American Gigolo (soundtrack) American Gigolo (soundtrack) American Gigolo is the soundtrack album to the 1980 movie of the same name, starring Richard Gere and Lauren Hutton. The music was composed and performed by Giorgio Moroder and was released worldwide on the Polydor label. It peaked at #7 in the "Billboard" 200 Album charts. All the cuts from the soundtrack also went to number two for five weeks on the disco/dance charts. "Call Me" by Blondie is the lead song for the soundtrack and was played during the film's intro. The song, which in the early stages was an instrumental demo titled "Man Machine,"
The Spook Who Sat by the Door (film) in the early days of affirmative action when the first Black person hired by a company or agency would be seated close to the office entrance so that all who came and went could see that the company was racially mixed. The word "spook" in the title has a dual meaning: a racial slur for an African American and a slang term for spy. The same dual meaning plays a role in the plot of the 2000 Philip Roth novel, "The Human Stain", as well as in the film made after the book. This is shown in the film when