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Gia
1998
Gia Carangi (Angelina Jolie), one of America's first supermodels, lives hard and dies young in the glamourous, excessive urban wilds of 1970s New York City. The made-for-HBO drama was adapted by director Michael Cristofer and novelist Jay McInerney from the biography THING OF BEAUTY by Stephen Fried. This film features an early .. Read more
| Starring | Angelina Jolie, Elizabeth Mitchell, Eric Michael Cole, Kylie Travis |
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| Director | Michael Cristofer |
| Genres | Drama, Gay/Lesbian |
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Gia
Gia Carangi (Angelina Jolie), one of America's first supermodels, lives hard and dies young in the glamourous, excessive urban wilds of 1970s New York City. The made-for-HBO drama was adapted by director Michael Cristofer and novelist Jay McInerney from the biography THING OF BEAUTY by Stephen Fried. This film features an early screen role by Jolie.
| Starring | Angelina Jolie, Elizabeth Mitchell, Eric Michael Cole, Kylie Travis, Louis Giambalvo, John Considine, Scott Cohen |
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| Director | Michael Cristofer |
| Studio | WARNER HOME VIDEO |
| Run time | DVD: 1 hr 57 mins |
| Certificate | |
| Collections | 100 Feisty Females |
| Genres | Drama, Gay/Lesbian |
| Language | DVD: English |
| Released | DVD: 21 Jul 2008 Production year: 1998 |
| Format | DVD |
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Oscar-winner Angelina Jolie (Girl, Interrupted) gives an early knockout performance in this dark and provocative TV movie. She stars as Gia Carangi, whose rise to fame as a supermodel in the 1970s brought tragedy as she became addicted to pills, cocaine and heroin. With its almost soft-core porn style, this is more an art house film then standard TV-movie fare. Strong performances by Mercedes Ruehl as Gia's mother and Faye Dunaway as her agent give it a powerful punch. Whatever your reservations about the subject matter, Gia deserves a look, if only for the multifaceted performance of Jolie.
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42 out of 48 people found this review helpful
Teasing but hard to watch
If you can muster some pity for poor Gia Carangi, an early 80's supermodel who had a troubled short life, then you may enjoy this film.
Angelina Jolie appears naked... often. This does not make the script any better, but makes the film more watchable.
A perfect film to score for any music fan. Sadly the soundtrack is by far the greatest let down. No classic recordings and a poor synthesizer piece floating throughout. Feels like a made-for-TV movie.
If you are not an Angelina Jolie fan leave this alone. -
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2 out of 2 people found this review helpful
Disappointing
I know this film has a 5 rating and I know it has the delectable 'Ms Jolie' as 'Gia' but, my friends, do not succumb to temptation, it is utter disappointment...I forced myself to watch it to the end, hoping against all odds it would improve, but no. By all means read the book, which all be it fairly sensational, gives a more accurate idea of 'Gias' life.
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Gia
Gia Carangi (Angelina Jolie), one of America's first supermodels, lives hard and dies young in the glamourous, excessive urban wilds of 1970s New York City. The made-for-HBO drama was adapted by director Michael Cristofer and novelist Jay McInerney from the biography THING OF BEAUTY by Stephen ...
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