Gia Page #5

Synopsis: When Gia Carangi first arrives in New York City, she's a beautiful drop-out from Philadelphia brashly bursting through the closed doors of top modeling agent Wilhelmina Cooper. Gia's electrifying personality and potent sexuality soon find their way onto the covers of America's top-selling magazines. But being loved by the world isn't the same as being love by one - an unfulfilled desire that can take Gia dangerous places. And for a beautiful woman, one slip could lead to an untimely and terrifying downfall.
Director(s): Michael Cristofer
Production: HBO Video
  Won 2 Golden Globes. Another 8 wins & 13 nominations.
 
IMDB:
7.0
Rotten Tomatoes:
92%
R
Year:
1998
120 min
5,435 Views


So, let me be truthful with you.

Everyone's aware of the drug problem.

You weren't very discreet.

Well, I'm clean now...

and I want to work.

Let me see your arms.

It's not my arms you want.

It's my face...

and my tits.

And they're fine.

We're doing a television piece

on models.

I want you to be in it.

I want you to look more beautiful...

than you have ever looked.

And I want you to tell the world...

that you once had a drug problem

and now you don't.

Now you're a good little girl.

If you do that...

we have a deal.

Okay.

Good.

- I can't do this.

- Yes, you can.

I'm a model. I don't talk.

I'm not supposed to talk.

I'm supposed to just look beautiful.

You are beautiful.

You make me beautiful.

Hello.

Okay. We're all set.

I'm gonna tape you getting made up.

Kind of a before and after thing.

- Great.

- We've also got some interviews...

set up with your friends,

your family, your mother.

You're gonna

put my mother on tape?

- Yes, most definitely.

- Well, that should be interesting.

- You ready?

- Yeah.

Good.

- I just have to go to the bathroom.

- Sure.

Why don't you guys come over here?

This is what I want.

And how did things first start

for you in modeling?

I started working

with very good people.

A lot of them.

Very fast, you know?

I didn't build

into being a model.

I just sort of became one.

How has that affected you?

When you're young,

you don't always know.

It's hard to make out

the difference between...

what's real and what is not real.

At one point you...

kind of got into

the drug scene, didn't you?

Yes, you could say that I did.

But you're free of it now,

aren't you?

Definitely, I'm free of it.

I wouldn't be here right now

talking to all of you if I wasn't.

Are you happy with your success?

Are you happy with your success?

I am.

Yes. Yeah.

You hesitated.

I just wanted to think about it.

But, no, I'm definitely happy with it.

Good. Thank you.

Yeah, thank you.

F***! What the f***?

I, like, kicked Spider-Man's ass!

I'm sorry.

I just wanted to make you smile.

Okay.

Okay, I'm going.

Last chance.

I'm leaving

through the front door.

I can't do this.

Don't say that.

Just say you'll see me tomorrow.

- No, you won't see me tomorrow.

- Don't say that!

We had a deal.

We made a bargain.

I love you.

No, you don't.

All right, I don't.

I don't.

What are you, huh?

You some kind of f***ing policeman?

You going to judge me?

I did one f***ing line.

One line.

What is the big deal?

What about yesterday?

What about the day before?

Nothing.

I did nothing. I promise.

Please don't leave me.

I don't believe you.

You don't believe me because

you don't want to believe me, do you?

Because you don't care!

Because you just wanted to say...

"I'm f***ing a model!"

You don't care about me

at all, do you?

Do you? Tell me you don't care!

Say, "I don't care!"

Please. I'm sorry.

I need you so much.

Don't make me do this.

I don't make you do anything.

I wish I could.

You could.

You could take care of me.

Do you have $30?

I don't have any money.

I don't know why.

I never have it.

I never have any money.

In my sock.

- This is what makes you do everything.

- No, it doesn't.

It's not me. It's not you.

It's this.

This sh*t holds you.

- You choose.

- Come on.

This or me.

Your finger.

Your knees.

Your skin.

Your toes.

I love you.

Change.

She is over.

It's just a question

of time now.

Hey, come on.

- Hi.

- Yes, you are.

You dropped this, honey.

You want to come on and finish

this fiasco?

You look so pretty.

Thanks.

I love you.

I know.

You love everybody.

Gia, listen to me.

I am trying to get you work.

But it's all spring stuff now.

Everybody wants the blonds

with the suntans and the sundresses.

I'm sorry.

No, your look is not spring.

Your look is more like nuclear

f***ing winter, and nobody wants it.

Hang up the phone.

I am so tense.

Ron, can you use some of

those f***ing muscles?

I'm so tense.

"When she kisses me, I feel

all four winds blow at my face.

But what do you do with a woman

who has no love for you?

She is my lost captive...

and no longer lies

along my legs. "

I wrote that for you.

- Why did they send her out?

- Because I asked for her.

- All right?

- All right.

We use them up...

throw them away.

Where's my knife?

I haven't seen it.

Who took my f***ing knife?

Do I look like a f***ing terrorist?

Is this funny?

What the f*** is wrong with you people?

Get the f*** away from me!

Get away!

Where's my knife?

Here it is.

You know, you can't do that.

You can't take somebody's knife

when they need it!

It's all right. It's fine.

- Look at those tracks on her arms.

- Okay, now.

And that awful thing

on her hand.

- It looks like a volcano.

- All right.

Try folding your arms.

Put them in back of you.

Well, you've almost got it.

Now, try sitting on your hands.

Yes, yes.

You look wonderful.

Beautiful.

- Francesco?

- Yes, sweetheart?

Thank you.

Gia, this is life, not heaven.

You don't have to be perfect.

Look at me. Where's those eyes?

Where's the mouth?

What? You're not!

Truly? You're on an airplane?

Oh, my God! Listen to me!

I'm so excited! I'm yelling!

I don't have to yell, do I?

- No, you don't have to yell.

- Henry!

- Mom, I don't want to talk to Henry.

- Where is he? Hold on.

Where are you?

I mean, where is the airplane?

I've never talked to anybody

on an airplane before.

I was in Paris...

and I think

I'm going to Munich.

I don't know.

I don't feel so good.

Well, honey, you're probably

just tired, you know?

Yeah...

and I'm cold.

You know...

I was thinking about

coming home again.

What do you think?

Honey, I don't think so.

You know?

I mean, you know,

after the last time.

Yeah, I know. Of course.

I'm sorry.

Yeah.

I better go.

All right. Okay.

Listen to me.

Now, you take care of yourself.

Okay?

You call me.

Because I love you.

- Bye.

- Bye-bye.

Every model has a moment-

I mean, the ones who

make it at all-

and whether or not

they can parlay that moment...

into some kind of a career-

well, that's the gamble,

isn't it?

'Cause the moment

is a very short time.

It's here and then it's gone,

just like most of these girls.

They're here...

and then they're gone.

When she came back to New York...

I was in Philadelphia.

And I heard some things.

A lot of things.

So I took the train

up to see her.

I can't find my money.

- What?

- I had $600, and I can't find it.

What's going on?

I can't find my money!

What's wrong with you?

What are you doing?

- Do you have any money?

- No, I don't have any money.

You want to f*** me?

You give me money,

I'll let you f*** me.

- Come here.

- What?

Get off! What?

- Can I please hold you?

- Get off!

No drugs.

Get off of me!

- Calm down.

- Okay.

Okay, do you have

any medical insurance?

- Can you pay cash for this?

- No, I don't have any money.

Stupid question.

All right. You'll have to

declare yourself indigent.

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Jay McInerney

John Barrett "Jay" McInerney, Jr. (; born January 13, 1955) is an American novelist. His novels include Bright Lights, Big City, Ransom, Story of My Life, Brightness Falls, and The Last of the Savages. He edited The Penguin Book of New American Voices, wrote the screenplay for the 1988 film adaptation of Bright Lights, Big City, and co-wrote the screenplay for the television film Gia, which starred Angelina Jolie. He was the wine columnist for House & Garden magazine, and his essays on wine have been collected in Bacchus & Me (2000) and A Hedonist in the Cellar (2006). His most recent novel is titled Bright, Precious Days, published in 2016. From April 2010 he was a wine columnist for The Wall Street Journal. In 2009, he published a book of short stories which spanned his entire career, titled How It Ended, which was named one of the 10 best books of the year by Janet Maslin of The New York Times. more…

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