How to Make an American Quilt

Maya Angelou as Anna Dermot Mulroney as Sam Tim Guinee as Young Dean Tamala Jones as Anna's Great Grandmother Rip Torn as Arthur Holland Taylor as Mrs. Rubens Mykelti Williamson as Winston Winona Ryder as Finn Dodd Richard Jenkins as Howell Michael McElroy as Baby Pres Jared Leto as Beck Will Estes as Boy at Party Gail Strickland as The Mrs. Kate Nelligan as Constance Saunders Samantha Mathis as Young Sophia Joanna Going as Young Em Alicia Goranson as Young Hy Loren Dean as Preston María Celedonio as Young Anna Ellen Burstyn as Hy Dodd Alfre Woodard as Marianna Kate Capshaw as Sally Adam Baldwin as Finn's Father Ari Meyers as Duff Johnathon Schaech as Leon Esther Rolle as Aunt Pauline Melinda Dillon as Mrs. Darling Denis Arndt as James Jane Alden as Em's Mother Rae'Ven Larrymore Kelly as Little Anna Anne Bancroft as Glady Joe Cleary Jean Simmons as Em Lois Smith as Sophia Claire Danes as Young Glady Joe Derrick O'Connor as Dean Charles Parks as Male Guest

Russell Williams II Production Sound Mixer Patricia Whitcher Co-Producer, Unit Production Manager Laurie MacDonald Executive Producer Jocelyn Moorhouse Director Jane Anderson Screenplay Sergio Mimica-Gezzan First Assistant Director Dan Bradley Stunt Coordinator P.J. Hogan Second Unit Director, Thanks Risa Bramon Garcia Casting Thomas Newman Original Music Composer Mary Vernieu Casting Jill Bilcock Editor Janusz Kamiński Director of Photography Walter F. Parkes Executive Producer Candace Neal Key Hair Stylist