A Los Angeles escort is accused of a murder which he did not commit.A Los Angeles escort is accused of a murder which he did not commit.A Los Angeles escort is accused of a murder which he did not commit.
- Awards
- 2 nominations
Nina van Pallandt
- Anne
- (as Nina Van Pallandt)
Patricia Carr
- Judy Rheiman
- (as Patti Carr)
Macdonald Carey
- Hollywood Actor
- (as MacDonald Carey)
- Director
- Writer
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- TriviaDebbie Harry has said the film's main title song "Call Me" was inspired by driving and she visualized the film's opening sequence when writing it. She said: "When I was writing it, I pictured the opening scene [of the movie], driving on the coast of California." Harry was first given an instrumental rough track titled "Man Machine" by Giorgio Moroder and was asked to write the melody and lyrics for the song. Reportedly, this only took her a few hours to do.
- GoofsAt 17:12, the helicopter carrying the camera is clearly reflected just above the right rear wheel of the Mercedes.
- Quotes
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.
- Alternate versionsABC edited 21 minutes from this film for its 1983 network television premiere.
- SoundtracksThe 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
Featured review
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.
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- Also known as
- An American Gigolo
- Filming locations
- Sunset Plaza Apartments - 1220 Sunset Plaza Drive, Mt. Olympus, Hollywood Hills, Los Angeles, California, USA(Westwood Apartment Hotel, demolished 1987 and replaced by a totally different building - see GE at the actual address)
- Production companies
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Box office
- Budget
- $4,800,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $22,743,674
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $3,559,930
- Feb 3, 1980
- Gross worldwide
- $22,745,134
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