Original Title : Why Do Fools Fall in Love
Time : 116 Min
Genre : Biography, Drama, Music
Project Type : Movie
Year of release : 1998
Director : Gregory Nava
Writer : Tina Andrews
Producer : Paul Hall, Stephen Nemeth
Project State : completed
Origin Country/Region : United States
Original Language : English
About : 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.