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American Gigolo is a 1980 thriller film, written and directed by Paul Schrader. It is informally considered the second installment in his "lonely man" trilogy, following the Martin Scorsese directed Taxi Driver (1976) and preceding Light Sleeper (1992).Holden, S., 2007. Crimes of the Naïve, Superficial Heart. The New York Times, [2] 7 December. Available at http://movies.nytimes.com/2007/12/07/movies/07walk.html 28 January 2010.

Plot

Julian Kaye (Richard Gere), is a male prostitute in Los Angeles whose job supports his expensive tastes in cars, stereophonic equipment, and clothes. He is, at times, blatantly narcissistic and superficial; however, he openly claims to take some pleasure in his work from being able to sexually satisfy women.