Gia
Too beautiful to die. Too wild to live.
Country
Production
Budget
$0
Box office
$0
Director
Actors
Angelina Jolie, Elizabeth Mitchell, Eric Michael Cole, Kylie Travis, Louis Giambalvo, John Considine, Scott Cohen, Edmund Genest, Mercedes Ruehl, Faye Dunaway
All actors and roles (10)
All actors and roles (10)
Scenario
Michael Cristofer, Jay McInerney
Producer
James D. Brubaker, Marvin Worth, Ilene Kahn Power, David R. Ginsburg
Camera operator
Composer
Artist
David J. Bomba
Audition
Junie Lowry-Johnson, Libby Goldstein
Editing
Eric A. Sears
Whole Team (25)
Whole Team (25)
Short description
Gia Carangi meteorically rises to modeling fame in the late 1970s but becomes overconsumed by persistent loneliness and drug addiction.
What's left behind the scenes
- Angelina Jolie turned down the role of Gia for a long time, stating that Gia's life was too similar to her own.
- An alternative version of the film has been released on video, retaining the explicit sex scenes between Gia and her lover Linda.
- At the 46th minute, when Gia kicks her mother out of the apartment, as the mother approaches the elevator, she throws a green suitcase to the right, a coat and bags to the left, and two seconds later, the green suitcase is neatly positioned to the left, while the mother holds the bags and coat in her hands.
- Gia Carangi was an American fashion model of the late 1970s and early 1980s.
- In the film, Gia and another model see a 1997 Harley-Davidson motorcycle, although the film is set in 1985.
- Angelina Jolie repeatedly declined the role of Gia, stating that Gia's life was too similar to her own.
- At the 33rd minute of the film, a photograph of the real Gia Carangi can be seen. The editor of Vogue magazine is reviewing photos of models in search of a new cover, offering ruthless commentary. When Gia's image appears, she says: 'Boring'.
- At the age of seventeen, Gia worked behind the counter at her father's bistro.
- At the 33rd minute of the film, a photograph of the real Gia Carangi can be seen. The editor of Vogue magazine looks through photos of models in search of a new cover, offering ruthless comments along the way. When Gia's image appears, she says: 'Boring.'
- Towards the end of the film, when Gia is trying to buy drugs, the dealer calls her Angel.
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