How to Make an American Quilt poster
Director Jocelyn Moorhouse
Screenplay Jane Anderson

How to Make an American Quilt

Tagline: There's beauty in the patterns of life.

Release Date: 1995-10-06

Duration: 116 minutes

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.

Casting

  • Winona Ryder
    Finn Dodd
  • Dermot Mulroney
    Sam
  • Jared Leto
    Beck
  • Claire Danes
    Young Glady Joe
  • Kate Capshaw
    Sally
  • Adam Baldwin
    Finn's Father
  • Tamala Jones
    Anna's Great Grandmother
  • Lois Smith
    Sophia
  • Samantha Mathis
    Young Sophia
  • Joanna Going
    Young Em