American Gigolo Details

1980

Rated:
50
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Starring	Richard Gere, Lauren Hutton, Hector Elizondo, Nina Van Pallandt
Director	Paul Schrader
Genres	Drama

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
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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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
Fascinating but botched attempt to update and translate Bresson's Pickpocket to contemporary California. Gere is the... read more on Time Out
- Time Out
- Posted 04 Nov 2008
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5 out of 5 people found this review helpful

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 2 people found this review helpful

What a Disappointment

A Great film back in 1980, my wife and I saw this at the cinema and could not wait to see it again. But time has not been kind to this film. Plot was thin, Greer was wooden and oh so young. I have now quickly forgotten this film.
- - A customer from Sunderland, Tyne & Wear
  - Posted 27 Jul 2004 16:15
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