Einem auf ältere Damen spezialisierten Callboy aus Los Angeles wird ein Mord vorgeworfen, den er nicht begangen hat.Einem auf ältere Damen spezialisierten Callboy aus Los Angeles wird ein Mord vorgeworfen, den er nicht begangen hat.Einem auf ältere Damen spezialisierten Callboy aus Los Angeles wird ein Mord vorgeworfen, den er nicht begangen hat.
- Auszeichnungen
- 2 Nominierungen
Nina van Pallandt
- Anne
- (as Nina Van Pallandt)
Patricia Carr
- Judy Rheiman
- (as Patti Carr)
Macdonald Carey
- Hollywood Actor
- (as MacDonald Carey)
Handlung
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- WissenswertesDebbie 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.
- PatzerAt 17:12, the helicopter carrying the camera is clearly reflected just above the right rear wheel of the Mercedes.
- Zitate
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.
- Alternative VersionenABC 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
Ausgewählte Rezension
An example of 80's style
This is one of Richard Gere's first lead roles in Hollywood, and he doesn't disappoint. The film gives a little insight, a preview even, of the seamier side of the 1980's. Beginning with the shots of Julian Kaye's (Gere) Mercedes convertible, glimpses of Rodeo Drives and Malibu (all with Blondie screaming "Call Me"!), the film manages to be more than just a whodunit. Perhaps the charm of the film for me is that we're never quite sure what to think of Kaye and his married lover (Lauren Hutton), but their quest for happiness with each other is believable. And though the detective plot-line of the movie is a little contrived, Detective Sunday and Leon provide good opposite poles of this Sodom and Gommarah-like portrayal of life in L.A. In fact, Julian's verbal sparring with Detective Sunday provide a light contrast with the realistic portrayal of a gigolo on the run.
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Details
- Erscheinungsdatum
- Herkunftsland
- Offizieller Standort
- Sprachen
- Auch bekannt als
- American Gigolo
- Drehorte
- Sunset Plaza Apartments - 1220 Sunset Plaza Drive, Mt. Olympus, Hollywood Hills, Los Angeles, Kalifornien, USA(Westwood Apartment Hotel, demolished 1987 and replaced by a totally different building - see GE at the actual address)
- Produktionsfirmen
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Box Office
- Budget
- 4.800.000 $ (geschätzt)
- Bruttoertrag in den USA und Kanada
- 22.743.674 $
- Eröffnungswochenende in den USA und in Kanada
- 3.559.930 $
- 3. Feb. 1980
- Weltweiter Bruttoertrag
- 22.745.134 $
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What was the official certification given to Ein Mann für gewisse Stunden (1980) in Japan?
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