Willie & Phil
5.9
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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.
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Cast
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Michael Ontkean
Willie Kaufman
Known for
Twin Peaks
Twin Peaks
Margot Kidder
Jeannette Sutherland
Known for
Superman
The Amityville Horror
Terence A. Donnelly
Juliet Taylor
Ray Sharkey
Phil D'Amico
Known for
Wise Guys
Cop & ½
Georges Delerue
Henri-Pierre Roché
Jan Miner
Maria Kaufman
Known for
Lenny
Mermaids
Anthony Ray
Known for
Shadows
Men in War
Ernie Bishop
Tom Brennan
Mr. Sal Kaufman
Known for
Fatal Attraction
Donn Cambern
Paul Mazursky Director · Georges Delerue Composer Claude Bolling Composer
Worldwide gross $4.4M · Budget $5.5M · United States release August 15, 1980
Box office
Budget
$5,500,000
Worldwide gross
$4,400,000
Gross vs. budget
0.8×
Production
20th Century Fox
Production
20th Century Studios
Production · Distribution
United States
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United States · August 15, 1980
Theatrical
Australia
July 16, 1981
Czechia
March 1, 1994 · Physical
Denmark
December 15, 1980
Germany
October 10, 1980 · Theatrical
Ireland
January 16, 1981
Japan
November 24, 1984 · TV premiere
Portugal
April 10, 1981
Spain
December 5, 1980 · Barcelona
Sweden
October 17, 1980
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