Quills

2000
2hr 4m

Geoffrey Rush, Kate Winslet, Joaquin Phoenix, Michael Caine

This Oscar-nominated drama profiles the notorious Marquis de Sade (Geoffrey Rush), a provocateur so addicted to words that he used an uncommon ink -- his own blood -- to write salacious stories while locked away in an insane asylum. Although the outraged Dr. Royer-Collard (Michael Caine) tries to prevent the Marquis from writing, a young worker (Kate Winslet) takes his dictation and stirs the passions of the asylum's abbot (Joaquin Phoenix).