Willie & Phil(1980)

movie - first aired/released 1980-08-15 - 115 min - audience 4.6

Comedy, Drama, Romance

Directed by Paul Mazursky

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.