Stars
Geoffrey Rush: Australian Actor, QUILLS (2000)
Kate Winslet: Osca-winning British actress, THE READER, TITANIC (1997), ET
Joaquin Phoenix: American actor, WALK THE LINE
Michael Caine: British Actor, ALFIE (1966)
Billie Whitelaw: British Actress
Patrick Malahide: British Actor
Amelia Warner: ACTRESS; "Don Quixote," "Mansfield Park"
Stephen Moyer:
Director
Philip Kaufman: Director/Screenwriter
Producer
Julia Chasman: Producer
Nick Wechsler: Producer/Executive
Peter Kaufman: producer, QUILLS
Associate Producer
Mark Huffam: Co-producer, QUILLS
Screenwriter
Doug Wright: screenwriter, QUILLS
Composer
Stephen Warbeck: Composer
Editor
Peter Boyle: Editor, DERAILED (2005)
Review 1:
"...Rush relishes his role....Winslet captures both the beauty and the spirit of the character..."
Source: Box Office
p.152 11/01/2000
Review 2:
"[T]he film raises strong questions about literary freedom and the suppression of ideas."
Source: Premiere
p.96 03/01/2004
Review 3:
"Kaufman rewards our seduction by sauce and wit with a final act of nightmare farce."
Source: Uncut
p.103 02/01/2004
Review 4:
"...Geoffrey Rush [plays] Sade as a gleeful voluptuary unfettered by either morality [or] sentimentality....Mr. Kaufman revels in the chaos....Ms. Winslet's shrewdness as an actress has never been better displayed than it is here..."
Source: New York Times
pp.E1-8 11/22/2000
Review 5:
"...Entertaining....Absorbing..."
Source: Chicago Sun-Times
p.33 12/15/2000
Review 6:
"...Funny, engrossing and unpredictable....Rush gives a towering portrayal of one of the most infamous men in history..."
Source: Movieline's Hollywood Life
pp.28-30 11/01/2000
Review 7:
"...[Rush] runs with it. It's a brave, take-no-prisoners performance....Winslet manages to instill nice complexity...as does Phoenix..."
Source: Hollywood Reporter
p.24 10/31/2000