chasman, Peter Kaufman ; screenplay by Doug Wright ; directed by Philip Kaufman.
Geoffrey Rush, Kate Winslet, Joaquin Phoenix, Michael Caine. Originally released as a motion picture in 2000. Special features include 3 featurettes (Marquis on the marquee, Creating Charenton, Dressing the part), commentary by the screenwriter, theatrical trailers & TV spot, music promo, stills gallery of production artifacts, historical facts about the people portrayed in the film, and little known facts about the film's production and actors.
Summary:
History's most infamous sexual adventurer lives in a madhouse, where a beautiful laundry maid helps him smuggle his erotic stories to the printer, defying orders from the asylum's priest.
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