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Quills
2000
· Movie
· 124 min
B
MEANRANK
73/100
Where it ranks
- Mean Score #1807
- IMDb #1781
- Rotten Tomatoes #1724
- Metacritic #1563
- Letterboxd #2260
- Rotten Tomatoes Critics #2408
+7 more
- Rotten Tomatoes Audience #1351
- Metacritic Critics #1466
- Metacritic Audience #1837
- Criticker #1163
- Kinopoisk #1229
- AlloCiné #2494
- Trakt #2817
Every rating
56–90
out of 100
The infamous Marquis de Sade is imprisoned in an asylum for his scandalous writings. There, he continues to write his erotic stories, which are smuggled out by a laundress and published to the public. The asylum's compassionate priest tries to treat him, but a new, brutal doctor arrives and employs increasingly harsh methods to censor the Marquis, with tragic results.
Details
- Director
- Philip Kaufman
- Writer
- Doug Wright
- Based on
- Quills
- Studio
- Fox Searchlight Pictures, Industry Entertainment Partners, Walrus & Associates, Hollywood Partners
- Released
- 22 November 2000
- Country
- Germany, United Kingdom, United States
- Language
- English, Latin
- Runtime
- 124 min
- Rated
- R
- Budget
- $13.5M
- Box office
- $18.0M
- Awards
- 2 wins, 11 nominations
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Cast
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Awards & nominations
See all 13 →1 major award won · 2 wins from 13 nominations across 6 ceremonies
| Writers Guild of America Award 2000 | Paul Selvin Award | Doug Wright | Winner |
| Academy Award 2000 | Best Costume Design | Jacqueline West | Nominee |
| Academy Award 2000 | Best Art Direction | Art: Martin Childs, Sets: Jill Quertier | Nominee |
| Academy Award 2000 | Best Actor | Geoffrey Rush | Nominee |
| BAFTA Awards 2000 | Best Costume Design | Jacqueline West | Nominee |
| BAFTA Awards 2000 | Best Makeup and Hair | Peter Swords King and Nuala Conway | Nominee |
| BAFTA Awards 2000 | Best Actor in a Leading Role | Geoffrey Rush | Nominee |
| BAFTA Awards 2000 | Best Production Design | Martin Childs | Nominee |
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Writers Guild of America Award
1 nomination, 1 won
| Paul Selvin Award | Doug Wright | Winner |
BAFTA Awards
4 nominations
| Best Actor in a Leading Role | Geoffrey Rush | Nominee |
| Best Costume Design | Jacqueline West | Nominee |
| Best Makeup and Hair | Peter Swords King and Nuala Conway | Nominee |
| Best Production Design | Martin Childs | Nominee |
Academy Award
3 nominations
| Best Actor | Geoffrey Rush | Nominee |
| Best Art Direction | Art: Martin Childs, Sets: Jill Quertier | Nominee |
| Best Costume Design | Jacqueline West | Nominee |
Golden Globe Award
2 nominations
| Best Actor in a Motion Picture Drama | Geoffrey Rush | Nominee |
| Best Screenplay | Doug Wright | Nominee |
Screen Actors Guild Awards
2 nominations
| Outstanding Actor in a Leading Role | Geoffrey Rush | Nominee |
| Outstanding Actress in a Supporting Role | Kate Winslet | Nominee |
National Board of Review
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Film | Quills | Winner |