Inventing the Abbotts

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.

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

Pat O'Connor

Director

Ken Hixon

Screenplay

Janet Meyers

Producer

Brian Grazer

Producer

Ron Howard

Producer

Kenneth MacMillan

Director of Photography

Ray Lovejoy

Editor

Michael Kamen

Original Music Composer

Jonathan Watson

Second Assistant Director

Vincent Agostino

First Assistant Director

Production Companies

Imagine Entertainment

Fox 2000 Pictures