De Sade (film) felt he was owed for his work on the film, contributing to him leaving the company. In real life, Sade was meant to be baptized with the name Donatien-Aldonse-Louis; neither of his parents were present at the ceremony, and the name Donatien-Alphonse-Francois was given to him in error. In his life, he used a number of pseudonyms and variations on his true name. During the French Revolution, he called himself simply "Louis Sade." "De Sade" received negative reviews, currently holding a 0% rating on Rotten Tomatoes. A record album of the soundtrack music by Billy Strange was released in 1969
Jacques-Donatien Le Ray de Chaumont that would bankrupt the government of France. When a drought caused a deep famine in 1788, there was no money available from the French Treasury, as had been done in the past, to subsidize the cost of flour for bread to prevent mass starvation. As a result of France's generosity and Jacques-Donatien Le Ray de Chaumont's love of America, he inadvertently helped pave the way for the French Revolution, in 1789, that dramatically impacted on his own finances, resulting in the new French Revolutionary government seizing his assets including his beloved Chateau at Chaumont-sur-Loire. Jacques-Donatien Le Ray de Chaumont Jacques-Donatien