How to Make an American Quilt (1995)
Rating: 6.4/10
Duration: 116 min
Director(s): Jocelyn Moorhouse,
Description:
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.
Cast
- Dermot Mulroney as Sam
- Alfre Woodard as Marianna
- Winona Ryder as Finn Dodd
- Samantha Mathis as Young Sophia
- Ellen Burstyn as Hy Dodd
- Rip Torn as Arthur
- Anne Bancroft as Glady Joe Cleary
- Johnathon Schaech as Leon
- Lois Smith as Sophia
- Kate Nelligan as Constance Saunders
- Joanna Going as Young Em
- Maya Angelou as Anna
- Jean Simmons as Em
- Kate Capshaw as Sally
- Esther Rolle as Aunt Pauline