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Inventing the Abbotts

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

  • Movie
  • 1997
  • R
  • 1h 50m

Directed by Pat O'Connor

6.3

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6.3 out of 10 from 276 votes

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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.

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Cast and crew

  • Joaquin Phoenix

    Joaquin PhoenixDoug Holt

  • Liv Tyler

    Liv TylerPamela Abbott

  • Jennifer Connelly

    Jennifer ConnellyEleanor Abbott

  • Billy Crudup

    Billy CrudupJacey Holt

  • Joanna Going

    Joanna GoingAlice Abbott

  • Kathy Baker

    Kathy BakerHelen Holt

  • Will Patton

    Will PattonLloyd Abbott

  • Michael Sutton

    Michael SuttonSteve

  • Garrett M. Brown

    Garrett M. BrownWebb Crosby

  • Barbara Williams

    Barbara WilliamsJoan Abbott

  • Alessandro Nivola

    Alessandro NivolaPeter Vanlaningham

  • Nicole M. VassalloGiggling Girl #1

  • Amanda ShermanGiggling Girl #2

  • Shawn Hatosy

    Shawn HatosyVictor

  • Julie Benz

    Julie BenzCo-ed

  • Zoe McLellan

    Zoe McLellanSandy

  • David FrazierTed

  • Margaret AshStore Clerk

Director
Pat O'Connor
Writer
Ken Hixon
Music
Michael Kamen
Cinematography
Kenneth MacMillan