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| Title Statement | How to make an American quilt [DVD] / Universal Pictures ; Amblin Entertainment ; produced by Sarah Pillsbury and Midge Sanford ; screenplay by Jane Anderson ; directed by Jocelyn Moorhouse. |
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| Additional Contributors | Moorhouse, Jocelyn,1960- |
| Ryder, Winona,1971- | |
| Bancroft, Anne,1931- | |
| Burstyn, Ellen,1932- | |
| Otto, Whitney | |
| Publication | Universal City, CA: Universal, c1995. |
| Extent of Item | 1 videodisc (117 min.) |
| ISBN | 0783230486 (v.r.) 9780783230481 (v.r.) |
| Standard Number (UPC, etc.) | 025192001826 |
| Other Number | 1378438 |
| General Notes | Disc label title. DVD. Originally released as a motion picture in 1995. Based on the novel by Whitney Otto. Widescreen version. Features include: production notes, bios, film highlights, theatrical trailers, web links. |
| Production Credits | Director of photography, Janusz Kaminski; production design, Leslie Dilley; editor, Jill Bilcock; music, Thomas Newman. |
| Performance Credits | Winona Ryder, Anne Bancroft, Ellen Burstyn, Kate Nelligan, Alfre Woodard. |
| Audience & Ratings | CHV rating: PG. MPAA rating: PG-13. |
| Languages | English, Spanish and French language tracks with English and Spanish.Closed-captioned for the hearing impaired. |
| System Details | DVD Dolby 5.1 surround. |
| Terms of Use | For private home use only. |
| Summary | The art of quiltmaking becomes a metaphor for being a woman in America, as the stories of members of a quilting group are interwoven with traditional quilting instructions. |
| Subjects & Genres | |
| By Topic | Women--Fiction--United States |
| Quilting--Fiction | |
| Films for the hearing impaired | |
| Feature films | |
