Inventing the Abbotts (1997)
Rating: 6.3/10
Duration: 110 min
Director(s): Pat O'Connor,
Description:
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.
Cast
- Liv Tyler as Pamela Abbott
- Jennifer Connelly as Eleanor Abbott
- Kathy Baker as Helen Holt
- Shawn Hatosy as Victor
- Will Patton as Lloyd Abbott
- Joaquin Phoenix as Doug Holt
- Billy Crudup as Jacey Holt
- Julie Benz as Co-ed
- Michael Sutton as Steve
- Barbara Williams as Joan Abbott
- Garrett M. Brown as Webb Crosby
- Alessandro Nivola as Peter Vanlaningham
- Joanna Going as Alice Abbott
- Nicole M. Vassallo as Giggling Girl #1
- Amanda Sherman as Giggling Girl #2