| American Gigolo | |
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| Directed by | Paul Schrader |
| Written by | Paul Schrader |
| Produced by | Jerry Bruckheimer |
| Starring | |
| Cinematography | John Bailey |
| Edited by | Richard Halsey |
| Music by | Giorgio Moroder |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | Paramount Pictures |
Release date |
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Running time | 117 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $5 million[2] |
| Box office | $52.7 million[3][4] |
American Gigolo is a 1980 American neo-noir[5] 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.[6]
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- ^ "The Unstoppables". Spy. November 1988. p. 92.
- ^ "American Gigolo". Box Office Mojo.
- ^ "American Gigolo (1980) – Financial Information". The Numbers.
- ^ Schwartz, Ronald (2005). Neo-noir: The New Film Noir Style from Psycho to Collateral. Rowman & Littlefield. ISBN 978-0-8108-5676-9.
- ^ "American Cinema of the 70s". The Story of Film: An Odyssey. Season 1. 2011. Event occurs at 28 minutes in. More4.