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American Gigolo

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American Gigolo (1980)

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Reviews Counted: 15 Fresh: 11  Rotten:4 Average Rating: 6.4/10

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Runtime: 1 hr 57 mins

Synopsis: 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... 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. [More]

Genre: Dramas

Starring: Richard Gere, Lauren Hutton, Hector Elizondo, Nina Van Pallandt, Robert Wightman

Director: Paul Schrader

DVD Info

Release:

May 8, 2008

[DVD Details]

DVD Features:

  • Region 1
  • Keep Case
  • Widescreen

Audio:

  • Unspecified - English

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06/24/06
Geoff Andrew
Time Out
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4/5

Pure fantasy.

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05/24/08
Cole Smithey
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2/5

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02/18/07
Jake Euker
F5 (Wichita, KS)
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3/5

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04/04/06
Jeffrey Westhoff
Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL)
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09/21/05
Chuck O'Leary
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06/12/05
Emanuel Levy
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01/15/05
Vincent Canby
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3/5

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01/03/05
Michelle Alexandria
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3.5/4

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10/23/04
Roger Ebert
Chicago Sun-Times
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4/5

Turn off the sound and just enjoy the visuals.

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10/02/04
Nell Minow
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2/5

Slick, empty and far from sensual

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07/09/04
James Sanford
Kalamazoo Gazette
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American Gigolo explores the flashy career of a male hustler.

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01/29/04
Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat
Spirituality and Practice
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3/5

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08/29/03
Carol Cling
Las Vegas Review-Journal
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3/5

A trama policial é fraquíssima, e nem Schrader (também roteirista) sabe como lidar com ela, já que o ato final da história abusa de cenas episódicas em fade, só para amarrar o desfecho.

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07/25/03
Pablo Villaca
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07/29/02
Philip Martin
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
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11/06/01
Movieline
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While certainly not Schrader's best film as either a writer or director, it is still an interesting signpost of the early 1980s

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02/27/01
James Kendrick
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01/01/00
Dan Jardine
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