American Gigolo
by Paul Schrader
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Actor: Bill Duke, Hector Elizondo, Lauren Hutton, Nina Van Pallandt, Richard GereDirector: Paul Schrader
Brand: GERE,RICHARD
Cinematographer: John Bailey
Writer: Paul Schrader
Editor: Richard Halsey
Producer: Freddie Fields
Producer: Jerry Bruckheimer
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround; French (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono; English (Unknown), Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround; English (Subtitled)
Format: Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD-Video, NTSC, Widescreen
Picture Format: 1.85:1
Running Time: 117 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2000-05-23
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Studio: Paramount Home Video
Movie Reviews of American Gigolo
Movie Review: A ladies man kind of a movie
Summary: 4 Stars
I remember when I saw AMERICAN GIGILO for the very first time on HBO back in the Summer of 1981 when I envied Richard Gere(Julian) for being a ladies man, since Gere would get paid for humping around with certain gals he dated or got set up with along with his chauffer job in addition to that, plus Richard Gere and Lauren Hutton were sizzling together in this movie, especially after Gere scores with Hutton for the very first time in total nudity, but the second half of this movie is kind of bizarre when Gere gets arrested & locked up for an accidential killing while defending himself against Bill Duke, which leaves a very touching ending to this movie between Gere and Hutton.
This movie also takes me all the way back to memory lane to when I was 7 years old and still living in the Imperial Valley in my hometown(El Centro, CA) since I was an Imperial County resident from 1974-1995.
Summary of American Gigolo
A male prostitute finds that his client, the wife of famous politician, won't clear him when he's framed for murder.Genre: Feature Film-Drama
Rating: R
Release Date: 12-MAR-2002
Media Type: DVD
Writer-director Paul Schrader viewed this as the second part of a trilogy that began with Taxi Driver and concluded with Light Sleeper--each dealing with a lonely man trying to deal with both his own dizzily spinning moral compass and the hypocrisy of the society that's trying to tell him what to do. Richard Gere plays a high-priced prostitute, an immaculately dressed stud for hire who services the bored women of Beverly Hills without ever allowing himself to be touched emotionally. His affair with a politician's wife (Lauren Hutton) changes that, at a point when he is being framed for a murder he didn't commit. Even as he tries to elude the law, he allows himself to become enmeshed with her in unexpected ways. Too cool and distant for some viewers, the film has a distinctive look and deliberate pacing--and about two endings too many. But it will keep you watching in spite of yourself. --Marshall Fine
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