Inventing the Abbotts
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| Inventing the Abbotts | |
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 Inventing the Abbotts DVD cover |
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| Directed by | Pat O'Connor |
| Produced by | Brian Grazer, Ron Howard, Janet Meyers |
| Written by | Ken Hixon (screenplay) Based on a short story by Sue Miller |
| Starring | Joaquin Phoenix Billy Crudup Liv Tyler Jennifer Connelly |
| Music by | Michael Kamen |
| Cinematography | Kenneth MacMillan |
| Editing by | Ray Lovejoy |
| Distributed by | 20th Century Fox Imagine Entertainment |
| Release date(s) | April 4, 1997 |
| Running time | 110 min. |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
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Inventing the Abbotts is a 1997 drama film/romance film directed by Pat O'Connor, starring Joaquin Phoenix, Billy Crudup, Liv Tyler, and Jennifer Connelly. The screenplay by Ken Hixon is based on a short story by Sue Miller. The original music score is composed by Michael Kamen.
Taglines:
- When you want it all but can't have it, there's only one way to handle life... invent it.
- Love no matter what.
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[edit] Plot summary
The lives of two closely linked families dangerously intersect in a small Illinois town in the 1950s. Though they are from the wrong side of the tracks, the working class brothers Jacey and Doug Holt are in love with the wealthy and beautiful Abbott sisters. Shy and quiet Doug, who worships his womanizing brother, has eyes for the iconoclastic Pamela, but Jacey's affections are more calculating: he's interested in whichever Abbott sister is interested in him.
At first, this is the wild sister Eleanor, but eventually Jacey sets his sights on the unhappily married oldest sister Alice. For Jacey, his conquest of the Abbotts is a form of economic revenge, as he believes that Lloyd Abbott, the head of the family, stole a patent that made him rich from the Holts' late father, John Charles. When he's eventually revealed as an embittered cad, Jacey's mistreatment of the Abbott girls makes the genuine affection between Doug and Pamela impossible for either family to accept.
[edit] Main cast
| Actor | Role |
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| Joaquin Phoenix | Doug Holt |
| Billy Crudup | Jacey Holt |
| Liv Tyler | Pamela Abbott |
| Jennifer Connelly | Eleanor Abbott |
| Will Patton | Lloyd Abbott |
| Kathy Baker | Helen Holt |
| Joanna Going | Alice Abbott |
| Barbara Williams | Joan Abbott |
| Alessandro Nivola | Peter Vanlaningham |
| Michael Keaton | Narrator/Older Doug (uncredited) |
[edit] DVD details
- Release date: March 13, 2001
- Anamorphic Widescreen
- Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
- Audio tracks: English Dolby Digital 5.1
- English Dolby Digital Surround
- French Dolby Digital Surround
- Subtitles: English, Spanish
- Special Features: Theatrical trailer, Featurette
- Running time: 110 minutes
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