# Inventing the Abbotts (1997)

English · Released 1997-04-04

Inventing the Abbotts is a 1997 English film. Jennifer Connelly and Michael Keaton appear in it.

Cast: Jennifer Connelly as Eleanor Abbott, Michael Keaton as Narrator/Older Doug Holt (uncredited)

## Storyline
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.

## Common questions

### When was Inventing the Abbotts released?
Inventing the Abbotts was released on 4 April 1997.

### Who stars in Inventing the Abbotts?
Jennifer Connelly and Michael Keaton star in Inventing the Abbotts.

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