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American Gigolo(Movie, 1980)

FSK: 16+ years
| 1h 57min | Genres: Crime, Drama, Mystery
American GigoloRating: 3.1/5 (with 263263 votes)
American Gigolo is a 1980 American neo-noir crime drama 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 also notable for its Golden Globe Award-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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About American Gigolo

Julian 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.

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Additional Information

Production country: United States of America (USA)
Plays in: California
Derivative works/Adaptions: "American Gigolo" (TV show/series, 2022-)
Original language: English (EN)
Spoken languages: German (DE), English (EN), French (FR), Swedish (SV)
Translated into 23 languages: Bulgarian (BG), Catalan (CA), Danish (DA), German (DE), Greek (EL), English (EN), Spanish (ES), Persian (FA), French (FR), Hebrew (HE), Hungarian (HU), Italian (IT), Japanese (JA), Georgian (KA), Korean (KO), Latvian (LV), Dutch (NL), Polish (PL), Portuguese (PT), Russian (RU), Swedish (SV), Turkish (TR), Chinese (Mandarin) (ZH)
Status: Released
Release date DE: 05/15/1980 (World premiere: 02/08/1980)
Director: Paul Schrader
Screenwriter: Paul Schrader
Film Editor: Richard Halsey
Director of Photography: John Bailey
Composer: Giorgio Moroder
Performer: Giorgio Moroder
Costume designer: Giorgio Armani
Production Designer: Ferdinando Scarfiotti
Alternative titles in other countries (from previews, ads etc.):
"Gigolô Americano"
"Den amerikanske gigolo"
"An American Gigolo"
Budget: 5,000,000 USD
Revenue: 52,700,000 USD (= 1,054%)

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