Interesting that An American Gigolo was the first thing that came to your mind.. maybe Kicker meant "Richard Garriott", the creator of the Ultima series??
TBH I didn't remember Garriot's name at first... but the Richard Gere stuff was just a joke anyway
But what actually came to my mind was another movie that my mom was watching the other day, and I watched some of it with her... can't remember the name, but it was something like: Gere's character is a divorced guy, for some reason he travels to somewhere where he stays at a seaside inn, and he falls in love with the owner of the inn... then he goes to some poor country to help his son who's a doctor there, and he and the inn lady keep sending letters to each other. I can't remember the name of the movie though.
Anyway, really cheesy stuff... the kind that your gf would want to watch with you... but try not to snore too loud while she cries when Richard Gere dies.