Willie & Phil

"Heads or Tails..."

Aug 15 1980 R 1h 55m
Comedy, Drama, Romance

Life imitates art when two Manhattanites — pompous teacher Willie and quiet photographer Phil — become friends after a thought-provoking screening of "Jules et Jim," Truffaut's classic film about a decades-long ménage à trois. Soon, the men meet Jeanette, a sexually liberated southern transplant who promptly falls for both of them. Frustrated passions curdle into jealousy as Jeanette entertains love affairs with each in the ensuing years.

Plot

Remake of Jules et Jim following the experiences over a decade of two friends who fall in love with the same woman, enjoyably satirising the 70's through the search by the three protagonists for their identities and making sharp attacks on cultural signposts of the decade along the way. The film also studies relationships, what its director calls "wanting something permanent yet wanting to be free".

Written by

Paul Mazursky, Henri-Pierre Roché, François Truffaut

Directed by

Paul Mazursky

Cast

Michael Ontkean, Margot Kidder, Ray Sharkey

Crew

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Production Countries

United States of America

Production Companies

20th Century Fox

Languages

English

Awards

N/A

Trailers
Willie & Phil (1980) - DEUTSCHER TRAILER
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