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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.
Inventing the Abbotts
April 4, 1997
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Cast (24)
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Joaquin Phoenix
Doug Holt
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Liv Tyler
Pamela Abbott
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Jennifer Connelly
Eleanor Abbott
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Billy Crudup
Jacey Holt
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Joanna Going
Alice Abbott
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Kathy Baker
Helen Holt
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Will Patton
Lloyd Abbott
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Michael Sutton
Steve
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Garrett M. Brown
Webb Crosby
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Barbara Williams
Joan Abbott
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Alessandro Nivola
Peter Vanlaningham
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Nicole M. Vassallo
Giggling Girl #1
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Amanda Sherman
Giggling Girl #2
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Shawn Hatosy
Victor
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Julie Benz
Co-ed
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Zoe McLellan
Sandy
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David Frazier
Ted
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Margaret Ash
Store Clerk
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Clive Rosengren
Principal
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Susan Barnes
Mrs. Porter
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Andrea Post
Waitress
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Jack Cummins
Funeral Director
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David Heckendorn
Pre-Record Singer
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Michael Keaton
Narrator (uncredited)
Crew (113)
Directing
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Pat O'Connor
Director
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Jonathan Watson
Second Assistant Director
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Vincent Agostino
First Assistant Director
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Karen Golden
Script Supervisor
Writing
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Ken Hixon
Screenplay
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Sue Miller
Short Story
Production
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Ron Howard
Producer
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Brian Grazer
Producer
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Risa Bramon Garcia
Casting
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Jack Cummins
Unit Production Manager
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Jack Cummins
Executive Producer
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Marcy G. Kaplan
Production Supervisor
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Robin Citrin
Location Manager
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Karen Kehela Sherwood
Executive Producer
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Robert Graf
Location Manager
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Ken Ryan
Production Accountant
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Mayda Renizzi-Holt
Assistant Accountant
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Jean Maninger
Production Coordinator
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Jennifer Nickson
Assistant Production Coordinator
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Brenda Morris
Payroll Accountant
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Kim Jordan
Assistant Location Manager
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Janet Meyers
Producer
Sound
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John Pritchett
Sound Mixer
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B. Tennyson Sebastian III
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
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Stephen Lotwis
Music Editor
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Matt Grimes
Dialogue Editor
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Michael Kamen
Original Music Composer
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Frank Morrone
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
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Don Sharpe
Supervising Sound Editor
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Graham Sutton
Music Editor
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Terry Busby
Assistant Sound Editor
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Alastair Sirkett
Assistant Sound Editor
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James Bolt
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
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Christopher Brooks
Music Supervisor
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Rocky Phelan
Sound Editor
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Michael Connell
Music Editor
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David M. Roberts
Boom Operator
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Gill MacDonald
Assistant Sound Editor
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Anthony Cleal
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
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David Sharpe
Assistant Sound Editor
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Michael A. Carter
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Art
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Steve Cooper
Set Designer
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Gary Frutkoff
Production Design
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Chris Snyder
Construction Coordinator
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Karin L. McGaughey
Set Dresser
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Val Harris
Leadman
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Louisa Bonnie
Set Designer
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Kinney Booker
Set Dresser
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Peter Bankins
Property Master
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Alberto Christiano Lombardo
Assistant Property Master
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William V. Ryder
Art Direction
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Peter J. Lakoff
Set Dresser
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Kathryn Peters
Set Decoration
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John Berger
Assistant Art Director
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Douglas McKay
Set Dresser
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Terry Doherty
Set Dresser
Camera
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Scott Hillman
Best Boy Grip
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Bobby Huber
Key Grip
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Michael A. FauntLeRoy Sr.
First Assistant Camera
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Kenneth MacMillan
Director of Photography
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Jeffrey A. Johnson
Grip
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Anthony Gaudioz
Camera Operator
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Edward Filian
Grip
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Merie Weismiller Wallace
Still Photographer
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Michael Fauntleroy Jr.
Camera Loader
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John W. Murphy
Dolly Grip
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Randy Nolen
Steadicam Operator
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Rick Uva
Grip
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Nick Shuster
Second Assistant Camera
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Kent Alexander
Grip
Costume & Make-Up
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Alison Gail Bixby
Set Costumer
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Aggie Guerard Rodgers
Costume Design
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Jennifer Bell
Key Hair Stylist
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Mindy Hall
Key Makeup Artist
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Adrienne Childers
Costumer
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Medusah
Hair Department Head
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Winnie D. Brown
Costume Supervisor
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Bridget Ostersehlte
Key Costumer
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Alfred N. Martin Jr.
Costumer
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Steffani Lincecum
Seamstress
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Julie Hewett
Makeup Department Head
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Jonny Pray
Set Costumer
Crew
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Denney Pierce
Stunts
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Tim Trella
Stunts
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Mic Rodgers
Stunts
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Joey Box
Stunts
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Michael Runyard
Stunt Coordinator
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Chris Tuck
Stunts
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Shane Dixon
Stunt Coordinator
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John Moio
Stunt Coordinator
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Dan Moore
Video Assist Operator
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Jim Stephan
Stunts
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Christina Ritzi
Stunts
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John Glaeser
Cableman
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James Fredburg
Special Effects Coordinator
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Billy G. Arter
Transportation Coordinator
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James B.G. Ricketts
Stunts
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Peggy Mulloy
Unit Publicist
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Fiona Jackson
Stunts
Editing
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Ray Lovejoy
Editor
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Gary Burritt
Negative Cutter
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Stephen R. Sheridan
Color Timer
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Logan Breit
First Assistant Editor
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Kirsten Chalker
Assistant Editor
Lighting
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Stuart Abramson
Key Rigging Grip
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Stephen Johnstone
Best Boy Electric
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Rick Maddux
Best Boy Electric
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Randy Alderson
Electrician
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David L. Whitham
Electrician
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Richard Smock
Rigging Gaffer
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E. Christopher Reed
Electrician
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Patrick Murray
Gaffer
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Carl A. Vidnic
Electrician