American Gigolo

DVD Features:

Audio:

• Dolby Digital 5.1 - English

Additional Release Material:

• Trailers - 1. Original Theatrical Trailer

Interactive Features:

• Interactive Menus
• Scene Access

Description by OLDIES.com:

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 becomes the prime suspect. Richard Gere is electrifying as Julian in this stylish, sexually charged drama from Paul Schrader (Light Sleeper, Cat People).

Product Description:

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.

Plot Synopsis:

An escort for hire becomes framed for murder and needs his secret lover, wife of a noted politician, to provide his alibi.

Plot Keywords:

Deception | Drama | Essential Cinema | Framed | Prostitution | Theatrical Release

Exerpts:

"My God, it's taken me so long to come to you." -- Julian (Richard Gere) to Michelle (Lauren Hutton)

Production Notes:

• Theatrical Release: February 8, 1980.
• AMERICAN GIGOLO is very losely based on French director Robert Bresson's PICKPOCKET.
• The film was originally developed for John Travolta, who backed out of the project.
  At the time of its released, much was made over Richard Gere's full-frontal nudity scene.
• The film catapulted the little-known Gere into stardom.

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