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Inventing the Abbotts

  • Release Date: 1997
  • Genre: Soundtrack
  • Label: Colosseum

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The soundtrack to the period romantic drama features music from the London Metropolitan Orchestra (conducted by Michael Kamen) along with recordings from Leadbelly, the Elegants, Tara MacLean and ex-Stray Cats members Slim Jim Phantom and Lee Rocker. ~ Jason Ankeny, All Music Guide

Tracks

Track Title iTunes Composers Performers Time
On Springfield Mountain
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Michael Kamen, Tara MacLean, Traditional Tara MacLean (3:32)
Inventing the Abbotts
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Michael Kamen Jeff Baxter, Slim Jim Phantom, Lee Rocker (1:46)
Little Star
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Vito Picone, Arthur Venosa The Elegants (2:43)
Thunder and Lightning
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Jeff Baxter, Slim Jim Phantom, Lee Rocker Jeff Baxter, Slim Jim Phantom, Lee Rocker (3:43)
Jacey and Eleanor (In the Garage)
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Jeff Baxter, Slim Jim Phantom, Lee Rocker Jeff Baxter, Slim Jim Phantom, Lee Rocker (1:31)
Goodnight Irene
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Leadbelly, John A. Lomax Leadbelly (1:54)
Picnic
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Michael Kamen London Metropolitan Orchestra (2:00)
The Barn
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Michael Kamen London Metropolitan Orchestra (2:47)
Eleanor Leave
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Michael Kamen Jeff Baxter, Slim Jim Phantom, Lee Rocker (1:37)
Falling Out of the Tree
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Michael Kamen Jeff Baxter, Slim Jim Phantom, Lee Rocker (:55)
Boathouse
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Michael Kamen London Metropolitan Orchestra (2:35)
Re-Inventing the Abbotts
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Michael Kamen Jeff Baxter, Slim Jim Phantom, Lee Rocker (7:03)
Toasted Pam
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Michael Kamen Jeff Baxter, Slim Jim Phantom, Lee Rocker (2:16)
Mom's Death
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Michael Kamen London Metropolitan Orchestra (1:42)
Doug and Pam
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Michael Kamen London Metropolitan Orchestra (5:37)
Undecided
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Charlie Shavers, Sydney Robin Claire Martin, Ray Gelato (3:08)

Credits

Leadbelly (Performer), Michael Kamen (Arranger), Michael Kamen (Conductor), Michael Kamen (Producer), Michael Kamen (Orchestration), Michael Kamen (Adaptation), Robert Kraft (Music Supervisor), The Elegants (Performer), Jeff Baxter (Guitar), Jeff Baxter (Performer), Christopher S. Brooks (Producer), Christopher S. Brooks (Music Supervisor), Michael Connell (Editing), Jesse Levy (Orchestration), Stephen McLaughlin (Producer), Stephen McLaughlin (Engineer), Stephen McLaughlin (Mixing), Slim Jim Phantom (Drums), Slim Jim Phantom (Performer), Lee Rocker (Bass), Lee Rocker (Performer), David Sabee (Music Contractor), Claire Martin (Performer), Tara MacLean (Performer), Graham Sutton (Editing), Vic Fraser (Music Preparation), Steve Lotwis (Editing), Jeff Pollack (Music Consultant), Sacha Putnam (Orchestration), Ed Schearmur (Orchestration), Pat Takahashi (Music Preparation), Ralph Alfonso (Cover Design), Ray Gelato (Performer), Andy Brown (Music Contractor), London Metropolitan Orchestra (Performer)
 
 
Wikipedia: Inventing the Abbotts
Inventing the Abbotts
Directed by Pat O'Connor
Produced by Brian Grazer
Ron Howard
Written by Ken Hixon (screenplay)
Sue Miller (short story)
Starring Joaquin Phoenix
Billy Crudup
Liv Tyler
Jennifer Connelly
Will Patton
Music by Michael Kamen
Cinematography Kenneth MacMillian
Editing by Ray Lovejoy
Distributed by 20th Century Fox
Imagine Entertainment
Release date(s) April 4, 1997
Running time 110 min.
Country Flag of the United States United States
Language English
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Inventing the Abbotts is a 1997 drama film and romance film directed by Pat O'Connor, starring Joaquin Phoenix, Billy Crudup, Liv Tyler, and Jennifer Connelly. The screenplay by Ken Hixon is based on a short story by Sue Miller. The original music score is composed by Michael Kamen. The film is marketed with the tagline "When you want it all but can't have it, there's only one way to handle life... invent it." Julie Benz has a small role as a co-ed who gets chatted up by Jacey Holt.

Plot summary

The lives of two closely linked families dangerously intersect in a small Illinois town in the 1950s. Though they are from the wrong side of the tracks, the working class brothers Jacey and Doug Holt are in love with the wealthy and beautiful Abbott sisters. Shy and quiet Doug, who worships his womanizing brother, has eyes for the iconoclastic Pamela, but Jacey's affections are more calculating: he's interested in whichever Abbott sister is interested in him.

At first, this is the wild sister Eleanor, but eventually Jacey sets his sights on the unhappily married oldest sister Alice. For Jacey, his conquest of the Abbotts is a form of economic revenge, as he believes that Lloyd Abbott, the head of the family, stole a patent that made him rich from the Holts' late father, John Charles. When he's eventually revealed as an embittered cad, Jacey's mistreatment of the Abbott girls makes the genuine affection between Doug and Pamela impossible for either family to accept.

Main cast

Actor Role
Joaquin Phoenix Doug Holt
Billy Crudup Jacey Holt
Liv Tyler Pamela Abbott
Jennifer Connelly Eleanor Abbott
Will Patton Lloyd Abbott
Kathy Baker Helen Holt
Joanna Going Alice Abbott
Barbara Williams Joan Abbott
Alessandro Nivola Peter Vanlaningham
Michael Keaton Narrator/Older Doug

DVD details

  • Release date: March 13, 2001
  • Anamorphic Widescreen
  • Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
  • Audio tracks: English Dolby Digital 5.1
English Dolby Digital Surround
French Dolby Digital Surround
  • Subtitles: English, Spanish
  • Special Features: Theatrical trailer, Featurette
  • Running time: 110 minutes

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