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  1. Box office. $5.9 million. Inventing the Abbotts is a 1997 American period coming-of-age film directed by Pat O'Connor, and starring Liv Tyler, Joaquin Phoenix, Billy Crudup, Jennifer Connelly and Joanna Going. The screenplay by Ken Hixon is based on a short story by Sue Miller. [1] The original music score was composed by Michael Kamen.

    • April 4, 1997
  2. Apr 4, 1997 · Inventing the Abbotts: Directed by Pat O'Connor. With Joaquin Phoenix, Billy Crudup, Will Patton, Kathy Baker. Two working class brothers court three wealthy and beautiful sisters in a small Illinois town.

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    • 2 min
    • Pat O'connor
  3. In the 1950s, brothers Jacey (Billy Crudup) and Doug Holt (Joaquin Phoenix), who come from the poorer side of their sleepy Midwestern town, vie for the affections of the wealthy, lovely Abbott ...

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    • Pat O'connor
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    • Joaquin Phoenix
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  5. 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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    • Fox 2000 Pictures
    • Pat O'connor
  6. Drama: Two brothers who couldn't be more different from one another compete for the affections of a trio of rich daughters. PLOT: Fifteen-year-old Doug (JOAQUIN PHOENIX) and seventeen-year-old Jacey Holt (BILLY CRUDUP) are two brothers growing up in Haley, Illinois in the late 1950's with their mother, Helen (KATHY BAKER). The brothers couldn't ...

  7. Apr 4, 1997 · Pat O'Connor. "Inventing the Abbotts'' is a film that seems to have been made in a time machine. Not only the picture's story but also its values and style are inspired by the 1950s. It's like a subtler, more class-conscious "Peyton Place,'' and if the same movie had been made 40 years ago with Natalie Wood, Sandra Dee, Troy Donahue and Ricky ...

  8. Synopsis. 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 ...

    • 110 min
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