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How to Make an American Quilt
There's beauty in the patterns of life.
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.
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Synopsis
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.
More about How to Make an American Quilt
Cast
Winona RyderFinn Dodd
Anne BancroftGlady Joe Cleary
Ellen BurstynHy Dodd
Kate NelliganConstance Saunders
Jean SimmonsEm
Maya AngelouAnna
Alfre WoodardMarianna
Dermot MulroneySamCredits
- Directed by
- Jocelyn Moorhouse
- Written by
- Jane Anderson, Whitney Otto
Production details
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- English
- Budget
- $10M
- Box office
- $41.2M
Production
Universal PicturesUnited States
Amblin EntertainmentUnited States
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