How to Make an American Quilt (1995)

Director:

Jocelyn Moorhouse

Writers (WGA):

Whitney Otto (novel)
Jane Anderson (screenplay)

Release Date:

6 octubre 1995 (USA)

Genre:

Drama | Romance

Frase comercial:

There's beauty in the patterns of life.

Plot:

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

Plot Keywords:

Coming Of Age | Northern California | Humor | Graduate Student | Female Bonding

Awards:

4 nominations

Comentarios de los usuarios:

Good "chick flick"

Cast

Winona Ryder	...	Finn Dodd
Anne Bancroft	...	Glady Joe Cleary
Ellen Burstyn	...	Hy Dodd
Kate Nelligan	...	Constance Saunders
Alfre Woodard	...	Marianna
Kaelynn Craddick	...	Young Finn
Sara Craddick	...	Young Finn
Kate Capshaw	...	Sally, Finn's Mother
Adam Baldwin	...	Finn's Father
Dermot Mulroney	...	Sam
Maya Angelou	...	Anna
Lois Smith	...	Sophia Darling Richards
Jean Simmons	...	Em Reed
Denis Arndt	...	James
Rip Torn	...	Arthur Cleary

También conocida como:

Donde reside el amor (Spain) [es]

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for a scene of drug use, some sensuality and nudity.

Duración:

109 min

País:

USA

Idioma:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Sonido:

DTS-Stereo | DTS

Clasificación:

Iceland:L | USA:PG-13 (certificate #34077) | South Korea:15 | Argentina:13 | Australia:PG | Chile:14 | Finland:S | Germany:6 (w) | Peru:14 | Portugal:M/12 | Singapore:PG | Spain:T | Sweden:Btl | UK:15

Filming Locations:

Banning, California, USA

Company:

Amblin Entertainment

Quotes:

Em Reed: To hell if I know where love resides.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "Charmed: How to Make a Quilt Out of Americans (#2.17)" (2000)

Soundtrack:

Cherry, Cherry

Good "chick flick"

Winona Ryder spends a summer with her aunts while writing her thesis and deciding whether to marry her fiancée Dermot Mulroney. She learns about life and love through her aunts and friends while they sew a huge quilt together. Good, well-done but there's too much material for one movie. There are 5 flashbacks along with the main story and they're given very short shrift. The real pleasure is seeing a bunch of pros (Ellen Burnstyn, Anne Bancroft, Winona Ryder, etc) act with a talented then-unknown cast (Jonathan Schaech, Claire Danes, Mulroney, etc etc)... everyone's good and on target. Nothing new script-wise but I was never bored. Also good to see the late Esther Rolle and Jared Leto in small bits. Worth catching, but very talky at times.