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Inventing the Abbotts(1997)
Status: Released
Date: 1997-04-04
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235 Votes
Time: 1h 50m
When you want it all but can't have it, there's only one way to handle life... invent it.
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.
Languages: English.
Countries:
United States of America
Revenue: $5,926,128.00
ProductionCompanies: 
Movie: Inventing the Abbotts
Top 10 Billed Cast
Joaquin 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
Barbara Williams
Joan Abbott
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