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American Gigolo

  • 1980
  • 18
  • 1h 57min
PUNTUACIÓN EN IMDb
6,3/10
31 mil
TU PUNTUACIÓN
Richard Gere in American Gigolo (1980)
Theatrical Trailer from Paramount
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Erotic ThrillerSteamy RomanceWhodunnitCrimeDramaMysteryRomanceThriller

Un acompañante masculino de Los Ángeles, que atiende principalmente a una clientela mayor, está acusado de un asesinato que no cometió.Un acompañante masculino de Los Ángeles, que atiende principalmente a una clientela mayor, está acusado de un asesinato que no cometió.Un acompañante masculino de Los Ángeles, que atiende principalmente a una clientela mayor, está acusado de un asesinato que no cometió.

  • Dirección
    • Paul Schrader
  • Guión
    • Paul Schrader
  • Reparto principal
    • Richard Gere
    • Lauren Hutton
    • Hector Elizondo
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  • PUNTUACIÓN EN IMDb
    6,3/10
    31 mil
    TU PUNTUACIÓN
    • Dirección
      • Paul Schrader
    • Guión
      • Paul Schrader
    • Reparto principal
      • Richard Gere
      • Lauren Hutton
      • Hector Elizondo
    • 115Reseñas de usuarios
    • 55Reseñas de críticos
    • 57Metapuntuación
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    • Premios
      • 2 nominaciones en total

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    American Gigolo
    Trailer 1:55
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    Richard Gere
    Richard Gere
    • Julian
    Lauren Hutton
    Lauren Hutton
    • Michelle
    Hector Elizondo
    Hector Elizondo
    • Sunday
    Nina van Pallandt
    Nina van Pallandt
    • Anne
    • (as Nina Van Pallandt)
    Bill Duke
    Bill Duke
    • Leon
    Brian Davies
    Brian Davies
    • Charles Stratton
    K Callan
    K Callan
    • Lisa Williams
    Tom Stewart
    • Mr. Rheiman
    Patricia Carr
    • Judy Rheiman
    • (as Patti Carr)
    David Cryer
    • Lt. Curtis
    Carole Cook
    Carole Cook
    • Mrs. Dobrun
    Carol Bruce
    Carol Bruce
    • Mrs. Sloan
    Frances Bergen
    Frances Bergen
    • Mrs. Laudner
    Macdonald Carey
    Macdonald Carey
    • Hollywood Actor
    • (as MacDonald Carey)
    William Dozier
    William Dozier
    • Michelle's Lawyer
    Peter Turgeon
    Peter Turgeon
    • Julian's Lawyer
    Robert Wightman
    Robert Wightman
    • Floyd Wicker
    Richard Derr
    Richard Derr
    • Mr. Williams
    • Dirección
      • Paul Schrader
    • Guión
      • Paul Schrader
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    Reseñas de usuarios115

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    8Stoney-9

    An example of 80's style

    This is one of Richard Gere's first lead roles in Hollywood, and he doesn't disappoint. The film gives a little insight, a preview even, of the seamier side of the 1980's. Beginning with the shots of Julian Kaye's (Gere) Mercedes convertible, glimpses of Rodeo Drives and Malibu (all with Blondie screaming "Call Me"!), the film manages to be more than just a whodunit. Perhaps the charm of the film for me is that we're never quite sure what to think of Kaye and his married lover (Lauren Hutton), but their quest for happiness with each other is believable. And though the detective plot-line of the movie is a little contrived, Detective Sunday and Leon provide good opposite poles of this Sodom and Gommarah-like portrayal of life in L.A. In fact, Julian's verbal sparring with Detective Sunday provide a light contrast with the realistic portrayal of a gigolo on the run.
    8bsinc

    Excellent

    I was under the impression that "American Gigolo" was one of those "cult" movies I never understood why so many people liked in the first place. But I was utterly surprised by the user rating of this movie and the fact that there are only a couple of comments. But the biggest surprise is I actually liked the movie, I found it extremely interesting and thought it had a great 80's feel to it. Richard Gere, who never really impressed me with anything, is in the role of his lifetime, playing his playboy role to perfection.

    Director Paul Schrader made a smart movie that doesn't have to show everything in order for the viewer to know what happens and I liked it. The ending is very suitable and I especially love the last scene and Gere's last sentence which really touched me.

    I didn't really understand the plot, but with Gere, a great score that manages to keep a single song interesting throughout the entire movie and great directing "American Gigolo" stands high above average and is one of the best movies of the eighties. 8/10
    6grantss

    Okayish

    Okay-ish thriller-drama. Plot setup was good but it just seems to drift from a point. Ending is a bit trite and quite predictable. Surprising, as the movie is written-directed by Paul Schrader, who wrote Taxi Driver and Raging Bull for Martin Scorsese. Maybe he shouldn't direct... (though Affliction was great and Cat People was decent).

    Performances are OK. This was Richard Gere's breakthrough role.
    7TOMASBBloodhound

    Another sleazy tale from the mind of Paul Schrader.

    Fresh off his eye-opening 1979 effort Hardcore, writer/director Paul Schrader struck again in 1980 with American Gigolo. This is the story of a high-end male prostitute (Gere) named Julian Kaye. Julian caters to the every need of several well-to-do older women whose husbands either are unable or reluctant to satisfy them. Julian is good at what he does, and he knows it. But that's his problem. His subtle arrogance is beginning to rub others in his line of work the wrong way. After he is framed for the murder of a kinky wife, Julian finds that none of his associates will help him clear his name. Adding to his misfortune is the fact that in order to clear his name, he will have to reveal much of what he does, as well as the identities of some of his powerful clients to the police. Either way he's screwed. He either goes to jail for the murder, or he never enjoys his profitable career again. The only person who seems interested in helping him is a state senator's wife (Hutton) who has fallen for him.

    The film is really not bad. Maybe better than it deserves to be. Much of the credit goes to Richard Gere. Say what you want about the man's odd behavior off screen, but as an actor he is always top drawer. He plays Julian as a smug, intelligent, and sexually ambiguous young man. The performance keeps you guessing as much as the screenplay. Lauren Hutton is very beautiful and plays her part with classic sensuality. This woman never did that much after this, but she gives a fine performance here. Hector Elizondo is on hand as a sleazy detective, and look out for Bill Duke in an early role as a homosexual hustler at odds with Gere.

    As for the direction, Schrader does what he can, but he is much better as a writer than a director. There is nothing overly creative about how much of this film is shot. George C. Scott tried to convince Schrader to stick to writing while on the set of Hardcore. American Gigolo is a much better film, so maybe Schrader took those comments to heart and made himself better. Still, the man is just not quite the director you'd hope. Some of the scenes are just a little too stale, with only the actors to breath life into them. One downfall might also be the conclusion. The film just kind of ends without a lot resolved, and a tough choice made by a major character just isn't given the proper motivation you'd think it would need. That said, American Gigolo is not a bad film at all. It was better than I expected, and it is a nice time capsule from 1980 Los Angeles. Give it a try. 7 of 10 stars.

    The Hound.
    8Quinoa1984

    not what I or you might have expected: a subtle examination of class and society

    It's important that Paul Schrader put 'American' in his title. This isn't just something to make it a title that is easily recognizable or to know what country it's from. It's about an American state of being, what it is to be a gigolo who likes swanky suits and fast cars and, well, the women he gets what he has to work for. But what happens when this man's reputation is called into question, or what kind of reputation a gigolo has? Politics also comes into it, not too oddly enough, as Julian (Richard Gere) catches the eye of a woman who is married to a Senator. That the movie is technically a murder mystery, sort of, as Julian is accused of killing a woman who he had seen previously as a 'fetish' customer, is almost besides the point. It is good for the plot, but what Julian has to focus on, the big question for him, is what is he doing with himself? How do other people look at him?

    He makes himself a sex symbol, of sorts, as he works out religiously and always gets the best clothes (like a peacock perhaps). Schrader puts a lot of focus on the relationship Julian has with Michelle, who genuinely cares about him and is probably the only person he knows who is straight with him (certainly not the pimp played by Bill Duke, or his mentor who has her own gaggle of men and women to 'send out'). Of course sexuality plays into it, but I liked the fact that Schrader didn't focus squarely on it. He's interested in some of the mechanics of it (there's a scene where Julian/Michele do it, but it's shot much in the way of Godard's A Married Woman, lots of single shots of body parts, some flesh, but selective eroticism), and then, mostly, the consequences.

    But, again, the look of the film should be an indicator. This is Los Angeles of 1979/1980, but it portends the future decade not just in the city but in the kind of middle-upper (or just upper) class lifestyle of expensive restaurants, good drinks, good clothes, and sometimes good women (or just lonely older women). Schrader even has a way of looking ahead to the future with Giorgio Moroder's score, which takes Blondie's "Call Me" and turns it into a synth score full of dread and mystery and drama. On top of how the look, its stylish exteriors and careful lighting (the Bruckheimer look before Tony Scott took it over with smoke machines), and the depth of the script, Gere is also fantastic here. He was on a roll right after Days of Heaven, and here he lights up the screen with charisma, pathos, intensity, and a sense of where to take the scenes where they need to be.

    He, much like the environment around him, makes up what is the backdrop for a tale of morality in high society, hypocrisy where it may lay in the highs and lows, and what it means to fall in love. The only part it doesn't fully work is as a full-fledged thriller (again, the murder-mystery element is the weakest link), but everything else sparks the screen with interest and excitement.

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    • Curiosidades
      Reportedly, one of the reasons John Travolta turned the film down was because he wanted final cut approval but director Paul Schrader would not give it to him. Travolta allegedly kept the Armani suits especially tailor-made for him in the film. The picture is one of at least four films that Gere has done after Travolta had turned them down, the others being Chicago (2002), Días del cielo (1978), and Oficial y caballero (1982).
    • Pifias
      Helicopter carrying the camera is clearly reflected just above the right rear wheel of the Mercedes.
    • Citas

      Julian Kaye: Why me? Why did you pick me?

      Leon: Because you were framable. You've stepped on too many toes. Nobody ever cared about you. I never even liked you much myself.

    • Versiones alternativas
      ABC edited 21 minutes from this film for its 1983 network television premiere.
    • Conexiones
      Featured in Sneak Previews: Being There/The Fog/Chapter Two/American Gigolo/Fatso (1980)
    • Banda sonora
      The Love I Saw in You Is Just a Mirage
      by Smokey Robinson (as W. Robinson) and Marvin Tarplin (as M. Tarplin)

      Performed by Smokey Robinson & The Miracles (as Smokey Robinson and The Miracles)

      Courtesy of Motown Records

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    Detalles

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    • Fecha de lanzamiento
      • 1 de febrero de 1980 (Estados Unidos)
    • País de origen
      • Estados Unidos
    • Sitio oficial
      • paulschrader
    • Idiomas
      • Inglés
      • Sueco
      • Francés
      • Alemán
    • Títulos en diferentes países
      • American gigolo
    • Localizaciones del rodaje
      • Sunset Plaza Apartments - 1220 Sunset Plaza Drive, Mt. Olympus, Hollywood Hills, Los Ángeles, California, Estados Unidos(Westwood Apartment Hotel, demolished 1987 and replaced by a totally different building - see GE at the actual address)
    • Empresas productoras
      • Paramount Pictures
      • Freddie Fields Productions
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    • Presupuesto
      • 4.800.000 US$ (estimación)
    • Recaudación en Estados Unidos y Canadá
      • 22.743.674 US$
    • Fin de semana de estreno en EE. UU. y Canadá
      • 3.559.930 US$
      • 3 feb 1980
    • Recaudación en todo el mundo
      • 22.745.134 US$
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    • Duración
      1 hora 57 minutos
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      • Color
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    • Relación de aspecto
      • 1.85 : 1

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