Hump Day & Chill

Richard Gere

A little while back I was having lunch with a friend at my favorite local Square One Dining. When this Silver Fox in a mask walked in, he oozed sex appeal out of every pore of his being. He sat at the table adjacent to me and my friend, when he removed his mask I kept thinking there was something familiar about him. Then it hit me Richard Gere was sitting next to us.

This of course got me thinking about his high profile controversial role in Paul Schrader's American Gigolo. It featured something rare in American Films, full frontal nudity courtesy of it's leading man, Richard Gere, naturally. 

Of course I then wondered if Tye Briggs had done a piece on this particular film for his Favorite Hunks & Other Things blog. Guess what? He did!!!

Thus today Minions we are going to Hump Day & Chill to Mr. Gere baring it all as the American Gigolo. Hey, that's what gigolos do, take off their clothes. 

You know what to do, the link below awaits your clicking!

https://favoritehunks.blogspot.com/2010/02/flashback-richard-gere-in-american.html 

Film Buff Friday: "Boardwalk"

Stephen Verona's "Boardwalk" Finally Released  1979 drama starring Ruth Gordon and Lee Strasberg,  from the director of "Lords of Flatbush"  For all of you Film Buffs out there this is great news as it is the first time this movie has been released on video at all. It is also great news for all of you fans, of which there are many, of the late great Ruth Gordon...Cheers!

Boardwalk is a 1979 American drama written by Stephen Verona (Lords of Flatbush, 1974) and Leigh Chapman and directed by Verona. It stars Ruth Gordon, Lee Strasberg, and Janet Leigh. The film has not been available on home video, until now. Boardwalk is a film about love, violence, and survival. It was filmed on location at numerous spots in New York city, including the famous but now defunct Dubrow's Cafeteria.  Married for 50 loving years, David (Lee Strasberg) and Becky (Ruth Gordon) have lived in the same Coney Island neighborhood for most of  their life together. But the area is not what it used to be, and their children ask them to move. A powerful and determined man, David states, "I left one country, I'm not about to leave another. This is where I choose to live and nobody, but nobody, is going to make me leave." But Becky becomes ill and David's cafeteria and synagogue are vandalized by thugs. David must make his final stance.  Boardwalk is Verona's 4th film. He's credited with creating the first music videos, starting with The Beatles... He produced over a hundred before retiring from the art in 1972, eleven years before MTV. By the time he was 27, he was nominated for an Academy Award for his live action short film "The Rehearsal" which he created, produced & directed. Not satisfied with commercials or videos, he moved on to write, produce and co-direct his first feature film, The Lords of Flatbush. This is the film that launched the careers of Sylvester Stallone, Henry Winkler, and Richard Gere, who were all discovered by Verona who says, "Stallone said that I created the character of Rocky, and Henry said that he took his Fonzie character from Sly." Stephen Verona's Complete Bio:  http://bit.ly/1deZvZ4 Order Links - DVD  http://www.seeofsound.com/p.php?s=MVD5925D     - Blu-ray  http://www.seeofsound.com/p.php?s=MVD6145BR