American Gigolo Classic Blu-Ray Disc - Directed by Paul Schrader, Starring Richard Gere and Lauren Hutton - New Edition

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FILM DETAILS ON CLEARANCE SALE: REDUCED BY $6.00 Language Selections: Chinese ( Subtitles ) Danish ( Subtitles ) Dutch ( Subtitles ) English ( Dolby Digital 5.1 ) English ( Dolby DTS-HD Master Audio ) English ( Subtitles ) Finnish ( Subtitles ) French ( Mono ) French ( Subtitles ) German ( Mono ) German ( Subtitles ) Italian ( Mono ) Italian ( Subtitles ) Japanese ( Subtitles ) Korean ( Subtitles ) Norwegian ( Subtitles ) Portuguese ( Mono ) Portuguese ( Subtitles ) Romanian ( Subtitles ) Serbian ( Subtitles ) Slovenian ( Subtitles ) Spanish ( Mono ) Spanish ( Subtitles ) Swedish ( Subtitles ) Turkish ( Subtitles ) Product Origin/Format: Netherlands ( Blu-Ray/Region A/B/C ) Running Time: 117 min Aspect Ratio: Anamorphic Widescreen (1.78:1) Special Features: Anamorphic Widescreen Interactive Menu Scene Access Movie filmed in 1980 and produced in: Country: United States ( Region: USA, Canada ) Directed By: Paul Schrader Written By: Paul Schrader Actors: Richard Gere ..... Julian Lauren Hutton ..... Michelle Hector Elizondo ..... Sunday Nina van Pallandt ..... Anne Bill Duke ..... Leon Brian Davies ..... Charles Stratton K Callan ..... Lisa Williams Tom Stewart ..... Mr. Rheiman Patricia Carr ..... Judy Rheiman David Cryer ..... Lt. Curtis Carole Cook ..... Mrs. Dobrun Carol Bruce ..... Mrs. Sloan Frances Bergen ..... Mrs. Laudner Macdonald Carey ..... Hollywood Actor William Dozier ..... Michelle's Lawyer Synopsis: Julian makes a lucrative living as an escort to older women in the Los Angeles area. He begins a relationship with Michelle, a local politician's wife, without expecting any pay. One of his clients is murdered and Detective Sunday begins pumping him for details on his different clients, something he is reluctant to do considering the nature of his work. Julian begins to suspect he's being framed. Meanwhile Michelle begins to fall in love with him. Julian Kaye (Richard Gere) is a male escort in Los Angeles whose job supports his expensive taste in cars, stereophonic equipment, cocaine and clothes. He is, at times, blatantly narcissistic and superficial; however, he claims to take some pleasure in his work from being able to sexually satisfy women. When on an assignment for his primary procuress, Anne (Nina Van Pallandt), he meets Michelle Stratton (Lauren Hutton), the unhappy wife of a local politician, who becomes interested in him. Julian's other pimp, Leon (Bill Duke), sends him to the house of a financier, Mr. Rheiman, who asks Julian to physically abuse and have sex with his wife while he watches them. As Julian begins to get to know Michelle, he learns that the financier's wife, Mrs. Rheiman, was murdered. Los Angeles Police Department Detective Sunday (Hector Elizondo) investigates Julian as a primary suspect. Though he was with a client, Lisa Williams (K Callan), on the night of the murder, the client refuses to give Julian an alibi in order to protect her and her husband's reputations. As Julian's relationship with Michelle deepens, suspicion of the murder mounts against him. He soon realizes that he is being framed and grows increasingly desperate. His mounting anguish is visually represented by a degeneration in style as his clothes become rumpled, he goes unshaven, and he even rents a cheap commuter car after his Mercedes SL has been tampered with. Julian finally confronts Leon, who confesses that one of the other, younger gigolos who works for him had killed the wealthy man's wife, and Leon had conceived the plan to frame Julian. After an argument, Julian accidentally pushes Leon over the apartment balcony and he falls to his death. With no one to help him, Julian ends up in jail, awaiting trial for the murder. However, when all seems lost, Michelle risks her reputation and that of her husband to provide Julian with the alibi that can save him from prison. Julian Kay, a sophisticated male escort, has the whole pattern of his life changed by a chance meeting with Michelle Stratton and a sinister plot to frame him for a bizarre murder.