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Quilt : How women love men
UNIVERSAL PICTURES -
In the spirit of Bridges over
Madison County, Universal
pictures has released an excellent
film for romantics.
Winona Ryder, Ellen Burstyn,
and Anne Bancroft star in How
to Make an American
Quilt, a touching and often
hilarious story which explores a
rich subject: how women love
men.
The challenges involved in
making a quilt are not so different
from those faced by lovers - with
each love we hope to find their
perfect union. Though some
fabrics become dazzling when
placed beside a contrasting
pattern, others fight each other
for harmony.
When the ideal pieces are
stitched together, they may fade
and fray with time, but still keep
their innate beauty.
Berkeley graduate student Finn
(Ryder) is spending the summer
at the home of her grandmother,
Hy (Elle Burstyn), and great aunt,
Glady Joe (Anne Bancroft).
Surrounded by orange groves in
Grasse, California, her
grandmother's house is a quiet
haven where Finn intends to
actually finisher latest thesis, this
one on the rituals of women's
handiwork in tribal cultures.
More important, Finn needs
the summer to think over a
marriage proposal from her
boyfriend, Sam (Dermot
Mulroney).
Her eyes are about to be opened
by the women who've seen it all.
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Hy and Glady Joe's house is
also the longtime home of the
Grasse Quilting Bee, made up of
a group of remarkable women
(Maya Angelou, Kate Nelligan,
Jean Simmons, Lois Smith and
Alfre Woodard) who are Finn's
extended family.
As they gather to make her
wedding quilt, the women tell
Finn the stories of the loves that
shaped their lives.
Tales of true love, betrayal, joy
and heartbreak come to life in
scenes which span from 1860 to
the present, each story as
individual as the women
themselves.
An Amblin Entertainment and
Sanford/Pillsbury Production for
release by Universal Pictures,
How to Make an American Quilt
is directed by Jocely Moorhouse.
While the women are the
driving force of the story, director
Moorhouse wanted equal
attention paid to the male roles.
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"I wanted the men to be
loveable and as compiles as the
women, for the audience to
understand why these men are
loved by these women," she
explains.
Screenwriter Jane Anderson
created several male characters
who interact romantically with
the women's expanded roles.
Among those are Winston
(played by Mykelti Williamson,
who brought the character of
Bubba to life in Forrest Gump),
the poet who shares a brief
Parisian counter with Marianna,
and Leon, the romantic young
man who tempts Finn from her
work and her engagement, played
by newcomer Johnathon Schaech.
Moorhouse said of her cast, "It
was very emotional for me,
because I'd admired all these
women for quite a long time. It
was sort of like a wish list from
the golden age of American
cinema."
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Quilt: (top) The highly
spirited Glady Joe
(Bancroft) has a quite an
interesting tale of her
grandniece, Finn
(Ryder), (bottom) Finn
(Ryder) loves her
boyfriend, Sam (Dermot
Mulroney), but harbors
doubts about marriage.
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