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Gia

Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Binding: DVD
EAN: 9780783117522
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, DVD-Video, Full Screen, NTSC
ISBN: 0783117523
Label: Hbo Home Video
Manufacturer: Hbo Home Video
Number Of Items: 1
Picture Format: Pan & Scan
Publisher: Hbo Home Video
Region Code: 1
Release Date: July 18, 2000
Running Time: 120 minutes
Sales Rank: 10473
Studio: Hbo Home Video
Theatrical Release Date: January 31, 1998

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Editorial Review:

Amazon.com:
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




Rating: - Gia
Although a very sad story, this was a really intense, and interesting movie. Angelina lives up to ... Read More

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Rating: - anGIAlina jolie Pulls it Off
Wow Wow Wow. Angelina Jolie really pulls it off in this gorgeously moving biographical role of Gia ... Read More

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Rating: - Tour de Force performance by Angelina Jolie, but movie itself has some flaws
Personally, "Gia" is Angelina Jolie's best performance to date. Her raw emotional energy and her method ... Read More

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Rating: - Gia
First shipment was lost somewhere along the way. When I called Amazon, they immediately sent out a replacement. ... Read More

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Rating: - Good Movie
The Item was in perfect condition, as expected.
The movie is good, somehow slow, but good

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