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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 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 | Production year: 1998 To Rent: DVD: 21 Jul 2008 |
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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.
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Tragic story
I found this a difficult one to give a star rating. I couldn't relate to the central character or the byte sized layout of the talking heads in the ... read more »
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Without Angelina it would be poor.
Angelina is superb playing Gia a very complex lady. I thought the movie was good and told a very sad tale.
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clever and entertaining not to be watched by tunnel visioners
An intelligent adaption potraying GIA as she was incredibly well excavated an exceptional film/documentary though i would not recommend this to others that look... read more »
Francis Ford Coppola's granddaughter Gia has become the latest member of the family to follow in the director's footsteps - she's shot her first short film. The 23 year old, whose father is Coppola's eldest son Gian-Carlo, has taken her first steps into the movie business by making a promo for fashion designer Zac Posen. Her directorial debut will promote Posen's collection for U.S. store Target, and the designer is convinced Gia is the next big talent to emerge from the Coppola family. He... Read more