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L.A. Hustler becomes Involved with a Rich Senator's Wife

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L.A. Hustler becomes Involved with a Rich Senator's Wife

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L.A. Hustler becomes Involved with a Rich Senator's Wife

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Richard Gere, Lauren Hutton, Hector Elizondo, Nina Van Pallandt and Bill Duke in...

American Gigolo

( Catalog Number LV8989 )
(1.33:1) (2 Sides) (CLV) (NTSC)

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American Gigolo
1980 - 117 min. - Color
Genre: Thriller
Rated R
Country: USA

LaserDisc Movie Storyline:
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.

LaserDisc Movie Review:
A slick Los Angeles callboy finds love and redemption in Paul Schrader's ultra-stylish drama. High-living prostitute Julian Kay (Richard Gere, stepping in for John Travolta) has it all: the Mercedes, the clothes, access to Beverly Hills' swankiest establishments, and a stable of rich, older female clients. But it all falls apart after he does a favor for his former pimp (Bill Duke) and the trick turns up dead a short while later; Julian's actual client won't give him an alibi, and police detective Sunday (Hector Elizondo) doesn't believe the gigolo's denials. The one person who can help him is frustrated politician's wife (and sole non-paying bedmate) Michelle (Lauren Hutton), if only Julian could let down his defenses and accept her gesture of love. Mixing his admiration for European art cinema with a voyeuristic view of the seamier side of sex and affluence, Schrader renders Julian an inscrutable, emotionally disengaged purveyor of pleasure, decked out in Giorgio Armani clothes coordinated with Ferdinando Scarfiotti's meticulous production design. Amid critical doubts about its artiness and distanced eroticism, American Gigolo surprised everyone by not dying on the box office vine. With some audiences reportedly showing up for repeat viewings of Gere's seductive charms, it became a moderate hit, turning Gere into a star and Armani into the new fashion sensation. Whatever reservations one may have about the movie, it provided two indelible images of 1980s decadence to come: Gere's perusing his "artist's palette" of shirts, ties, and jackets, and Gere's cruising down the Pacific Coast Highway in his convertible to the New Wave strains of Blondie's "Call Me". ~ Lucia Bozzola, Rovi

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Cast for American Gigolo

Richard Gere
Lauren Hutton
Hector Elizondo
Nina Van Pallandt
Bill Duke
Brian Davies
K Callan
Tom Stewart
Patricia Carr
David Cryer
Carole Cook
Carol Bruce
Frances Bergen
Macdonald Carey
William Dozier
Peter Turgeon
Robert Wightman
Richard Derr
Jessica Potter
Gordon Haight
Carlo Alonso
Michael Goyak
Frank Pesce
Judith Ransdell
John Hammerton
Michele Drake
Linda Horn
Faye Michael Nuell
Eugene Jackson
Roma Alvarez
Dawn Adams
Bob Jardine
Harry Davis
Nanette Tarpey
Maggie Jean Smith
Pamela Fong
Randy Stokey
Harris Weingart
James Currie
Norman Stevans
Betty Canter
Laura Gile
Brent Dunsford
Barry Satterfield
Sam L. Nickens
William Valdez
Mary Helen Barro
John H. Lowe
Kopi Sotiropulos
Gordon W. Grant
Ron Cummins

Crew for American Gigolo

Producer Jerry Bruckheimer
Producer Freddie Fields
Director of Photography John Bailey
Composer Giorgio Moroder
Director Paul Schrader
Editor Richard Halsey
Irene Berkman
Tony Cacciotti
Beverly Davis
Lois Kramer Hartwick
Tom Jacobson
Eric Jewett
Patti Kaling
Gary Kalkin
Cynnie Troup
John Weismuller
Writer Paul Schrader

Feature Details

Title: American Gigolo
Feature Release Date: 1980
Genre: Thriller
Rating: R
Color: Color
Runtime: 117 Minutes
Picture: Pan & Scan
Ratio: 1.33:1
Playback Format: CLV

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Technical Details

Catalog Number: LV8989
UPC: 097360898965
ISBN: 0792113489
Manufacturer: DiscoVision (MCA)
Publisher: Paramount Home Video

Diameter: 12"
Sides: 2
Cover: Jacket
Spoken Language: English
Country: USA
Video Format: NTSC

Model: LV8989
Shipping Weight: 1 lbs
1 in Stock

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Near-Mint LaserDisc and Jacket with a compressed corner and some light edge-wear

Richard Gere, Lauren Hutton, Hector Elizondo, Nina Van Pallandt and Bill Duke in...

American Gigolo

( Catalog Number LV8989 )
(1.33:1) (2 Sides) (CLV) (NTSC)

LaserDisc Special Features

LaserDisc

American Gigolo
1980 - 117 min. - Color
Genre: Thriller
Rated R
Country: USA

LaserDisc Movie Storyline:
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.

LaserDisc Movie Review:
A slick Los Angeles callboy finds love and redemption in Paul Schrader's ultra-stylish drama. High-living prostitute Julian Kay (Richard Gere, stepping in for John Travolta) has it all: the Mercedes, the clothes, access to Beverly Hills' swankiest establishments, and a stable of rich, older female clients. But it all falls apart after he does a favor for his former pimp (Bill Duke) and the trick turns up dead a short while later; Julian's actual client won't give him an alibi, and police detective Sunday (Hector Elizondo) doesn't believe the gigolo's denials. The one person who can help him is frustrated politician's wife (and sole non-paying bedmate) Michelle (Lauren Hutton), if only Julian could let down his defenses and accept her gesture of love. Mixing his admiration for European art cinema with a voyeuristic view of the seamier side of sex and affluence, Schrader renders Julian an inscrutable, emotionally disengaged purveyor of pleasure, decked out in Giorgio Armani clothes coordinated with Ferdinando Scarfiotti's meticulous production design. Amid critical doubts about its artiness and distanced eroticism, American Gigolo surprised everyone by not dying on the box office vine. With some audiences reportedly showing up for repeat viewings of Gere's seductive charms, it became a moderate hit, turning Gere into a star and Armani into the new fashion sensation. Whatever reservations one may have about the movie, it provided two indelible images of 1980s decadence to come: Gere's perusing his "artist's palette" of shirts, ties, and jackets, and Gere's cruising down the Pacific Coast Highway in his convertible to the New Wave strains of Blondie's "Call Me". ~ Lucia Bozzola, Rovi

Thanks for Visiting DaDon's !

Reviews, Articles, Newsletter and Information for Movies on LaserDisc LD Laser Disc, LazerDisc.

Cast for American Gigolo

Richard Gere
Lauren Hutton
Hector Elizondo
Nina Van Pallandt
Bill Duke
Brian Davies
K Callan
Tom Stewart
Patricia Carr
David Cryer
Carole Cook
Carol Bruce
Frances Bergen
Macdonald Carey
William Dozier
Peter Turgeon
Robert Wightman
Richard Derr
Jessica Potter
Gordon Haight
Carlo Alonso
Michael Goyak
Frank Pesce
Judith Ransdell
John Hammerton
Michele Drake
Linda Horn
Faye Michael Nuell
Eugene Jackson
Roma Alvarez
Dawn Adams
Bob Jardine
Harry Davis
Nanette Tarpey
Maggie Jean Smith
Pamela Fong
Randy Stokey
Harris Weingart
James Currie
Norman Stevans
Betty Canter
Laura Gile
Brent Dunsford
Barry Satterfield
Sam L. Nickens
William Valdez
Mary Helen Barro
John H. Lowe
Kopi Sotiropulos
Gordon W. Grant
Ron Cummins

Crew for American Gigolo

Producer Jerry Bruckheimer
Producer Freddie Fields
Director of Photography John Bailey
Composer Giorgio Moroder
Director Paul Schrader
Editor Richard Halsey
Irene Berkman
Tony Cacciotti
Beverly Davis
Lois Kramer Hartwick
Tom Jacobson
Eric Jewett
Patti Kaling
Gary Kalkin
Cynnie Troup
John Weismuller
Writer Paul Schrader

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