Gia | reviewed by: William O'Donnell | January 12, 2012
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Better know for Angelina Jolie's performance than of the real-life, tragic model herself. Recreates the time and setting very well.
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| synopsis | Fact-based story of top fashion model Gia Marie Carangi follows her life from a rebel working in her father's diner at age 17 to her death in 1986 at age 26 from AIDS, one of the first women in America whose death was attributed to the disease. In between, she followed a downward spiral of drug abuse and failed relationships. |
| lead actors | Eric Michael Cole | Elizabeth Mitchell | Angelina Jolie |
| director | Michael Cristofer |