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American Gigolo
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American Gigolo is an American drama, crime, erotic, and mystery film in the English language, directed and written by Paul Schrader. Filmed in California, including Malibu, it stars Richard Gere, Lauren Hutton, Héctor Elizondo, and Bill Duke, with cinematography by John Bailey, editing by Richard Halsey, and a score by Giorgio Moroder, who also performed on the soundtrack. It was produced by and distributed by Paramount Pictures, alongside Netflix, and has a main subject of the Los Angeles Police Department. Released in 1980 with a 112-minute runtime and a budget of $5,000,000, the film earned $52,700,000 in revenue and received 2 award nominations. It holds an IMDb rating of 6.3 and a Metascore of 57.
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6.2Julian makes a lucrative living as an escort to older women in the Los Angeles area. He begins a relationship with Michelle, a local politician's wife, without expecting any pay. One of his clients is murdered and Detective Sunday begins pumping him for details on his different clients, something he is reluctant to do considering the nature of his work. Julian begins to suspect he's being framed. Meanwhile Michelle begins to fall in love with him.
Cast
- Richard Gere as Julian Kaye
- Lauren Hutton as Michelle Stratton
- Héctor Elizondo as Detective Sunday
- Nina van Pallandt as Anne
- Bill Duke as Leon James
- Brian Davies as Charles Stratton
Themes
- infidelity
- detective
- suspicion of murder
- gigolo
- callboy
- murder
- los angeles, california
- gay theme
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Ratings
IMDb
6.3/10
31,860 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
73%
Metacritic
57/100
- Year
- 1980
- Runtime
- 117 min
- Genres
- Crime, Drama, Mystery
- Rated
- R
- Awards
- 2 nominations total
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Key facts
- Directed by
- Paul Schrader
- Written by
- Paul Schrader
- Produced by
- Jerry Bruckheimer
- Starring
- Richard Gere Lauren Hutton
- Cinematography
- John Bailey
- Edited by
- Richard Halsey
- Music by
- Giorgio Moroder
- Production company
- Paramount Pictures
- Distributed by
- Paramount Pictures
- Release date
- February 1, 1980 ( 1980-02-01 )
- Running time
- 117 minutes
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Budget
- $5 million
- Box office
- $52.7 million
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- mystery film
- Country of origin
- United States
- Original language
- English language
- Main subject
- Los Angeles Police Department
- Movement
- New Hollywood
- Director
- Paul Schrader
- Screenwriter
- Paul Schrader
- Cast member
- Frances Bergen
- Composer
- Giorgio Moroder
- Producer
- Jerry Bruckheimer
- Production company
- Paramount Pictures
- Cinematographer
- John Bailey
- Narrative location
- California
- Filming location
- Malibu
- Duration
- 112
- FilmAffinity ID
- 971343
- Performer
- Giorgio Moroder
- Distribution format
- video on demand
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- publication date
- 1980-02-01
- distributed by
- Netflix
- film editor
- Richard Halsey
- title
- American Gigolo
- production designer
- Ferdinando Scarfiotti
- box office
- 22000000
- capital cost
- 4800000
- costume designer
- Giorgio Armani
- review score
- 57/100
- derivative work
- American Gigolo
- assessment
- Bechdel test
Sources (15)
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Encyclopedic overview
American Gigolo is a 1980 American neo-noir crime drama thriller film written and directed by Paul Schrader, and starring Richard Gere and Lauren Hutton. It tells the story of a high-priced escort in Los Angeles (Gere) who becomes romantically involved with a prominent politician's wife (Hutton), while simultaneously becoming the prime suspect in a murder case.
The film established Gere as a leading man, and was one of the first mainstream Hollywood films to include frontal male nudity from its main star. It is marked by its Golden Globe–nominated musical score, composed by Giorgio Moroder, and number-one single "Call Me" by Blondie. Schrader considers it one of four similar films, which he calls "double bookends": Taxi Driver, bookended by Light Sleeper, and American Gigolo bookended by The Walker.
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