American Gigolo (1980)
Not resolved against Wikidata yet.
What a model would be handed about it, for corpus:ask.
Who talked about it
Blank Check — Patreon
- Unattributed: 1 line, the speaker unknown or under 0.5 sure.
The Rewatchables
- Unattributed: 1 line, the speaker unknown or under 0.5 sure.
Came from
What the speakers say it drew on. Each is a speaker's account: “the maker said so” when they report the maker's own words, “the host's read” when the read is theirs.
No line says it drew on another film or person.
Led to
What the speakers say drew on it, marked the same way.
No line says another film or person drew on it.
Connected to
Old Dogs: 1 line theme ×1
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theme (theme):
Old Dogs → American Gigolo.
A podcast the speaker heard said Travolta turned down American Gigolo as too gay, tied to the film's homoerotic subtext.
“Travolta didn't want to do American Gigolo because it was too gay.”
Blank Check — Patreon · OLD DOGS - Blank Check LIVE! at the Bell House (May 12, 2022) · 1:01:05 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)
Richard Gere: 1 line career ×1
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career (career):
Richard Gere → American Gigolo.
Some would say American Gigolo, but it is not a charisma movie.
“Some would say Gigolo, but I don't think Gigolo is a charisma movie.”
The Rewatchables · ‘Internal Affairs’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan · 0:09:14 · Bill Simmons (0.40 sure it was them)
Where it came up
- passing in Blank Check with Griffin & David · Raging Bull with David Krumholtz, first at 0:51:57, 1 time
- passing in Blank Check with Griffin & David · Star 80 with Julie Klausner, first at 0:47:15, 1 time
- passing in The Rewatchables · ‘F1’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan, first at 0:35:04, 2 times
- passing in The Rewatchables · ‘The War of the Roses’ With Bill Simmons, Mallory Rubin, and Amanda Dobbins, first at 1:02:32, 1 time
- compared in The Rewatchables · ‘Internal Affairs’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan, first at 0:09:14, 1 time
- passing in Blank Check — Patreon · Full Metal Jacket with Jon Gabrus (Ad-Free), first at 0:10:16, 1 time
- anecdote in Blank Check — Patreon · OLD DOGS - Blank Check LIVE! at the Bell House (May 12, 2022), first at 1:00:57, 2 times
What was said about it, by kind
career (1)
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career (career):
Richard Gere → American Gigolo.
Some would say American Gigolo, but it is not a charisma movie.
“Some would say Gigolo, but I don't think Gigolo is a charisma movie.”
The Rewatchables · ‘Internal Affairs’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan · 0:09:14 · Bill Simmons (0.40 sure it was them)
theme (1)
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theme (theme):
Old Dogs → American Gigolo.
A podcast the speaker heard said Travolta turned down American Gigolo as too gay, tied to the film's homoerotic subtext.
“Travolta didn't want to do American Gigolo because it was too gay.”
Blank Check — Patreon · OLD DOGS - Blank Check LIVE! at the Bell House (May 12, 2022) · 1:01:05 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)
Fun items about it
None.
Who the speakers said made it
As said on the shows, not checked against the real credits.
- Paul Schrader: director (Blank Check with Griffin & David, Raging Bull with David Krumholtz)
- Richard Gere: actor (Blank Check with Griffin & David, Star 80 with Julie Klausner)
- Richard Gere: actor (The Rewatchables, ‘Internal Affairs’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan)
- Richard Gere: lead (Blank Check — Patreon, Full Metal Jacket with Jon Gabrus (Ad-Free))
- John Travolta: actor, turned down per a podcast (Blank Check — Patreon, OLD DOGS - Blank Check LIVE! at the Bell House (May 12, 2022))