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{{Infobox Film
| name = Gia
| image = Gia.png
| caption = DVD cover
| director = [[Michael Cristofer]]
| producer = [[James D. Brubaker]]
| writer = [[Jay McInerney]]<br />[[Michael Cristofer]]
| starring = [[Angelina Jolie]]<br />[[Faye Dunaway]]<br />[[Mercedes Ruehl]]<br />[[Elizabeth Mitchell]]
| music = [[Terence Blanchard]]
| cinematography = [[Rodrigo García]]
| editing = [[Eric A. Sears]]
| distributor = [[Home Box Office|HBO]]
| released = [[January 31]], [[1998]]
| runtime = 126 min.
| country = {{USA}}
| language = [[English language|English]]
| amg_id = A160266
| imdb_id = 0123865
}}
'''''Gia''''' is a [[1998 in film|1998]] [[HBO]] [[television film]] about the life of [[supermodel]] [[Gia Carangi|Gia Marie Carangi]] starring [[Angelina Jolie]], [[Mercedes Ruehl]], [[Faye Dunaway]] and [[Elizabeth Mitchell]]. It was directed by [[Michael Cristofer]] and written by Cristofer and [[Jay McInerney]]. The original music score was composed by [[Terence Blanchard]].
==Plot summary==
[[Gia Carangi]] is a [[Philadelphia]] native who moves to [[New York City]] to become a fashion model and immediately catches the attention of powerful agent [[Wilhelmina Cooper]]. Gia's attitude, beauty and willingness to pose nude help her rise quickly to the forefront of the modelling industry, but her persistent loneliness drives her to experiment with mood-altering drugs like [[heroin]]. She becomes entangled in a passionate affair with Linda, a make-up artist. However, after a while Linda begins to worry about Gia's drug use and gives Gia an ultimatum, with Gia choosing the drugs. Failed attempts at reconciliation with Linda and with her mother Kathleen Carangi drive Gia to begin abusing [[heroin]]. Although she is eventually able to break her drug habit after much effort, she has already contracted [[HIV]] from a needle containing infected blood and dies of complications from [[AIDS]] in [[1986]] at the age of 26.
==Cast==
{| class="wikitable"
|- bgcolor="#CCCCCC"
! Actor !! Role
|-
| [[Angelina Jolie]] || [[Gia Carangi]]
|-
| [[Elizabeth Mitchell]] || Linda
|-
| [[Eric Michael Cole]] || T.J.
|-
| [[Kylie Travis]] || Stephanie
|-
| [[Louis Giambalvo]] || Joseph Carangi
|-
| [[John Considine]] || Bruce Cooper
|-
| [[Scott Cohen]] || Mike Mansfield
|-
| [[Edmund Genest]] || [[Francesco Scavullo]]
|-
| [[Mercedes Ruehl]] || Kathleen Carangi
|-
| [[Faye Dunaway]] || [[Wilhelmina Cooper]]
|-
| [[Alexander Enberg]] || [[Chris von Wangenheim]]
|-
| [[Mila Kunis]] || Young Gia
|}
==Awards==
'''Golden Globes'''
* Angelina Jolie - ''Best Performance by an Actress in a Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for Television''
* Faye Dunaway - ''Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Series, Mini-Series or Motion Picture''
'''Emmy Awards'''
* Eric A. Sears - ''Outstanding Single Camera Picture Editing for a Miniseries or a Movie''
'''Screen Actors Guild Awards'''
* Angelina Jolie - ''Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Television Movie or Miniseries''
==Trivia==
[[James Haven]], Angelina's Brother, played a cameo in the film.
In the [[Family Guy]] film [[Blue Harvest|(Blue Harvest) Family Guy]], Gia was mentioned in the beginning.
==External links==
* {{imdb title|id=0123865|title=Gia}}
* {{amg title|id=A160226|title=Gia}}
[[Category:Biographical films]]
[[Category:Drama films]]
[[Category:LGBT-related television programs]]
[[Category:Lesbian-related films]]
[[Category:American television films]]
[[Category:Erotic films]]
[[Category:AIDS in film and television]]
[[Category:HBO original films]]
[[Category:1998 television films]]
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