History Film / FrankieAndJohnny

Not to be confused with the 1966 film of the same name starring Music/ElvisPresley, or the 1936 film co-starring Lilyan Tashman, or the 1928 play that the latter was based on.

->'''Tim:''' [''after repeated phone calls from Johnny''] Excuse me, Johnny, I've got to hang up. We're expecting a call from you any minute.

->'''Johnny:''' [''waiting for Frankie''] [[SomeOfMyBestFriendsAreX I have a cousin who's gay]], by the way.
->'''Tim:''' Oh, most people do.
->'''Frankie:''' Ready!
->'''Johnny:''' He's a really great guy.
->'''Tim:''' I'm sure.
->'''Johnny:''' He just found out he was gay a couple of months ago.
->'''Tim:''' Well, I'll look him up in the directory. Under the new entries.

->'''Johnny:''' Now, there's a man and a woman. He's a cook. She's a waitress. Now, they meet and they don't connect. Only, she noticed him. He could feel it. And he noticed her. And they both knew it was going to happen. They made love, and for maybe one whole night, they forgot the 10 million things that make people think, I don't love this person, I don't like this person, I don't know this- Instead, it was perfect, and they were perfect. And that's all there was to know about. Only now, she's beginning to forget all that, and pretty soon he's going to forget it too.

''Frankie & Johnny'' is a 1991 American [[RomanticComedy romantic comedy]] film directed by Creator/GarryMarshall. It stars Creator/AlPacino and Creator/MichellePfeiffer -- in their second collaboration after ''Film/Scarface1983'' -- with Creator/NathanLane, Creator/HectorElizondo and Kate Nelligan appearing in supporting roles. It is a film adaptation of Terrence [=McNally=]'s two-person play ''Frankie and Johnny in the Clair de Lune''. The play in turn gets its name from the old American MurderBallad "Frankie and Johnny", about a woman named Frankie who shoots and kills her lover, Johnny, after [[DeathByWomanScorned finding him with another woman]].

''Frankie and Johnny'' is a 1991 American [[RomanticComedy romantic comedy]] film directed by Creator/GarryMarshall. It stars Creator/AlPacino and Creator/MichellePfeiffer -- in their second collaboration after ''Film/Scarface1983'' -- with Creator/NathanLane, Creator/HectorElizondo and Kate Nelligan appearing in supporting roles. It is a film adaptation of Terrence [=McNally=]'s two-person play ''Frankie and Johnny in the Clair de Lune''. The play in turn gets its name from the old American MurderBallad "Frankie and Johnny", about a woman named Frankie who shoots and kills her lover, Johnny, after [[DeathByWomanScorned finding him with another woman]].

!!''Frankie and Johnny'' provides examples of the following tropes:

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[[caption-width-right:310:''You never choose love. Love chooses you.'']]

''Frankie and Johnny'' is a 1991 American [[RomanticComedy romantic comedy]] film directed by Creator/GarryMarshall. It stars Creator/AlPacino and Creator/MichellePfeiffer -- in their second collaboration after ''Film/Scarface1983'' -- with Creator/NathanLane, Creator/HectorElizondo and Kate Nelligan appearing in supporting roles. It is a film adaptation of Terrence [=McNally=]'s two-person play ''Frankie and Johnny in the Clair de Lune''. The play in turn gets its name from an old American MurderBallad "Frankie and Johnny", about a woman named Frankie who shoots and kills her lover, Johnny, after [[DeathByWomanScorned finding him with another woman]].

[[quoteright:275:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/frankieandjohnny.jpg]]
[[caption-width-right:275:''You never choose love. Love chooses you.'']]

''Frankie and Johnny'' is a 1991 American [[RomanticComedy romantic comedy]] film directed by Creator/GarryMarshall. It stars Creator/AlPacino and Creator/MichellePfeiffer, their second collaboration after ''Film/Scarface1983''. Creator/NathanLane, Creator/HectorElizondo and Kate Nelligan appear in supporting roles. It is a film adaptation of Terrence [=McNally=]'s two-person play ''Frankie and Johnny in the Clair de Lune''. The play in turn gets its name from an old American MurderBallad "Frankie and Johnny", about a woman named Frankie who shoots and kills her lover, Johnny, after [[DeathByWomanScorned finding him with another woman]].

''Frankie and Johnny'' is a 1991 American [[RomanticComedy romantic comedy]] film directed by Creator/GarryMarshall. It stars Creator/AlPacino and Creator/MichellePfeiffer, their second collaboration after ''Film/Scarface1983''. Creator/NathanLane, Héctor Elizondo and Kate Nelligan appear in supporting roles. It is a film adaptation of Terrence [=McNally=]'s two-person play ''Frankie and Johnny in the Clair de Lune''. The play in turn gets its name from an old American MurderBallad "Frankie and Johnny", about a woman named Frankie who shoots and kills her lover, Johnny, after [[DeathByWomanScorned finding him with another woman]].

Frankie (Pfeiffer), a young woman with a DarkAndTroubledPast waitressing at a UsefulNotes/NewYorkCity diner has sworn off relationships. Her only friends seem to be her neighbor, Tim (Lane) and her coworkers at the Apollo Cafe. This changes when ex-convict Johnny (Pacino) gets a job as a short-order cook there. Johnny falls in love with her, but how can he convince her to learn to trust again?

''Frankie and Johnny'' is a 1991 American [[RomanticComedy romantic comedy]] film directed by Creator/GarryMarshall. It stars Creator/AlPacino and Creator/MichellePfeiffer, their second collaboration after Film/Scarface1983. Creator/NathanLane, Héctor Elizondo and Kate Nelligan appear in supporting roles. It is a film adaptation of Terrence [=McNally=]'s two-person play ''Frankie and Johnny in the Clair de Lune''. The play in turn gets its name from an old American MurderBallad "Frankie and Johnny", about a woman named Frankie who shoots and kills her lover, Johnny, after [[DeathByWomanScorned finding him with another woman]].

Frankie (Pfeiffer), young woman with a DarkAndTroubledPast waitressing at a UsefulNotes/NewYorkCity diner has sworn off relationships. Her only friends seem to be her neighbor, Tim (Lane) and her coworkers at the Apollo Cafe. This changes when ex-convict Johnny (Pacino) gets a job as a short-order cook there. Johnny falls in love with her, but how can he convince to learn to trust again?

* DyingAlone - Frankie and Cora fear this after Helen dies alone in the hospital.

* NeverBeHurtAgain- Frankie's reason for not wanting to get into a relationships [[spoiler: due to how badly she had been hurt in her past ones.]]

* WorkplaceRomance:Frankie and Johnny both work at Nick's Apollo Cafe. [[spoiler: Causes a bit of a problem when Frankie and Johnny are broken up and she changes her shifts in an attempt to avoid him. Then he changes his shifts too...]]

* WorkplaceRomance:Frankie and Johnny both work at Nick's Apollo Cafe. [[spoiler: Causes a bit of a problem when Frankie and Johnny are broken up and she changes her shifts in an attempt to avoid him. Then he changes his shifts too...]