Inventing the Abbotts (1997)

Directed by

Pat O'Connor

Genre

drama film, romance film, teen film, coming-of-age film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 54m

Rated

R

Rating

6.3 of 10 from 267 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

Two brothers from a working class family grow up in a small 1950s town. They each become involved with one of the three wealthy Abbott sisters, leading to complicated relationships and family tensions.

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What happens

Inventing the Abbotts is a 1997 American period coming-of-age film directed by Pat O'Connor, and starring Liv Tyler, Joaquin Phoenix, Billy Crudup, Jennifer Connelly, and 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. The film focuses on two brothers and their relationship with the wealthy Abbott sisters. The film was produced by Fox 2000 Pictures and Imagine Entertainment and released by 20th Century Fox on April 4, 1997. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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