CAST: Angelina Jolie as Gia Marie Carangi, Elizabeth Mitchell as Linda, Michael Cole, Mercedes Ruehl, Faye Dunaway, Kylie Travis

SYNOPSIS: The movie chronicles the rise and fall of model Gia Marie Carangi. Gia came to New York City as a 17 year-old punk rocker in the late-1970's and took the modeling world by storm. She had attitude, which was backed up by beauty. Her reign was short lived and after only nine years, in and out of the business, Gia died of AIDS at the age of 26. Her case was one of the first *documented* cases where acquired immunodeficiency virus was listed as the cause of death. Through a powerful and convincing performance by Angelina Jolie, we glimpse the tragedy of a young life lost.

MISCELLANEOUS INFO: Director: Michael Cristofer. Based on the book by Stephen Fried. Writers: Stephen Fired and Jay McInerney. Filming Locations: New York City and Los Angeles, California

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