How to Make an American Quilt

1995
PG-13
1h 57m

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Winona Ryder, Anne Bancroft, Ellen Burstyn, Alfre Woodard, and Kate Nelligan in How to Make an American Quilt (1995)

Bride-to-be Finn Dodd hears tales of romance and sorrow from her elders as they construct a quilt.Bride-to-be Finn Dodd hears tales of romance and sorrow from her elders as they construct a quilt.Bride-to-be Finn Dodd hears tales of romance and sorrow from her elders as they construct a quilt.

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6.3/10

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Awards
- 4 nominations total

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Trivia
Film debut of Jared Leto.

Goofs
When Finn meets Leon at the pool for the first time, the towel around her waist disappears and reappears.

Quotes
Finn: Young lovers seek perfection. Old lovers learn the art of sewing shreds together and of seeing beauty in a multiplicity of patches.

Connections
Featured in Siskel & Ebert: To Die For/Steal Big, Steal Little/Devil in a Blue Dress/Moonlight and Valentino/The Big Green (1995)

Soundtracks
Matondoni Wedding
Recorded by David Fanshawe
from the album "Kenya & Tanzania: Witchcraft & Ritual Music"
Courtesy of Nonesuch Records
By arrangement with Warner Special Products

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7/10

Find the thread that hold's it together

I have watched parts of this movie more than once. The movie from start to finish only once. Each story unfolds like a facet on the quilt. Then as the main plot line draws to a conclusion, the thread that binds these stories together resolves each individual facet, to complete the whole.

Quilting as I understand it, is bringing many contributions together to create a final product. Each little design tells a story and the master quilter put's these stories together , to convey a theme or message.

I have not read the novel, but the movie conveys the message in it's title.

The soundtrack is tranquil and adds to the mood.

The interplay between Burstyn and Bancroft is a pleasure to watch. Winona is excellent.