16 Jul 1984
Paris, Texas
A man wanders out of the desert not knowing who he is. His brother finds him, and helps to pull his memory back of the life he led before he walked out on his family and disappeared four years earlier.
Inventing the Abbotts
When you want it all but can't have it, there's only one way to handle life... invent it.
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.
Top Billed Cast
Joaquin Phoenix Doug Holt
Liv Tyler Pamela Abbott
Jennifer Connelly Eleanor Abbott
Billy Crudup Jacey Holt
Joanna Going Alice Abbott
Kathy Baker Helen Holt
Will Patton Lloyd Abbott
Michael Sutton Steve
Garrett M. Brown Webb Crosby
Barbara Williams Joan Abbott
Alessandro Nivola Peter Vanlaningham
Nicole M. Vassallo Giggling Girl #1
Amanda Sherman Giggling Girl #2
Shawn Hatosy Victor
Julie Benz Co-ed
Zoe McLellan Sandy
David Frazier Ted
Margaret Ash Store Clerk
Clive Rosengren Principal
Susan Barnes Mrs. Porter
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