Inventing the Abbotts (1997)

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To be honest, I wasn’t sure what to expect from this flick but since there was a vey nice cast, I still wanted to check it out. Basically, it was a decent story but, like I said before, the main attraction was the cast (Joaquin Phoenix, Billy Crudup, Liv Tyler, Jennifer Connelly). Back then, they were all very young, their stars were rising and it was pretty neat to see them together, plus, they... read more

Description: Joaquin Phoenix, Liv Tyler, Jennifer Connelly, Barbara Williams, Joanna Going, Billy Crudup - Dir:Pat O'Connor Forbidden love and impossible dreams intertwine when the handsome working-class Holt brothers are drawn to the beautiful and wealthy Abbott sisters. Sparks fly, passion flares, and family loyalties are suddenly torn and tested against a small town backdrop of social boundaries and dark secrets. "Inventing the Abbotts" re-invents the trials and triumphs of coming of age in a time of innocence that was anything but. In the placid, potboiler-perfect 1950s hamlet of Haley, Illinois, life revolves around the wealt Joaquin Phoenix, Liv Tyler, Jennifer Connelly, Barbara Williams, Joanna Going, Billy Crudup - Dir:Pat O'Connor Forbidden love and impossible dreams intertwine when the handsome working-class Holt brothers are drawn to the beautiful and wealthy Abbott sisters. Sparks fly, passion flares, and family loyalties are suddenly torn and tested against a small town backdrop of social boundaries and dark secrets. "Inventing the Abbotts" re-invents the trials and triumphs of coming of age in a time of innocence that was anything but.
In the placid, potboiler-perfect 1950s hamlet of Haley, Illinois, life revolves around the wealthy and powerful Abbott family, which boasts three strapping brunette daughters in addition to its other assets. On the other side of the proverbial tracks live two fatherless brothers--one idolizes the Abbotts, while the other seeks to destroy the family by systematically deflowering and debasing the sisters.
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