| Front Cover |
Actor |
Back Cover |
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| Angelina Jolie |
Gia
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| Elizabeth Mitchell |
Linda
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| Faye Dunaway |
Wilhelmina
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| Mercedes Ruehl |
Phillipe
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| Kylie Travis |
Stephanie
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| Eric Michael Cole |
T.J.
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| Louis Giambalvo |
Joseph Carangi
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| John Considine |
Bruce Cooper
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| Scott Cohen |
Mike Mansfield
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| Edmund Genest |
Francesco
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| Movie Details |
| Genre |
Drama; Biography |
| Director |
Michael Cristofer; Robert De Niro |
| Producer |
James Brubaker; James D. Brubaker; Tina L. Fortenberry |
| Writer |
Michael Cristofer; Jay McInerney |
| Studio |
HBO |
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| Language |
English |
| Audience Rating |
R (Restricted) |
| Running Time |
120 mins |
| Country |
USA |
| Color |
Color |
| IMDb Rating |
6.8 |
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| Plot |
| 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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| Product Details |
| Edition |
Rated |
| Format |
DVD |
| Region |
Region 1 |
| Screen Ratio |
Fullscreen (4:3) |
| Layers |
Single Side, Single Layer |
| UPC (Barcode) |
026359139024 |
| Release Date |
2/3/2004 |
| Subtitles |
English; French; Spanish |
| Packaging |
Snap Case |
| Audio Tracks |
Dolby Digital Mono [Spanish]
Dolby Surround [English]
Dolby Digital Surround [English]
Dolby Digital Surround [French] |
| Nr of Disks/Tapes |
1 |
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Extra Features
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| Color Closed-captioned |
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