Gia is the overly tragic story of Gia Marie Carangi; a young and extremely beautiful woman from Philadelphia who suffered the break up of her parents at a young age and then in her late teens, a photographer stumbles upon her and not long thereafter the life of a supermodel overwhelms her. Incapable of dealing with separation of any form, she turns to drugs!
What follows from there is a heart wrenching and very telling true life tragedy of what happened to this beautiful young woman.
With good source material (Stephen Fried's Thing of Beauty: The Tragedy of Supermodel Gia), Angelina 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.
Order Gia (Unrated Edition) starring Angelina Jolie, Elizabeth Mitchell, Eric Michael Cole, and Kylie Travis (DVD) for $9.99
Thing of Beauty by Stephen Fried (Mass Market Paperback) on which the movie was based on is available too for $7.99.
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