Inventing the Abbotts
When you want it all but can't have it, there's only one way to handle life... invent it.
1997 | 110m | English
Popularity: 4 (history)
| Director: | Pat O'Connor |
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| Writer: | Ken Hixon |
| Staring: |
| 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. | |
| Release Date: | Apr 04, 1997 |
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| Director: | Pat O'Connor |
| Writer: | Ken Hixon |
| Genres: | Drama, Romance |
| Keywords | sibling relationship, new love, dysfunctional marriage, working class, wrong side of the tracks |
| Production Companies | Imagine Entertainment, Fox 2000 Pictures |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $5,926,128
Budget: $0 |
| Updates |
Updated: Feb 01, 2025 Entered: Apr 13, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| 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 (uncredited) |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Gary Frutkoff | Production Design |
| Joey Box | Stunts |
| Tim Trella | Stunts |
| Frank Morrone | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Peggy Mulloy | Unit Publicist |
| Pat O'Connor | Director |
| Michael Kamen | Original Music Composer |
| Aggie Guerard Rodgers | Costume Design |
| Risa Bramon Garcia | Casting |
| Shane Dixon | Stunt Coordinator |
| Michael Runyard | Stunt Coordinator |
| Julie Hewett | Makeup Department Head |
| Kenneth MacMillan | Director of Photography |
| Merie Weismiller Wallace | Still Photographer |
| John Moio | Stunt Coordinator |
| Kathryn Peters | Set Decoration |
| Medusah | Hair Department Head |
| Jack Cummins | Unit Production Manager |
| James B.G. Ricketts | Stunts |
| Louisa Bonnie | Set Designer |
| David M. Roberts | Boom Operator |
| Michael Fauntleroy Jr. | Camera Loader |
| Patrick Murray | Gaffer |
| Richard Smock | Rigging Gaffer |
| E. Christopher Reed | Electrician |
| Scott Hillman | Best Boy Grip |
| Rick Uva | Grip |
| Stuart Abramson | Key Rigging Grip |
| Robert Graf | Location Manager |
| Winnie D. Brown | Costume Supervisor |
| Alison Gail Bixby | Set Costumer |
| Steffani Lincecum | Seamstress |
| Mayda Renizzi-Holt | Assistant Accountant |
| Kirsten Chalker | Assistant Editor |
| Rocky Phelan | Sound Editor |
| Terry Busby | Assistant Sound Editor |
| Christopher Brooks | Music Supervisor |
| Stephen Lotwis | Music Editor |
| John Berger | Assistant Art Director |
| Terry Doherty | Set Dresser |
| Ken Hixon | Screenplay |
| Karen Golden | Script Supervisor |
| Don Sharpe | Supervising Sound Editor |
| Marcy G. Kaplan | Production Supervisor |
| Christina Ritzi | Stunts |
| Christopher J. Tuck | Stunts |
| Jonathan Watson | Second Assistant Director |
| John Pritchett | Sound Mixer |
| Anthony Gaudioz | Camera Operator |
| Nick Shuster | Second Assistant Camera |
| Stephen Johnstone | Best Boy Electric |
| Carl A. Vidnic | Electrician |
| Bobby Huber | Key Grip |
| Jeffrey A. Johnson | Grip |
| Edward Filian | Grip |
| Jennifer Nickson | Assistant Production Coordinator |
| Kim Jordan | Assistant Location Manager |
| Jonny Pray | Set Costumer |
| Alfred N. Martin Jr. | Costumer |
| Ken Ryan | Production Accountant |
| Logan Breit | First Assistant Editor |
| B. Tennyson Sebastian III | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Anthony Cleal | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| David Sharpe | Assistant Sound Editor |
| Alastair Sirkett | Assistant Sound Editor |
| Michael Connell | Music Editor |
| Alberto Christiano Lombardo | Assistant Property Master |
| Kinney Booker | Set Dresser |
| Peter J. Lakoff | Set Dresser |
| Chris Snyder | Construction Coordinator |
| Ray Lovejoy | Editor |
| Randy Nolen | Steadicam Operator |
| William V. Ryder | Art Direction |
| Jennifer Bell | Key Hair Stylist |
| Fiona Jackson | Stunts |
| Jim Stephan | Stunts |
| Vincent Agostino | First Assistant Director |
| Steve Cooper | Set Designer |
| John Glaeser | Cableman |
| Michael A. FauntLeRoy Sr. | First Assistant Camera |
| Rick Maddux | Best Boy Electric |
| Randy Alderson | Electrician |
| David L. Whitham | Electrician |
| John W. Murphy | Dolly Grip |
| Kent Alexander | Grip |
| Jean Maninger | Production Coordinator |
| Robin Citrin | Location Manager |
| Bridget Ostersehlte | Key Costumer |
| Adrienne Childers | Costumer |
| Mindy Hall | Key Makeup Artist |
| Brenda Morris | Payroll Accountant |
| James Bolt | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Michael A. Carter | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Matt Grimes | Dialogue Editor |
| Gill MacDonald | Assistant Sound Editor |
| Graham Sutton | Music Editor |
| Peter Bankins | Property Master |
| Karin L. McGaughey | Set Dresser |
| Douglas McKay | Set Dresser |
| James Fredburg | Special Effects Coordinator |
| Dan Moore | Video Assist Operator |
| Stephen R. Sheridan | Color Timer |
| Val Harris | Leadman |
| Billy G. Arter | Transportation Coordinator |
| Gary Burritt | Negative Cutter |
| Mic Rodgers | Stunts |
| Denney Pierce | Stunts |
| Sue Miller | Short Story |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Brian Grazer | Producer |
| Ron Howard | Producer |
| Jack Cummins | Executive Producer |
| Karen Kehela Sherwood | Executive Producer |
| Janet Meyers | Producer |
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