How to Make an American Quilt

• 6.425 Drama
• 1995-10-06
• 116 minutes mins

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.

Starring:

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)

Director:

Jocelyn Moorhouse

Writer:

Jane Anderson