American Gigolo (1980)

Calificación de los usuarios:

5.9/10   

Director:

Paul Schrader

Guionista:

Paul Schrader (written by)

Fecha de Lanzamiento:

8 febrero 1980 (USA)

Género:

Drama | Crimen | Romance | Suspenso

Frase comercial:

His business is pleasure!

Plot:

Julian makes a lucrative living as an escort to older women in the Los Angeles area. He begins a relationship with Michelle...

Plot Keywords:

Framed | Male Frontal Nudity | Adulterous Wife | Nudity | Sex Scene

Premios:

Nominated for 2 Golden Globes.

Comentarios de los usuarios:

A Stylish Morality Play

Reparto

Richard Gere	...	Julian
Lauren Hutton	...	Michelle
Hector Elizondo	...	Sunday
Nina Van Pallandt	...	Anne
Bill Duke	...	Leon
Brian Davies	...	Charles Stratton
K Callan	...	Lisa Williams
Tom Stewart	...	Mr. Rheiman
Patricia Carr	...	Judy Rheiman (as Patti Carr)
David Cryer	...	Lt. Curtis
Carole Cook	...	Mrs. Dobrun
Carol Bruce	...	Mrs. Sloan
Frances Bergen	...	Mrs. Laudner
Macdonald Carey	...	Hollywood Actor (as MacDonald Carey)
William Dozier	...	Michelle's Lawyer

También conocida como:

Gigolo americano (Argentina) [es]

Duración:

117 min

País:

USA

Idioma:

Inglés | Sueco

Color:

Color (Metrocolor)

Relación de Aspecto:

1.85 : 1

Sonido:

Dolby

Clasificación:

Canada:18+ (Quebec) | Canada:R (Manitoba/Nova Scotia/Ontario) | Singapore:M18 | Portugal:M/16 | USA:R (Certificate #25613) | Norway:15 (TV rating) | New Zealand:R16 | Argentina:18 | Australia:M | Finland:K-16 | Hong Kong:III | Norway:16 (1980) | Spain:18 | Sweden:15 | UK:18 | West Germany:16 | Iceland:16 | UK:X (original rating)

Locaciones de Filmación:

Beverly Hills Hotel & Bungalows - 9641 Sunset Blvd., Beverly Hills, California, USA

Compañía:

Paramount Pictures

Trivialidades:

Christopher Reeve supposedly was offered $1 million to play the lead and turned it down.

Citas:

Julian Kaye: I've got to go to the health club.

Conexiones de Película:

Referenced in Relative Strangers (2006)

Banda de Sonido:

Love and Passion

A Stylish Morality Play

Richard Gere is perfectly cast in the role of decadent but vulnerable male gigolo cum prostitute who is framed for a murder he didn't commit. His emotional entanglement with a married woman (Lauren Hutton) is believable, but the film is above all a dissection of the emptiness of the kind of stylish materialism which was to become such a hallmark of cosmopolitan lifestyle in the 80's. Like many such morality tales, though, the superficial attractiveness of the 'style' as a way of life is liable to lead some to embrace rather than reject it as a way of bringing excitement into their lives. In any event, a stylish piece of cinema.