American GigoloWriter-director Paul Schrader viewed this as the second part of a trilogy ... more
that began withTaxi Driverand concluded withLight Sleeper--each dealing with a lonely man trying to deal with both his own dizzily spinning moral compass and the h...
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Julian Kay is on the prowl and looking for someone to please. Boyish and sensual, he ... more
speaks five or six languages, and is equally comfortable as a chauffeur for a wealthy middle-aged matron, and as a translator/companion for the lonely wife of an execu...
American GigoloWriter-director Paul Schrader viewed this as the second part of a trilogy ... more
that began withTaxi Driverand concluded withLight Sleeper--each dealing with a lonely man trying to deal with both his own dizzily spinning moral compass and the h...
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Production Year: 1957 - Drama - Director: Leo McCarey - Original Language: English - Classification: Universal - Starring: Cathleen Nesbitt, Deborah Kerr, Cary Grant, Richard Denning, Neva Patterson, Fortunio Bonanova
Production Year: 2004 - Drama - Director: Nick Cassavetes - Original Language: English - Classification: 15 years and over, 12 years and over - Starring: Rachel McAdams, Ryan Gosling, Gena Rowlands
Advantages: Excellent acting, directing, storyline...the list goes on! Disadvantages: none
This movie is an absolute classic. I have watched it numerous times, and every time I feel as entertained and emotionally moved as the last. The movie is extremely thought provoking, to the extent that you will most probably find yourself re-evaluating your life as a result of it!
The plot:
'I feel like I've been in a coma for the past twenty years. And I'm just now waking up...'
American Beauty tells the story of Lester, played by the legendary Kevin Spacey, who wishes to break free of the norm of 'keeping up appearances', his wife Carolyn Burnham (Annette Bening) is so obsessed with. Annette represents the disillusioned being, who has lost sight of what he/she wants in life and believes that happiness is represented by material things and how 'in order to be successful, one must project an image of success at all times'.
Lester ...
Advantages: Unusual scenario, intresting subject Disadvantages: Little action.
American History X is not another Crime/Drama film,something like "hit and run". It's story about two racist brothers Derek and Danny. All started then Derek's younger brother Danny heard a noise outside and saw two guys snooping around his brother car. Derek ran outside and unmercifully killed them. He was sent to prison for 3 years. In prison he understand that racism and some other things that he believed is pointless and bullshit. Meanwhile his younger brother is trying to do everything like his brother, Derek is his hero.
Then Derek back from prison he saw that nothing has changed. His friends, Danny still are racists. Derek mission is change his brother before it will be to late and start a new life.
I like this film because of his unusual scenario also these things are happening in real life. In this film i miss more action. In ...
Advantages: nice songs, some humour Disadvantages: pretty poor stereotypes
Krishnagopal Reddy is an American born Indian who insists on being called Kris. He is an all round American youth who does not consider himself in the least bit Indian and he gets quite a horrid shock when he starts college and finds his roommates are all Indian. Soon after starting college he meets and falls for Nina, an Indian student who is very much into Indian culture and is not impressed by the fact that Kris knows so little about his roots. He joins the Indian Students Association to impress her but it's not as easy as he thinks as he has to help out with putting on a big Indian show and for someone who knows practically nothing of Indian culture, this is no easy accomplishment.
Does Kris impress Nina and win her over? Do his roommates forgive him for being so "American"?
American Desi was released in 2001 and although ...
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"...Gere [gives] a seductively low-key performance....One of his best films..." -- Rating:B+ (Entertainment Weekly, pp.88-9, 18/10/1996)
"...A hot subject....A cool style....Gere is notably convincing in look and manner..." (Variety, 30/01/1980)
DVD Description
Richard Gere is Julian Kay, a slick emotionally and spiritually deprived L.A. hustler in AMERICAN GIGOLO. While servicing an upscale clientele in the Hollywood area, he becomes involved with a rich senator's wife (Lauren Hutton), their relationship extending beyond Julian's normal encounters. Little does he know he is about to be framed for murder, forcing him to rely on alibis from Madame Anne (Nina Van Pallandt), a crooked pimp (Bill Duke), or the senator's wife herself. A stylishly sleazy look at moral decay and redemption, director Paul Schrader combines a European cinematic sensibility with his usual themes of moral drift and emotional alienation in this vivid portrait of early 1980s chic Hollywood decadence.
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