6. Quills (2000)
“The Abbe du Coulmier”
Massive historical inaccuracies aside, Quills plays a bigger part in the careers of Joaquin Phoenix and leading star Geoffrey Rush than it does within the pantheon of historical period pieces. The costume drama stars Geoffrey Rush as an irrepressible inmate in a Napoleonic era insane asylum named Marquis De Sade who faces off against a torturous doctor (Michael Caine). Phoenix plays administer Abbe du Coulmier who Marquis befriends early on in his containment, but their relationship begins to fall apart when the Abbe learns that Marquis is writing books from within the prison and finding a way to have them secretly published. Praised for holding his own beside Rush, Caine, and Kate Winslet, Phoenix was slowly but surely breaking into major stardom. Following the breakout roles of the late 90s, 2000 proved to be the big year for the younger Phoenix actor. There was another period epic besides Quills from 2000 that would prove to be the actor’s most memorable performance yet.
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