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Inventing the Abbotts

1997 · Pat O'Connor · 110 min

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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.

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6.3/10Rating on TMDBFrom The Movie Database276 votesTMDB
Joaquin PhoenixDoug HoltLiv TylerPamela AbbottJennifer ConnellyEleanor AbbottBilly CrudupJacey HoltJoanna GoingAlice AbbottKathy BakerHelen HoltWill PattonLloyd AbbottMichael SuttonSteveGarrett M. BrownWebb CrosbyBarbara WilliamsJoan AbbottAlessandro NivolaPeter VanlaninghamNNicole M. VassalloGiggling Girl #1AAmanda ShermanGiggling Girl #2Shawn HatosyVictorJulie BenzCo-ed

Cast

Joaquin PhoenixDoug HoltLiv TylerPamela AbbottJennifer ConnellyEleanor AbbottBilly CrudupJacey HoltJoanna GoingAlice AbbottKathy BakerHelen HoltWill PattonLloyd AbbottMichael SuttonSteveGarrett M. BrownWebb CrosbyBarbara WilliamsJoan AbbottAlessandro NivolaPeter VanlaninghamNNicole M. VassalloGiggling Girl #1AAmanda ShermanGiggling Girl #2Shawn HatosyVictorJulie BenzCo-ed

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