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1980 Certificate 18
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Richard Gere is Julian Kay, a slick emotionally and spiritually deprived L.A. hustler in AMERICAN GIGOLO. While servicing an upscale clientele in the Hollywood area, he becomes involved with a rich senator's wife (Lauren Hutton), their relationship extending beyond Julian's normal encounters. Little does he know he is about to .. Read more

Starring Richard Gere, Lauren Hutton, Hector Elizondo, Nina Van Pallandt
Director Paul Schrader
Genres Drama

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American Gigolo

Richard Gere is Julian Kay, a slick emotionally and spiritually deprived L.A. hustler in AMERICAN GIGOLO. While servicing an upscale clientele in the Hollywood area, he becomes involved with a rich senator's wife (Lauren Hutton), their relationship extending beyond Julian's normal encounters. Little does he know he is about to be framed for murder, forcing him to rely on alibis from Madame Anne (Nina Van Pallandt), a crooked pimp (Bill Duke), or the senator's wife herself. A stylishly sleazy look at moral decay and redemption, director Paul Schrader combines a European cinematic sensibility with his usual themes of moral drift and emotional alienation in this vivid portrait of early 1980s chic Hollywood decadence.

Starring Richard Gere, Lauren Hutton, Hector Elizondo, Nina Van Pallandt, Robert Wightman
Director Paul Schrader
Studio PARAMOUNT HOME ENTERTAINMENT
Run time DVD: 1 hr 52 mins
Certificate Certificate 18
Genres Drama
Language DVD: English
Dubbed German
Hearing-impaired English
Subtitles DVD: Arabic, Bulgarian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, German, Hungarian, Icelandic, Norwegian, Polish, Romanian, Swedish, Turkish
Released DVD: 05 Mar 2001
Production year: 1980
Format DVD

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  • 3 stars out of 5

    Richard Gere romped his way to stardom in this glossy and controversial (for its time) story of a Los Angeles stud who services the bored wives of Beverly Hills. His detached view of life is threatened, however, when he gets caught up in murder and politics. This is probably still director Paul Schrader's biggest hit but, sadly, it hasn't dated well, and it now comes across as a beautifully designed but ultimately transparent walk on the wild side.

    • Radio Times
    • Posted 29 Jan 2006

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  • 5 out of 5 people found this review helpful

    Rated - 4 stars

    Dated but good

    American Gigolo was slightly dated but nether the less a great script from paul schrader the writer of such classics as raging Bull and Taxi Driver. It is very intriguing to watch cause its not often you get to see a film with the anti hero being a gigolo. For some reason in another way it is very undated because it has a very 80s feal to it similar to American Psycho but the thing with this it is for real. I would recommend watching the film as long as you are willing to just laugh off Richard Gere's terrible acting.

      • Simon from England
      • Posted 28 Jul 2004 14:09

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  • 2 out of 3 people found this review helpful

    Rated - 2 stars

    A classic, but dated

    I see what all the hype was about--Gere is incredibly sexy, slinking around apartments and bars in his 80's suits and horribly out of fashion sunglasses. But some of this movie (the supposedly hot love scene between him and lovely Lauren Hutton) is hysterical.

    It's dated. But still, a classic. A great 80's film! With some beautiful people and a couple great Blondie songs.

      • Zoli from London
      • Posted 19 Jul 2004 09:57

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      • Richard Gere is Julian Kay, a slick emotionally and spiritually deprived L.A. hustler in AMERICAN GIGOLO. While servicing an upscale clientele in the Hollywood area, he becomes involved with a rich ...