GIA
Angelina Jolie, Elizabeth Mitchell, Kyle Travis, Mercedes Ruehl, Faye Dunaway
HBO; Directed by Michael Cristofer
Rated R; 126 minutes; 1998
She dominated the international fashion scene of the late 1970s. At the age of 18, her name was on everyone’s lips. By 26, it was on a death certificate. This is the story of Gia Carangi (Angelina Jolie). Set against the glamorous world of international fashion, this edgy biographical drama traces Gia’s meteoric rise and fall as a highly sought-after model, capturing her loves, her obsessions, her addictions and, eventually, her death from AIDS.