Inventing the Abbotts
1997 · 110 MIN · IMDB 6.4 · 14,614 VOTES · DIR. Pat O'Connor
Overview
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.
Dialogue Timeline — 1,002 lines
A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE
00:02:21 It's remarkable to me now just how little I knew then about the people around me.
00:05:46 There wasn't anyone who wouldn't do almost anything to be invited.
00:10:04 Cars, money, country clubs.
00:13:38 Yeah.
00:17:41 I felt free.
00:21:44 - Have fun. - You too.
00:24:56 Do you love me, Doug?
00:29:33 HELEN: Of course. Won't you come in?
00:33:04 Eleanor was just looking for a way out of the whole Abbott world.
00:37:44 OLDER DOUG: I became a social pariah after Pam's birthday party.
00:40:55 "The Howard Lambert Scholarship in Scenic Design for the Theater. "
00:45:07 [GASPS]
00:48:55 DOUG: The base of the jack. PAMELA: I didn't see anything.
00:52:12 Good.
00:56:38 ACTRESS: Never occurred to you to let me know where you were?
00:59:27 - I thought you said she's in Chicago. - She is. They let her out a month ago.
01:03:02 LLO YD: Alice.
01:08:43 Suit yourself.
01:11:56 ...I saw my mother cry. I felt sad leaving Haley for college...
01:16:50 I'm sorry.
01:19:52 Now, far from Haley, I believed it would finally be different...
01:24:06 I tried every way I could to locate her. I even called my mother...
01:28:59 Do you wanna get something to eat?
01:33:21 I want to talk to you.
Cast & Characters
Dialogue Record
Lines indexed1,002
Dialogue density9.1 lines / min
First line00:02:21
Final line01:33:21
Production Record
DirectorPat O'Connor
LanguageEnglish
Revenue$5,926,128
IMDb votes14,614