American Gigolo write the series for Showtime. American Gigolo American Gigolo is a 1980 American crime drama film written and directed by Paul Schrader, and starring Richard Gere and Lauren Hutton. It tells the story about a high-priced male escort in Los Angeles who becomes romantically involved with a prominent politician's wife while simultaneously becoming the prime suspect in a murder case. The film is notable for establishing Gere as a leading man, and was one of the first mainstream Hollywood films to include frontal male nudity from its main star. It is also notable for its Golden Globe Award-nominated musical score,
Just a Gigolo (1978 film) Roeg's film had played upon Bowie's earlier identification with science fiction and alienness, so "Just a Gigolo" fitted his then-current interest in pre-war Berlin, pricked by meeting Christopher Isherwood, whose "Goodbye to Berlin" had inspired the musical "Cabaret". The city had also been the recording location for Bowie's latest studio album, ""Heroes"" (1977). The singer has variously claimed that he took the role "as a favour to Hemmings", who at the time was also planning to produce a documentary of Bowie's 1978 concert tour, and because "Marlene Dietrich was dangled in front of me". Actually, the two stars never met.