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American Gigolo (1980)

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DVD Release Date
• R1: Feb 1, 2000

Budget USD 4,800,000

Running Time
1 hour, 57 minutes

Country USA

Studio Paramount

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Other Titles
• American Gigolo
• Mann für gewisse Stunden, Ein (1980)



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Genre: Drama, Prostitution, Deception, Murder, Drugs, Gay/Lesbian, Police, Infidelity, Erotic, Political

Tagline: He's the highest paid lover in Beverly Hills. He leaves women feeling more alive than they've ever felt before. Except one.

Plot: Julian Kay is on the prowl and looking for someone to please. Boyish and sensual, he speaks five or six languages, and is equally comfortable as a chauffeur for a wealthy middle-aged matron, and as a translator/companion for the lonely wife of an executive. He is the 'American Gigolo'. But Julian's love-for-sale lifestyle turns deadly when a client is murdered and Julian became the prime suspect.

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.

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 Directed by
Paul Schrader
Affliction, Auto Focus, Cat People
 Written by
Paul Schrader
Taxi Driver, Bringing Out the Dead, The Last Temptation of Christ
 Cast
Richard Gere
Chicago, Pretty Woman, The Jackal
Lauren Hutton
My Father the Hero, Once Bitten, Zorro, the Gay Blade
Hector Elizondo
Pretty Woman, Runaway Bride, The Princess Diaries
Bill Duke
X-Men: The Last Stand, Predator, Payback
Nina Van Pallandt
The Long Goodbye, Vérités et mensonges, The Sword and the Sorcerer
Brian Davies
Convoy, Masquerade, The House on Carroll Street
K Callan
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 Music By
Giorgio Moroder
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