Rating: R
Genre:
Drama
Release Date: 08/24/2004
SubTitles: English/French/Espanol
Dubbed: English
Sound: DS/DD2
Run Time: 125 Minutes
Flags: Violence, Adult Situations, Substance Abuse (Alcohol, Drugs), Sexual Situations
Distributor/Studio: HBO Home Video
Novelist
Jay McInerney and playwright
Michael Cristofer (who also made his feature film directorial debut) collaborated on the script for this bio of doomed supermodel Gia Carangi. In a star-making performance,
Angelina Jolie stars as Gia, a gorgeous Philadelphia native who arrives in New York City to become a model and immediately makes an impression on high-powered agent Wilhelmina Cooper (
Faye Dunaway). Gia's fierce good looks make her a star, as does her willingness to pose nude. Gia becomes entangled in a passionate affair with a photographer's assistant, Linda (
Elizabeth Mithcell), but Linda is more conflicted about her bisexuality, driving Gia away and fueling the model's craving for mood-altering drugs. Failed attempts at reconciliation with both Linda and her mother Kathleen (
Mercedes Ruehl) drive Gia further over the edge from cocaine to heroin, her emaciated body and sunken eyes becoming the catalyst for the "heroin chic" look. Although Gia is eventually able to kick her powerful habit, she learns that an infected needle has resulted in her contracting the AIDS virus. For the second year in a row, a made-for-TV film resulted in an Emmy nomination and a Golden Globe victory for Jolie (the first was
George Wallace, 1998).
~ Karl Williams, All Movie Guide
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