Inventing the Abbotts

Apr 4, 1997

1h 50m

★ 6.3

When you want it all but can't have it, there's only one way to handle life... invent it.

Overview

In the 1950s, brothers Jacey and Doug Holt, who come from the poorer side of their sleepy Midwestern town, vie for the affections of the wealthy, lovely Abbott sisters. Lady-killer Jacey alternates between Eleanor and Alice, wanting simply to break the hearts of rich young women. But sensitive Doug has a real romance with Pamela, which Jacey and the Abbott patriarch, Lloyd, both frown upon.

Genres

Drama

Romance

Production Companies

Fox 2000 Pictures

Imagine Entertainment

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Cast

Doug Holt

Joaquin Phoenix

Pamela Abbott

Liv Tyler

Eleanor Abbott

Jennifer Connelly

Jacey Holt

Billy Crudup

Alice Abbott

Joanna Going

Helen Holt

Kathy Baker

Lloyd Abbott

Will Patton

Steve

Michael Sutton

Webb Crosby

Garrett M. Brown

Joan Abbott

Barbara Williams

Peter Vanlaningham

Alessandro Nivola

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