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Inventing the Abbotts is a american film of genre Drama directed by Pat O'Connor released in USA on 4 april 1997 with Liv Tyler
Inventing the Abbotts (1997)
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Add to a movie listReleased in USA 4 april 1997
Length 1h50
Directed by Pat O'Connor
OriginUSA
Themes Children's films
Rating63%
Inventing the Abbotts is a 1997 coming-of-age film directed by Pat O'Connor, starring Liv Tyler, Joaquin Phoenix, Billy Crudup, Jennifer Connelly, as well as Joanna Going. The screenplay by Ken Hixon is based on a short story by Sue Miller. The original music score was composed by Michael Kamen.
Synopsis
The lives of two closely linked families dangerously intersect in a small Illinois town in the 1950s. Two brothers, J.C. and Doug Holt are growing up in Haley, Illinois, sons of a working single mother. Their father, a reckless risk-taker, has lost his life via a bet with Lloyd Abbott (Will Patton), his business partner. Abbott eventually becomes one of the town's foremost, wealthiest and most-admired citizens. The lives of the Holts and the Abbotts are intertwined through various entanglements. Lloyd Abbott and his distant wife, Joan, are the parents of three beautiful daughters, Alice, Eleanor and Pamela.Actors
Liv Tyler
(Pamela Abbott)
Joaquin Phoenix
(Doug Holt)
Billy Crudup
(Jacey Holt)
Jennifer Connelly
(Eleanor Abbott)
Joanna Going
(Alice Abbott)
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