Movie
Inventing the Abbotts
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.
Details
- Release date
- 1997-04-04
- Runtime
- 110 min
- Genres
- Drama, Romance
- Status
- Released
- Production
- Fox 2000 Pictures, Imagine Entertainment
- Country
- United States of America
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Joaquin Phoenix as Doug Holt
- Liv Tyler as Pamela Abbott
- Jennifer Connelly as Eleanor Abbott
- Billy Crudup as Jacey Holt
- Joanna Going as Alice Abbott
- Kathy Baker as Helen Holt
- Will Patton as Lloyd Abbott
- Michael Sutton as Steve
- Garrett M. Brown as Webb Crosby
- Barbara Williams as Joan Abbott
- Alessandro Nivola as Peter Vanlaningham
- Nicole M. Vassallo as Giggling Girl #1
Crew
- Pat O'Connor - Director
- Ken Hixon - Screenplay
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