Inventing the Abbotts
04/04/1997
2h

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


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


Alessandro Nivola
Peter Vanlaningham
Nicole M. Vassallo
Giggling Girl #1
Amanda Sherman
Giggling Girl #2


Shawn Hatosy
Victor


Julie Benz
Co-ed


Zoe McLellan
Sandy
David Frazier
Ted
Margaret Ash
Store Clerk


Clive Rosengren
Principal


Susan Barnes
Mrs. Porter
Andrea Post
Waitress
Jack Cummins
Funeral Director
David Heckendorn
Pre-Record Singer


Michael Keaton
Narrator/Older Doug Holt (uncredited)
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