

Inventing the Abbotts
"When you want it all but can't have it, there's only one way to handle life... invent it."
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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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)
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