[DOC] [TLE] Quills - Wikipedia [PAR] Quills is a 2000 American-British-German period film directed by Philip Kaufman 
and adapted from the Obie award-winning play by Doug Wright, who also wrote 
the original screenplay. Inspired by the life and work of the Marquis de Sade, 
Quills re-imagines the ... The film was a modest art house success, averaging 
$27,709 per screen its... [DOC] [TLE] Quills (2000) - IMDb [PAR] Biography  In a Napoleonic era insane asylum, an inmate, the irrepressible 
Marquis De Sade, ... Quills (2000) ... Doug Wright (play), Doug Wright (
screenplay) ..... The tune that the Marquis de Sade keeps humming throughout 
the film is the ... chooses to start his tale almost at its end  at the period when De 
Sade was... [DOC] [TLE] Review for Quills (2000) - IMDb [PAR] It's not enough that the madman hole up in his room with quill and reams of 
parchment to indulge his fantasies, no. ... A play is swiftly written, performed by 
the inmates of the asylum (which is indeed based on fact, since de Sade's plays 
were quite ... Doug Wright's story takes tremendous liberties with the Marquis' life, 
but the... [DOC] [TLE] Quills Movie Review & Film Summary (2000) | Roger Ebert [PAR] Dec 15, 2000 ... The Marquis de Sade, for example, was hard-wired from birth as one of ... up in 
an asylum and forbidden to write, he perseveres anyway, using his ... Kaufman's 
film, based on a play by Doug Wright, mostly takes place ... "Quills" is not without 
humor in its telling of the horrendous last years of de Sade's life. [DOC] [TLE] Quills (2000) - Rotten Tomatoes [PAR] Critic Consensus: Though hard to watch, this film's disturbing exploration of 
freedom of ... The Marquis de Sade was a man who liked to stir up trouble, at a 
time when ... of Terror, and instead is sentenced to the Charenton Asylum for the 
Insane. ... Based on the play by Doug Wright (who also penned the screenplay), 
Quills... [DOC] [TLE] Napoleon Series Reviews: Quills, the Movie [PAR] Written by Doug Wright (from his play). Fox Searchlight, 2000. ... The film has 
been justifiably praised for its fine writing, direction and acting. ... be the story of 
the Marquis de Sade's final years as an inmate in the asylum at Charenton ... The 
main characters are Sade; the Abbe Coulmier, the director of the asylum; 
Madeleine,... [DOC] [TLE] Quills (2000) by Philip Kaufman - Unsung Films [PAR] Aug 18, 2013 ... Locked up in a mental asylum, this sicko is visibly different to the other inmates. ... 
It's the classy, wealthy man condemning Marquis de Sade's writings who feels 
the ... Doug Wright's play is incredibly witty and Philip Kaufman's... [DOC] [TLE] Movie Review - - FILM REVIEW; Torturing Everybody, And Loving It ... [PAR] Published: November 22, 2000 ... In the Charenton Asylum, Abbe Coulmier (
Joaquin Phoenix) and Dr. Royer-Collard ... It's the kind of casual absurdity that 
the film's director, Philip Kaufman, delights in, and ... This story of the Marquis de 
Sade, adapted by Doug Wright from his play of the same title, isn't exactly a 
docudrama. [DOC] [TLE] THE MARQUIS DE SADE ON FILM--Fright.com commentary [PAR] The notorious Donatien Alphonse Francois, a.k.a. Marquis de Sade ... Sade's 
fiction was widely censored in its time, and his classic novels ... Here that setting 
is the Charenton asylum in the early 1900's, where Sade is directing a play with a 
cast ... Doug Wright at all convincing as Sade imaginings; the Marquis was a 
writer,... [DOC] [TLE] 'Quills' Pushes Well Past the Point of Discomfort - latimes [PAR] From its subject matter to its execution, the film about the Marquis de Sade is 
tough to handle. November 22, 2000|KENNETH TURAN | TIMES FILM CRITIC ... 
Marquis de

Question: Filmed in 2000, it's Doug Wright's play about the Marquis de Sade in an asylum
Answer: Quills