Characters & Themes
Willie & Phil (1980) Characters, Setting & Themes Explained
- Release, runtime and language
- 1980 · 115 mins · English
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- Starring
- Laurence Fishburne, Ray Sharkey, Margot Kidder, Tom Noonan, Natalie Wood, Jerry Hall
Life imitates art when two Manhattanites—a pretentious teacher, Willie, and a quiet photographer, Phil—form a friendship after seeing Truffaut’s “Jules et Jim,” a tale of a decades‑long ménage à trois. They soon meet Jeanette, a liberated Southern transplant who falls for both. Over the years their tangled love turns to jealousy and rivalry.
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