Stars: Angelina Jolie, Elizabeth Mitchell, Eric Michael Cole, Kylie Travis, Louis Giambalvo, John Considine, Scott Cohen, Faye Dunaway, Tricia O'Neil, Joan Pringle, Mercedes Ruehl, Lisa Stothard, Mila Kunis, Brian Donovan, Holly Baker, Joe Basile, Rick Batalla, Lombardo Boyar, Alexander Enberg, Vylette Jezel Fagerholm, Edmund Genest, Scott Genkinger, Judy Gillett, Scott Green, Cee-Cee Harshaw, Meleney Humphrey, Tim Hutchinson, Michelle Jonas, Drinda Lalumia, Steve Larson, Shelby Leverington, Allison Mackie, Norman Merrill, Sam Pancake, Adina Porter, Michael Rodgers, Holly Sampson, Paul Sandman, Anthony Sandoval, John-Clay Scott, Phillip Simon, Alexis Smart, Nick Spano, Jason Stuart, Samantha Torres, Nick Toth, Jennie Vaughn, Jullian Dulce Vida, Torsten Voges, James Haven Voight, Lynn Wanlass, Audrey Wasilewski, Christian Wienker, Chuck Zito

Director: Michael Cristofer

Summary: 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.

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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 recognise 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 co-written 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

Main Language:	English
Region:	Region 2
Year:	1998
Release Date:	July 21, 2008
Runtime:	117 minutes
Certification:
Catalogue Number:	D Y 22344
Keywords:	English, General, Drama, Gia
Genre:	Drama