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Gia [1998] | ![Gia [1998]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51Ji-W0G5LL._SL160_.jpg)
 enlarge | Director: Michael Cristofer
Actors: Angelina Jolie, Mercedes Ruehl, Elizabeth Mitchell, Faye Dunaway
Studio: Warner Home Video
Category: DVD
List Price: £7.99
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Sales Rank: 564
Format: Pal
Rating: Suitable for 18 years and over
Number Of Items: 1
Running Time: 117
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7.1 x 5.4 x 0.6
EAN: 7321902223445
ASIN: B0012YG7QO
Release Date: July 21, 2008 (New: This Week)
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Amazon.co.uk Review
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
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