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AllianceBernstein Variable Products Series Fund, Inc.
File Nos. 33-18647 and 811-05398.



ALLIANCEBERNSTEIN INVESTMENT
RESEARCH AND MANAGEMENT [LOGO] (SM)


                          ALLIANCEBERNSTEIN VARIABLE PRODUCTS SERIES FUND, INC.

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      Supplement dated October 3, 2003 to the Prospectuses dated May 1, 2003
that offer the Class A and Class B shares of AllianceBernstein Variable Products
Series Fund, Inc. (the "Fund"). This Supplement provides additional information
under the heading "Management of the Portfolios" and supersedes certain
information relating to the AllianceBernstein Technology Portfolio and the
AllianceBernstein Americas Government Income Portfolio under the heading
"Management of the Portfolios-Portfolio Managers" in the Prospectuses.

Management of the Portfolios

      Alliance Capital Management L.P., the Fund's Adviser, has issued a press
release announcing that it has been contacted by the Office of the New York
State Attorney General ("NYAG") and the United States Securities and Exchange
Commission ("SEC") in connection with their investigation of practices in the
mutual fund industry identified as "market timing" and "late trading" of mutual
fund shares, and that Alliance Capital has been providing full cooperation.

      Alliance Capital also announced that, based on the preliminary results of
its own ongoing internal investigation concerning mutual fund transactions, it
has identified conflicts of interest in connection with certain market timing
transactions. In this regard, Alliance Capital has suspended two of its
employees, one of whom had been an officer of the Fund and the portfolio manager
of the Fund's AllianceBernstein Technology Portfolio, and the other of whom had
been an executive involved in selling Alliance Capital's hedge fund products.

      Alliance Capital also announced that its Board of Directors authorized a
special committee, comprised of the members of Alliance Capital's Audit
Committee and the other independent member of the Board, to direct and oversee a
comprehensive review of the facts and circumstances relevant to the SEC's and
the NYAG's investigations.

Management of the Portfolios-Portfolio Managers

Technology Portfolio

      Effective September 30, 2003, Janet Walsh is the person who is primarily
responsible for the day-to-day management of the AllianceBernstein Technology
Portfolio. Ms. Walsh is a Senior Vice President of Alliance Capital Management
Corporation ("ACMC"), with which she has been associated since prior to 1998.

Americas Government Income Portfolio

      Paul J. DeNoon, Douglas J. Peebles, and Michael L. Mon, are the persons
who are primarily responsible for the day-to-day management of the Portfolio.
Mr. Peebles and Mr. Mon replace Ivan Rudolph-Shabinsky and Sean Kelleher. Mr.
Peebles is a Senior Vice President of ACMC, with which he has been associated
since prior to 1998. Mr. Mon is a Vice President of ACMC, with which he has been
associated since June 1999. Prior thereto, he was a Portfolio Manager at
Brundage, Story and Rose since 1998.

You should retain this Supplement with your prospectus for future reference.

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