Inventing The Abbotts
Genre: Drama
Reviewed in Issue 26 of Widescreen Review
Stars: Liv Tyler, Joaquin Phoenix, Billy Crudup, Jennifer Connelly, Joanna Going, Barbara Williams, Will Patton & Kathy Baker
| Studio/Distributor | 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment |
| Catalog Number | 06088185 |
| MPAA Rating | R |
| Retail Price | $34.95 |
| Running Time | 107 |
| Color Type | Color |
| Chaptered/Scene Access | Yes |
| Closed Captioned | Yes |
| Theatrical Release | 1997 |
| Director | Pat O’Connor |
| Screenplay/Written By | Subscribers only |
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| Stars | Liv Tyler, Joaquin Phoenix, Billy Crudup, Jennifer Connelly, Joanna Going, Barbara Williams, Will Patton & Kathy Baker |
| Principal Photography | Subscribers only |
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| Soundtrack | Dolby Digital Surround |
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Subscribe FreeBased on the story by Sue Miller, Inventing The Abbotts is a dramatic coming of age tale set in late 1950’s Illinois and explores issues that exist in every generation. Five pivotal characters share their most intimate experiences together while growing up in the social constricts of the era. Two brothers, Jacey (Billy Crudup) and Doug (Joaquin Phoenix) Holt, are no match for the wealthy Abbott sisters: Alice (Joanna Going), Eleanor (Jennifer Connelly) and Pamela (Liv Tyler). But like moths to a flame, the working class boys are drawn to them. Years ago, Mr. Lloyd Abbott (Will Patton) cheated the boys’ late father out of a fortune and because of this, Jacey has his own designs for vengeance. Celebrating the power of love, the film blends beauty, warmth and humor to re-invent the trials and triumphs of coming of age in a time of innocence that was anything but.
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