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Overview

User Rating:
5.9/10   6,568 votes
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Director:
Paul Schrader
Writer:
Paul Schrader (written by)
Contact:
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Release Date:
8 February 1980 (USA) more
Tagline:
His business is pleasure! more
Plot:
Julian makes a lucrative living as an escort to older women in the Los Angeles area. He begins a relationship with Michelle... more | add synopsis
Awards:
Nominated for 2 Golden Globes. more
User Comments:
A Stylish Morality Play more

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

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 (as Patti Carr)
David Cryer ... Lt. Curtis

Carole Cook ... Mrs. Dobrun
Carol Bruce ... Mrs. Sloan
Frances Bergen ... Mrs. Laudner
Macdonald Carey ... Hollywood Actor (as MacDonald Carey)
William Dozier ... Michelle's Lawyer
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Additional Details

Runtime:
117 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English | Swedish
Color:
Color (Metrocolor)
Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Dolby
Certification:
Canada:18+ (Quebec) | Canada:R (Manitoba/Nova Scotia/Ontario) | Singapore:M18 | Portugal:M/16 | USA:R (Certificate #25613) | Norway:15 (TV rating) | New Zealand:R16 | Argentina:18 | Australia:M | Finland:K-16 | Hong Kong:III | Norway:16 (1980) | Spain:18 | Sweden:15 | UK:18 | West Germany:16 | Iceland:16 | UK:X (original rating)

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Trivia:
According to the book "The Meryl Streep Story" (1984), Meryl Streep was offered and turned down the role of Michelle because she didn't like the tone of the film. more
Quotes:
Julian Kaye: [begs to Leon] I'll do fag tricks. I'll do kink. I'll do anything you want me to do. more
Movie Connections:
Featured in Starz Inside: Fashion in Film (2008) (TV) more
Soundtrack:
Concerto in A Major (for Clarinet) K622 more

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21 out of 23 people found the following comment useful:-
A Stylish Morality Play, 12 May 1999
7/10
Author: Paul Arthur from London, England

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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