Inventing the Abbotts
When you want it all but can't have it, there's only one way to handle life... invent it.
6.3(268) 1997-04-04 110 minDramaRomance
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.
DirectorPat O'Connor
ScreenplayKen Hixon
ProducerBrian Grazer
ProducerRon Howard
ProducerJanet Meyers
Original Music ComposerMichael Kamen
Cast & characters
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
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Nicole M. Vassallo
as Giggling Girl #1
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Amanda Sherman
as Giggling Girl #2
Shawn Hatosy
as Victor
Julie Benz
as Co-ed
Zoe McLellan
as Sandy
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David Frazier
as Ted
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Margaret Ash
as Store Clerk
Clive Rosengren
as Principal
Susan Barnes
as Mrs. Porter
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Andrea Post
as Waitress
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Jack Cummins
as Funeral Director
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David Heckendorn
as Pre-Record Singer
Michael Keaton
as Narrator/Older Doug Holt (uncredited)
