American Gigolo
American Gigolo is a 1980 American neo-noir crime drama film written and directed by Paul Schrader and starring Richard Gere and Lauren Hutton. It tells the story about a high-priced male escort in Los Angeles who becomes romantically involved with a prominent politician's wife while simultaneously becoming the prime suspect in a murder case.
Plot
Julian Kaye (Richard Gere) is a male escort in Los Angeles, whose job is to sell his body to upper-class women. His job supports and requires an expensive taste in cars and clothes and affords him a luxury Westwood apartment. He is blatantly materialistic, narcissistic and superficial. He takes pleasure in his work from being able to sexually satisfy women, offering and selling his body to women.
More details
| author | Paul Schrader |
|---|---|
| contentLocation | California |
| director | Paul Schrader |
| editor | Richard Halsey |
| events | Los Angeles Police Department |
| genre | crime drama mystery |
| keywords | economic materialism frame gay hotel bar kink kinky los angeles male escort male prostitution materialistic murder narcissism narcissistic obsess palm springs pick up police department prime suspect sado-masochistic search spring state senator |
| musicBy | Giorgio Moroder |
| producer | Jerry Bruckheimer |
| productionCompany | Paramount Pictures |
| publisher | Paramount Pictures |
| recordedAt | California Malibu |
| theme | neo-noir |