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Gia (Unrated Edition) (1998)

Starring: Angelina Jolie, Elizabeth Mitchell Director: Michael Cristofer Rating

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Actors: Angelina Jolie, Elizabeth Mitchell, Eric Michael Cole, Kylie Travis, Louis Giambalvo
Directors: Michael Cristofer
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, Special Edition, NTSC
Language: English
Rating:
Number of tapes: 1
Studio: Hbo Home Video
VHS Release Date: April 11, 2000
Run Time: 126 minutes

Average Customer Review:

(277 customer reviews)

ASIN: 0783113943
Amazon.com Sales Rank: #4,941 in Video (See Bestsellers in Video)
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#7 in Video > Television > HBO > Based on a True Story
#23 in Video > Drama > Gay & Lesbian
#32 in Video > Gay & Lesbian

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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

Additional Features
This unrated version contains six minutes of sexually explict footage not aired on HBO.