WRITER: Paul Schrader.
PRODUCER: Jerry Bruckheimer.
EXECUTIVE PRODUCER: Freddie Fields.
ORIGINAL MUSIC: Giorgio Moroder.
DISTRIBUTOR: Paramount Pictures.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| AMERICAN GIGOLO (1980) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||
| MORGAN'S RATING | |||||||||||||||||||||||
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||
| 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 been framed. Meanwhile Michelle begins to fall in love with him. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Richard Gere (Julian Kaye), Lauren Hutton (Michelle Stratton), Hector Elizondo (Detective Sunday), Nina Van Pallandt (Anne), Bill Duke (Leon James), Brian Davies (Charles Stratton), K Callen (Lisa Williams), Tom Stewart (Mr. Rheiman), Patricia Carr (Judy Rheiman), David Cryer (Lt. K. Curtis), Carole Cook (Mrs. Dobson), Carol Bruce (Mrs. Sloan), Frances Bergen (Mrs. Laudner), Mac-donald Carey (Hollywood Actor), William Dozier (Michelle's Lawyer), Peter Turgeon (Julien's Lawyer), Robert Wightman (Floyd Wicker), Richard Derr (Mr. Williams), Jessica Potter (Jill), Gordon Haight (Blond Boy), Carlo Alonso (Salesman), Michael Goyak (Jason), Frank Pesce (Suspect 4), Judith Randell (Cloak Room Girl), John Hammerton (Perino's Maitre D'), Michele Drake, Linda Horn (Girls at Beach), Faye Michael Nuell (Woman at Juschi's), Eugene Jackson (Bootblack), Roma Alvarez (Maid), Dawn Adams (Coed), Bob Jardine (Professor). | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| HE'S THE HIGHEST PAID LOVE IN BEVERLY HILLS. HE LEAVES WOMEN FEELING MORE ALIVE THAN THEY'VE EVER FELT BEFORE. EXCEPT ONE. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||
| FACTS | PRODUCTION INFORMATION | ||||||||||||||||||||||
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||
| - Christopher Reeve supposedly was offered $1 million to play the lead and turned it down. John Travolta also turned down the role. | DIRECTOR: Paul Schrader. WRITER: Paul Schrader. PRODUCER: Jerry Bruckheimer. EXECUTIVE PRODUCER: Freddie Fields. ORIGINAL MUSIC: Giorgio Moroder. DISTRIBUTOR: Paramount Pictures. |
||||||||||||||||||||||
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||
| CRITICAL COMMENTS | |||||||||||||||||||||||
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||
| "Feeble morality play, posing as a thriller, is further undermined by neurasthenic acting and some of the unsexiest sex scene ever." -- Leonard Maltin | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| QUOTES | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Michelle: How much? | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Michelle: Just one fuck? | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Leon: I taught you everything you know. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||