Taglines: The story of three very different women… with one husband in common.
Why Do Fools Fall in Love movie storyline. In the mid-1980s, three women (each with an attorney) arrive at the office of New York entertainment manager Morris Levy. One is a singer from Los Angeles, formerly of the Platters; one is a petty thief from Philadelphia; one teaches high school in a small Georgia town.
Each claims to be the widow of long-dead doo-wop singer-songwriter Frankie Lyman, and each wants years of royalties due to his estate, money Levy has never shared. During an ensuing civil trial, flashbacks tell the story of each one’s life with Lyman, a boyish, high-pitched, dynamic performer, lost to heroin. Slowly, the three widows come together and establish their own bond.
Why Do Fools Fall in Love is a 1998 American romantic drama film, directed by Gregory Nava and released by Warner Bros. Pictures. The film is a biographical film of the brief but intense life of R&B/Rock and roll singer Frankie Lymon, lead singer of the pioneering rock and roll group Frankie Lymon & the Teenagers for one year. Moreover, the film highlights the three women in his life, each of whom claim to have married Lymon and lay claim to his estate.
Written by Tina Andrews, Why Do Fools Fall in Love stars Halle Berry, Vivica A. Fox, Lela Rochon, Little Richard, Paul Mazursky, Pamela Reed, Alexis Cruz, David Barry Gray, Lane Smith, Paula Jai Parker, and Larenz Tate, who portrays Lymon. Little Richard also appears in the film as himself.
Why Do Fools Fall in Love (1998)
Directed by: Gregory Nava
Starring: Halle Berry, Vivica A. Fox, Lela Rochon, Larenz Tate, Little Richard, Paul Mazursky, Pamela Reed, Alexis Cruz, David Barry Gray, Lane Smith, Paula Jai Parker
Screenplay by: Tina Andrews
Production Design by: Cary White
Cinematography by: Edward Lachman
Film Editing by: Nancy Richardson
Costume Design by: Elisabetta Beraldo
Set Decoration by: Jackie Carr
Art Direction by: John Chichester
Music by: Stephen James Taylor
MPAA Rating: R for language and some sexuality.
Distributed by: Warner Bros. Pictures
Release Date: August 28, 1998
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