

Inventing the Abbotts
Visit website6.3/10 • 235
1997-04-04 • 1h 50m
When you want it all but can't have it, there's only one way to handle life... invent it.
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.
- Directors
- Pat O'Connor
- Editors
- Ray Lovejoy

Inventing the Abbotts
Visit website1997-04-04 • 1h 50m
6.3/10 • 235
When you want it all but can't have it, there's only one way to handle life... invent it.
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.
- Directors
- Pat O'Connor
- Editors
- Ray Lovejoy
Top Billed Cast
View CreditsJoaquin Phoenix
Doug Holt
Liv Tyler
Pamela Abbott
Jennifer Connelly
Eleanor Abbott
Billy Crudup
Jacey Holt
Joanna Going
Alice Abbott
Kathy Baker
Helen Holt
Will Patton
Lloyd Abbott
Michael Sutton
Steve
Garrett M. Brown
Webb Crosby
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- Status
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- Original Language
- English
- Budget
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- Revenue
- $5,926,128.00
- Keywords
- new lovesibling relationshipdysfunctional marriageworking classwrong side of the tracks