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gigolo

[jig-uh-loh, zhig-] / ˈdʒɪg əˌloʊ, ˈʒɪg- /


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He worked with Paul Schrader, who wrote Taxi Driver and directed American Gigolo, on the director’s 2024 drama, Oh, Canada, playing the younger version of Richard Gere’s dying filmmaker.

From The Wall Street Journal • Sep. 30, 2025

The show was followed by a visit around the Giorgio Armani: Milano, Per Amore exhibition, which sees classic outfits, including Gere's suit from 1980 movie American Gigolo, set among Italian art masterpieces.

From BBC • Sep. 29, 2025

In addition to appearing in commercials, she also had small parts in some of her son's comedies, such as "Deuce Bigalow: Male Gigolo," "The Animal," "The Hot Chick" and "Big Stan."

From Fox News • Jan. 14, 2021

As reference and inspiration, he mentions such thrillers as the San Francisco-set "Jade" and the Florida-set "Body Heat" alongside L.A.-set movies such as "Dead Again," "American Gigolo" and "Bad Influence."

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 30, 2018

Photograph: Emilio Lari I had come to Berlin to work as the assistant director on Just a Gigolo, a film starring Bowie and Marlene Dietrich.

From The Guardian • Jan. 13, 2016




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