Task: Story Composition
Input (English): Fact1: group attempts robbery of safe resulting in police later arresting them, Fact2: Frankie In is let off with warning court, Fact3: Tommy After reunites with group release, Fact4: Tommy 's friend tells him about talented singer-songwriter, Fact5: producer Bob Crewe in signs them New York City
Output (English): In Belleville, New Jersey in 1951, Tommy DeVito performs together with his brother Nicky, and their friend Nick Massi, as The Variety Trio. He meets 16yearold Frankie Castelluccio, a barbers son, already well known in the neighborhood for his singing voice. Frankie has the admiration of Genovese Family mobster Angelo Gyp DeCarlo, who takes a personal interest in him. One night, the group attempts a robbery of a safe, resulting in the police later arresting them. In court, Frankie is let off with a warning, but Tommy is sentenced to six months in prison. After his release, Tommy reunites with the group, and adds Frankie as lead singer. Frankie changes his professional name to Frankie Vally, and then Frankie Valli. At a performance, Frankie is entranced by a woman named Mary Delgado. He takes her to dinner, and they are soon married. The group, now called The Four Lovers, is in need of a songwriter after Nicky leaves. Tommys friend, Joe Pesci, tells him about a talented singersongwriter, Bob Gaudio, and invites him to hear the group perform. Gaudio is impressed with Vallis vocals, and agrees to join. The band, having recorded several demos, attempts to attract interest, but has little success. One day, in New York City, producer Bob Crewe signs them to a contract. However, they quickly realize that it only allows them to perform backup vocals for other acts. Crewe says that the group does not have a distinctive image or sound yet. Inspired by a bowling alley sign, the band is renamed The Four Seasons, and they sing a new song Gaudio has written, Sherry, to Crewe, who agrees to record it. Sherry quickly becomes a commercial success, followed by two more, Big Girls Dont Cry and Walk Like a Man. However, before an appearance on The Ed Sullivan Show, Valli is approached by mobster Norman Waxman, a loan shark for one of the other Five Families, who claims that Tommy owes him 150,000. Frankie goes to DeCarlo, who gets Waxman to allow the group to pay the debt, which turns out to be considerably larger. Tommy must go to work for the mobs associates in Las Vegas until it is paid. Nick, irritated by Tommys irresponsibility, not being involved in the groups decisions, and never being able to see his family, also leaves the group. Forced to tour constantly to pay the debt, the band hires a set of studio musicians, and becomes Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons, with Gaudio now acting solely as songwriter and producer. Valli learns from his now exwife, Mary, that his daughter, Francine, now a drug addict, has escaped from home. Valli meets his estranged daughter and regrets not acting as a better father for her when she was growing up. He also arranges for Gaudio to offer her singing lessons and for Crewe to cut a demo for her. A few years later, the group has finally paid off Tommys debt. However, this coincides with the news of Francines death by drug overdose. Frankie and Mary both grieve for their daughter. Gaudio composes a new number for Valli to sing, his first as a solo artist. At first, Frankie is hesitant, as he is still in mourning, but eventually agrees. The track, Cant Take My Eyes Off You, becomes a commercial success. In 1990, the Four Seasons are about to be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. The band performs Rag Doll onstage, their first performance together in over twenty years. The music fades as the four men take turns addressing the audience. Tommy, in an ironic twist, now works for Joe Pesci, who has went on to become an Oscarwinning actor. Nick claims to have no regrets about leaving the group, enjoying the time he spends with his family. Bob has retired to Nashville, Tennessee. Lastly, Frankie states that the best time he had during his time with the Four Seasons was before their success, when everything was still ahead of us and it was just four guys singing under a street lamp.