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Gia (1998)

Angelina Jolie , Faye Dunaway , Michael Cristofer  |  R |  DVD
4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (336 customer reviews)


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  • Actors: Angelina Jolie, Faye Dunaway, Elizabeth Mitchell, Mercedes Ruehl, Eric Michael Cole
  • Directors: Michael Cristofer
  • Writers: Michael Cristofer, Jay McInerney
  • Producers: David R. Ginsburg, Ilene Kahn Power, James D. Brubaker, Marvin Worth, Richard Licata
  • Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Full Screen, NTSC
  • Language: English (Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround), Spanish (Unknown)
  • Subtitles: English, Spanish, French
  • Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  • Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
  • Number of discs: 1
  • Rated: R (Restricted)
  • Studio: Hbo Home Video
  • DVD Release Date: July 18, 2000
  • Run Time: 120 minutes
  • Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (336 customer reviews)
  • ASIN: 0783117523
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #48,295 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
  • Learn more about "Gia" on IMDb

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There's a reason why Cindy Crawford was dubbed "Baby Gia" when she first hit the modeling scene. Indeed, Crawford, now the world's best-known supermodel, greatly resembled model Gia Carangi, who went from high school to the cover of British Vogue in less than two years. Carangi appeared on many more covers of Vogue (French, British, Italian, and American) and Cosmopolitan before dying of complications from AIDs (she was an IV heroin user) in 1986. Now most people recognize Carangi's name from this powerful HBO film that stars Golden Globe-winner Angelina Jolie, who comes by her talent honestly. Jolie is the daughter of veteran actor Jon Voight, and her own training as a model serves her well--she has the moves. Throughout, she's heartbreaking--as no doubt the real Carangi was--effective, and stunning.

With good source material (Stephen Fried's A Thing of Beauty: The Tragedy of Supermodel Gia), Jolie's stunning performance, and strong directing by Michael Cristofer, the movie goes beyond the merely sensational. The script was cowritten by Cristofer and novelist Jay McInerney, whose Bright Lights, Big City covers similar territory. As a cautionary tale, Gia works. But to watch Jolie in her character's tragic self-destruction is utterly compelling. --N.F. Mendoza

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She was called America's first supermodel, but while her face made her an international celebrity, her insatiable desires for fame, sex, and drugs led to her downfall. Gorgeous Angelina Jolie is mesmerizing as Philadelphia-born cover girl Gia Carangi, whose meteoric career came to a tragic end when she died unexpectedly in 1986 at the age of 26. Provocative biodrama co-stars Faye Dunaway, Elizabeth Mitchell, Mercedes Ruehl. 120 min. Standard; Soundtracks: English Dolby Digital Surround, Spanish Dolby Digital mono; Subtitles: English, French, Spanish; biographies; filmographies; photo gallery.

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207 of 217 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars Missing 6 Minutes June 11, 2005
Format:DVD
This is a terrific movie and I was thrilled to see Angelina Jolie playing this part, (I first saw her in Hackers). But in case you don't know this, the DVD is missing 6 minutes of the movie. the only way to have the extra 6 minutes is to have gotten the original release on VHS (or recorded in from HBO). After Angelina became more popular, 6 minutes of her nude scenes were deleted from later re-releases of the movie including this DVD. But it still is a good movie.
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153 of 166 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars A Great Film - Wonderful Acting - Good Storytelling June 25, 2001
By turtlex
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This is it folks - a genuine "breakout performance". We don't get them often enough so we should pay attention when we do.

WARNING ::: This review reveals some plot points !

"Gia", a film for HBO, stars Angelina Jolie, Faye Dunaway, Elizabeth Mitchell and Mercedes Ruehl.

This film is the life-story of Gia Carangi, one of the first "supermodels". How big a star/model was Gia? Well, Cindy Crawford was dubbed the "young Gia" and the "next Gia" - that's how famous she was.

Unfortunately, besides being the "face" of the day in the modelling world, she was also fairly famous for her drug addiction and ultimate fall from grace.

If you want a more indepth depiction of Gia's life - there are a couple of books available. The best being "Thing of Beauty: The Tragedy of Supermodel Gia".

Back to the film.

Angelina Jolie BECOMES Gia in every sense of the word. Her performance is one of the best portrayals of real people in years. She is completely and utter believable. She captures what is surely the essense of Gia. She brings a desparate wanting to the character that you can feel.

Elizabeth Mitchell ( recently of "ER" fame ) co-stars and really provides an excellent touch-stone for Gia's tortured existance.

There's nothing pretty about this film - it shows the whole story, the drugs, the parties, the sex, the pain and the suffering. It depicts, with little filter, the USING of Gia and her decent into her fate.

It's no surprise that Angelina won a Golden Globe for this amazing performance. It's no surprise that she was nominated for an Emmy either. You're not able to take your eyes off her. As a matter of fact, this is a much awarded film - including a best actress award for Angelina Jolie at the LA Outfest.

Faye Dunaway is mainly here for star power - almost as if they weren't sure Angelina Jolie could pull it off. She's okay here, but we all know that Faye has done some amazing work and here, she sort of phones it in.

Mercedes Ruehl plays Gia's mother and she does a good job. She's a little over the top but you suspect it's an accurate portrayal.

For the Angelina Jolie fan - it's a MUST SEE, MUST OWN film. For others, it really is worth the time and money.

You don't often get a chance to see a young star make an amazing film like this. You'll see small tales of "Lisa" from her Academy Award winning performance in "Girl, Interupted" in Gia, but mostly you'll see an INCREDIBLE performance by Angelina Jolie. Really remarkable.

FYI : There is an UNRATED version available on VHS that is currently not available on DVD. The UNRATED version contains more explict scenes ( specifically the shower sequence is longer ).

In all, a great film. Well written, directed and acted. A real gem. Thank you HBO.

All The Best, turtlex

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112 of 128 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars Gia - A tragic true tale! January 2, 2004
Format:DVD
"Gia" is quite simply the haunting but well told story of Gia Marie Carangi. Truth be told, I was not drawn to this movie at first because of the story, what drew me and I'm sure many others to it is the star Angelina Jolie. After her success in the Tomb Raider movies, I thought it would be interesting to see some of her past work, thus this movie became very interesting!

Angelina Jolie performs admirably and brilliantly in this film, almost to perfection in what I'm sure is an even greater range in her talents. The depth of the character she portrays does compel you to the character despite already knowing the tragic outcome. Praise goes to Faye Dunaway and Mercedes Ruehl for their efforts in this film as well.

This true life sad story is told well in the film; however, the director, Michael Cristofer, chose an almost cryptic style in which to tell the tragic story of Gia's life which, at times, detracts from the overall telling of the story. The score for the film does do well in what it's designed to do, augment the overall feel of the movie.

The Premise:

"Gia" is the overly tragic story of Gia Marie Carangi; a young and extremely beautiful woman from Philadelphia who suffered the break up of her parents at a young age and then in her late teens, a photographer stumbles upon her and not long thereafter the life of a supermodel overwhelms her. Incapable of dealing with separation of any form, she turns to drugs!

What follows from there is a heart wrenching and very telling true life tragedy of what happened to this beautiful young woman.

I would definitely recommend this HBO movie; one for the story itself and two for the exceptional performance by Angelina Jolie in this heartrending tale. {ssintrepid}

Special Features:

-Cast & Crew Bios
-Photo Gallery

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Most Recent Customer Reviews
5.0 out of 5 stars typical angelina
Angelina did an outstanding job in this movie. true life story very vivid not for kids under 15 but a really good Angelina flick
Published 14 days ago by Michele
5.0 out of 5 stars Possibly My Favourite Angelina Jolie Film
The story is about a lady (Gia Carangi) who was true to herself. Unfortunately, due to her drug use, she dies at a young age. Read more
Published 19 days ago by A Customer
4.0 out of 5 stars Movie GIA
Angelina in all her glory being shown prominently. She looks gorgeous and I wonder if she would do this movie now that she is famous.
Published 22 days ago by Dominic Anthony Maighnath
4.0 out of 5 stars Angelina not only beautiful
Jolie is such a good actress. Sad life story, but unfortunately that's what becomes of some of those who enter the modeling world. Read more
Published 1 month ago by Sakae
5.0 out of 5 stars awesome
Thank u very much it was a really good movie worth every penny awesome story about a beautiful woman with an interesting life
Published 1 month ago by Kelli Browning
5.0 out of 5 stars Wonderful Movie'
Honestly this is one of my favorite movies of all time. The story is so well portrayed by Angelina jolie that you feel an emotional connection and think about things deeper and... Read more
Published 1 month ago by London Orr- Thompson
5.0 out of 5 stars tragic story
Angelia Jolie did such a good job in this movie.Wasn't sure it was going to be a good movie but I am so glad I ordered it. it really was done well
Published 1 month ago by Debra K. Barz
5.0 out of 5 stars I loved this movie
I enjoyed the movie. I loved this movie. It was so real. I learned a lot about modeling and drugs
Published 1 month ago by jamie pridgen
3.0 out of 5 stars I was expecting it to be much different.
I was expecting it to be much different. Angelina Jolie was amazing as usual, I was pleasantly surprised on how well Elizabeth Mitchell acted in this movie. Read more
Published 2 months ago by Hannah
5.0 out of 5 stars very real and timeless
I'm a fan of this actress in whatever she chooses to do.
I wanted to see her in this film from her beginning career.
The movie moved along good and was never boring.
Published 2 months ago by Bonnie J. Cote
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