| | Gia DVD (6 Customer Reviews)
| Category | Dramas DVDs, Biography Movies, True Story Videos, Gay/Lesbian, Drugs, Tragedy, Big City, Illness, Showbiz, Nightlife, Seventies | | Starring | Angelina Jolie, Faye Dunaway, Mercedes Ruehl, Tricia O'Neil, Scott Cohen, Mila Kunis, Elizabeth Mitchell, Jason Stuart, Torsten Voges, Holly Sampson, Joe Basile, John Considine, Brian Donovan, Louis Giambalvo, Adina Porter, Joan Pringle, Allison Mackie, Michael Rodgers, Lisa Stothard, Kylie Travis, James Haven Voight, Holly Baker, Rick Batalla, Lombardo Boyar
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It's the late 1970's New York with Studio 54, designer jeans, drugs, and disco. This is the outrageous breathtaking story of the first fashion super-model - her rise to the top, and her fall caught up in a whirlwind of drugs, sex, and celebrity. Faye Dunaway, Mercedes Ruehl, Michael Cristofer, and Angelina Jolie star. America's first supermodel Gia Carangi lives hard and dies young in the glamorous, excessive urban wilds of 1970s New York City. Adapted by Cristofer and novelist Jay McInerney from the biography "Thing of Beauty" by Stephen Fried. Made for HBO. Available in rated and unrated versions. Gia Reviews: 3 stars out of 5 -- "[E]njoyable and lively viewing, and a fitting tribute to a lost girl."-- Kat Brown, Empire Gia | Studio | Warner Home Video | | Orig Year | 1998 | | DVD Encoding | Region 1 | | All Time Sales Rank |  772  | | CD Universe Part number | 6760618 | | Catalog number | 91540 | | Discs | 1 | | Release Date | Aug 24, 2004 | | Rating | Unrated | | Rating Reason | Sex, Drug Use, Nudity, Language | | Running Time | 120 Minutes | | Additional Info | Full Frame; Subtitled; Unrated | | Movie Details | Color; Full Frame; Subtitled; Unrated; Unrated Version |
Gia Movie Review Average Rating: (4 out of 5 stars)   List All Reviews Good real life movie..
I thought this movie did a pretty good job at showing the details of Gia Carangi's life. It showed the good, the bad & the ugly of her career.
I thought Angelina Jolie had an outstanding performance as the lead. Def. my favorite role from her because it was so real.
I thought everything in the movie was very realistic & sometimes chilling. I knew mid way thru the movie how it was all going to end thou. Shows how ugly drugs can make a person, but she was still beautiful & such a real person!
Submitted by lw (Iowa)
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This movie was good it's nice and at the same time it's sad because of everything that goes wrong.It's nice that they both found some one they loved only if Gia would have seem the real love her friend had for her.
Submitted by ok (New York)
Was This Review Helpful? Yes No 1 of 2 found this helpful.  A well done most see movie!
A very chilling but moving portal of a women sucked in by success, fame and drugs during the me generation.
A most see movie! Angelina Jolie is outstanding in her performance of Gia.
She defiantly did deserve the Emmy that year.
Submitted by Becky (DesPlaines, IL. USA)
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Beautiful
Beatufil picture, beautiful actress. In my country, this pictures are rated. I donīt like that.
Submitted by Paola (Chile)
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The life and times of supermodel Gia Carangi,because of it's meandering moments and long running time, we don't have that presumed sense of intensity and rapidness of Carangi's short career,Angelina Jolie (who won a Golden Globe for her performance) shines in the title role.
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Gia DVD Region 1
Keep Case
Single Side - Single Layer
Unrated
Full Frame -
1.33
Audio:
Dolby Surround Stereo 2.0 - English
Interactive Features:
Interactive Menus
Scene Access
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