Richard Gere (78 - 83)

Days of Heaven '78


A transcendent Terrence Malick film. Gere is rough and hot-headed coal shoveler from Chicago in the early 1900s. Him, his girl, and his sister move out the Texas panhandle to work for a wealthy farmer. There they meet a "Malick, man vs nature" as well as a love triangle. Gere is phenomenal, this film is breathtaking.

American Gigolo '80


Surprisingly not a mainstream film. The scenes and the plot in this film are not the kind you see in the theater, yet, it put Gere on the map.

Breathless '83




From the get go you realize that this is not your usual film. And yes... it's a remake of Jean-Luc Godard's Breathless from 1960. The directer Jim Mcbride also wrote the script. Gere's character is obsessed with rock and roll, Jerry Lee Lewis, and the comic The Silver Surfer. The character are switched in this film, Gere is an American in Los Angeles who had killed a cop. He meet up with a French girl there... see how it's different? It was released in France as A Bout de Souffle Made in USA. Tarantino sites this as one of his favorites. There's some seriously hot and heavy scenes in this film, don't watch it with your parents.

The film is a comic book styled film... like a rock and roll Dick Tracy. It's wild and out of control and it's mainly due to the insane amounts of energy Gere brings to the film.