Film

How to Make an American Quilt

1995 · 1h 56m · Drama · Romance

There's beauty in the patterns of life.

IMDb

6.3

Rotten Tomatoes

62%

Soon-to-be-wed graduate student Finn Dodd develops cold feet when she suspects her fiancé is cheating on her. In order to clear her head, Finn visits her grandmother, Hy, and great aunt, Glady Joe Cleary, in Grasse, Calif. There, Finn learns that Hy and Glady Joe are members of a group of passionate quilters, and over the course of her visit she is regaled with tales of love and life by women who have collected rich experiences and much wisdom.

Winona Ryder

Finn Dodd

Anne Bancroft

Glady Joe Cleary

Ellen Burstyn

Hy Dodd

Kate Nelligan

Constance Saunders

Jean Simmons

Em

Maya Angelou

Anna

Alfre Woodard

Marianna

Dermot Mulroney

Sam

Lois Smith

Sophia

Kate Capshaw

Sally

Rip Torn

Arthur

Johnathon Schaech

Leon

Samantha Mathis

Young Sophia

Joanna Going

Young Em

Esther Rolle

Aunt Pauline

Jared Leto

Beck

• Jocelyn MoorhouseDirector
• Jane AndersonScreenplay
• Whitney OttoNovel
• Sarah PillsburyProducer
• Midge SanfordProducer
• Laurie MacDonaldExecutive Producer
• Deborah Jelin NewmyerExecutive Producer
• Walter F. ParkesExecutive Producer
• Janusz KamińskiDirector of Photography
• Thomas NewmanOriginal Music Composer

How to Make an American Quilt (1995) Trailer | Winona Ryder | Ellen Burstyn

Release date

October 6, 1995

Status

Released

Original language

English

Runtime

1h 56m

Rated

PG-13

Budget

$10,000,000

Revenue

$41,200,020

Genres

Drama, Romance

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