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Gia

  • TV Movie
  • 1998
  • R
  • 2h
IMDb RATING
6.9/10
48K
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Angelina Jolie in Gia (1998)
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BiographyDramaRomance

The story of the life of Gia Carangi, a top fashion model from the late 1970s, from her meteoric rise to the forefront of the modeling industry, to her untimely death.The story of the life of Gia Carangi, a top fashion model from the late 1970s, from her meteoric rise to the forefront of the modeling industry, to her untimely death.The story of the life of Gia Carangi, a top fashion model from the late 1970s, from her meteoric rise to the forefront of the modeling industry, to her untimely death.

  • Director
    • Michael Cristofer
  • Writers
    • Jay McInerney
    • Michael Cristofer
  • Stars
    • Angelina Jolie
    • Faye Dunaway
    • Elizabeth Mitchell
  • See production, box office & company info
  • IMDb RATING
    6.9/10
    48K
    YOUR RATING
    POPULARITY
    1,232
    54
    • Director
      • Michael Cristofer
    • Writers
      • Jay McInerney
      • Michael Cristofer
    • Stars
      • Angelina Jolie
      • Faye Dunaway
      • Elizabeth Mitchell
    • 202User reviews
    • 27Critic reviews
  • See more at IMDbPro
    • Won 1 Primetime Emmy
      • 10 wins & 13 nominations total

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    Gia
    Trailer 1:33
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    Angelina Jolie at an event for Gia (1998)
    Angelina Jolie in Gia (1998)
    Angelina Jolie in Gia (1998)
    Angelina Jolie in Gia (1998)
    Angelina Jolie and Elizabeth Mitchell in Gia (1998)
    Angelina Jolie and Eric Michael Cole in Gia (1998)
    Angelina Jolie and Eric Michael Cole in Gia (1998)
    Angelina Jolie in Gia (1998)
    Angelina Jolie and Eric Michael Cole in Gia (1998)
    Angelina Jolie and Eric Michael Cole in Gia (1998)
    Angelina Jolie in Gia (1998)
    Angelina Jolie in Gia (1998)

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    Angelina Jolie
    Angelina Jolie
    • Gia Carangi
    Faye Dunaway
    Faye Dunaway
    • Wilhelmina Cooper
    Elizabeth Mitchell
    Elizabeth Mitchell
    • Linda
    Mercedes Ruehl
    Mercedes Ruehl
    • Kathleen Carangi
    Eric Michael Cole
    Eric Michael Cole
    • T.J.
    Kylie Travis
    Kylie Travis
    • Stephanie - Model
    Louis Giambalvo
    Louis Giambalvo
    • Joe Carangi
    John Considine
    John Considine
    • Bruce Cooper
    Scott Cohen
    Scott Cohen
    • Mike Mansfield
    Edmund Genest
    • Francesco
    • (as Edmond Genest)
    Holly Baker
    • Emergency Room Nurse
    Joe Basile
    Joe Basile
    • Disco Doorman Tony
    Rick Batalla
    Rick Batalla
    • Hispanic Stylist Phillipe
    Lombardo Boyar
    Lombardo Boyar
    • Hood #2
    Jullian Dulce Vida
    Jullian Dulce Vida
    • Hood #3
    • (as Julio Dolce Vita)
    Brian Donovan
    Brian Donovan
    • Junkie at Shooting Gallery
    Alexander Enberg
    Alexander Enberg
    • Chris von Wagenheim
    Vylette Fagerholm
    • Blonde Philadelphia Model
    • (as Vylétte Jezél Fãgerholm)
    • Director
      • Michael Cristofer
    • Writers
      • Jay McInerney
      • Michael Cristofer
    • All cast & crew
    • Production, box office & more at IMDbPro

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    Storyline

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    • Trivia
      Angelina Jolie said about her character Gia: "When she's free and just being herself, she's unbelievable. That's the tragedy of her story. You think, 'God, she didn't need drugs. She was a drug.'"
    • Goofs
      When young Gia writes in her journal, she's right-handed. But older Gia is a lefty.
    • Quotes

      [last lines]

      Gia Carangi: [voice-over; narrating from beyond the grave] Life and death, energy and peace. If I stop today, it was still worth it. Even the terrible mistakes that I made and would have unmade if I could. The pains that have burned me and scarred my soul, it was worth it, for having been allowed to walk where I've walked, which was to hell on earth, heaven on earth, back again, into, under, far in between, through it, in it, and above.

    • Crazy credits
      Film ends with the following poem: ...heaven on earth back again into under far in between through it in it and above... From the journal of GIA MARIE CARANGI 1960-1986
    • Alternate versions
      There is an Unrated/extended version available. Linda & Gia's sex scenes are longer and more explicit. In the scene where Gia gives Linda hamburgers in the kitchen, Gia straddles Linda in the chair, and says, "Dinner is served!".
    • Connections
      Featured in The 50th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1998)
    • Soundtracks
      Young At Heart
      Written by Carolyn Leigh & Johnny Richards

      Performed by Jeanie Bryson

      Arrangement by Terence Blanchard

    User reviews202

    Review
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    Unforgettable
    This movie turned out to be a very unexpected favorite of mine. Angelina Jolie stars as the late Gia Marie Carangi, an Italian American woman who rose from a humble Philidephian beginning to worldwide fame as the first known "supermodel", and whose short-lived career spanned from the late seventies to the early to mid eighties. Jolie is super-impressive as she portrays the highs and lows of Gia's fame: strutting through a crowd of admirers, the look on her face saying, "I'm GIA, and you're nobody!"; endulging in glamour drug of the moment, cocaine; fiercely proclaiming her love for Linda (Elizabeth Mitchell), right in front of Linda's boyfriend; tearfully begging her visiting mother (Mercedes Ruehl) to stay with her, then hurling obscenities at her while throwing her baggage out of the apartment; and quietly and gracefully accepting the most tragic news about her health, just as she's finally getting her life on track. This movie deals very frankly with Gia's sexuality and there is some nudity and scenes of sexuality, but looking past the sex and the drugs and the tough exterior she displayed (especially when someone took her knife away from her), you see a very lost, fragile person. Gia is almost childlike in her disillusionment about the fashion industry, and you feel it in the way she fantasizes about a "normal" life with children, the way she feels like people regard her as a "piece of meat" with no brains, and the way she is so truly hurt by a fellow model calling her hateful names in a jealous rage. I think this movie is something that should be seen by people of all ages, regardless of its sexual content, because it carries a strong anti-drug message as well as a touching story we can all identify with even if a lot of us are not blessed with the kind of glorious physical beauty Gia was blessed with.
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    14
    • PeachHamBeach
    • Aug 15, 1999

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    • Release date
      • January 31, 1998 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Languages
      • English
      • German
      • French
    • Also known as
      • Quá Đẹp Để Chết
    • Filming locations
      • New York City, New York, USA
    • Production companies
      • HBO Films
      • Marvin Worth Productions
      • Citadel Entertainment
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    • Runtime
      2 hours
    • Color
      • Color
      • Black and White
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.78 : 1

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