Angelina Jolie Best Movies and Characters

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Angelina Jolie Best Movies

Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life

Character Name:
Lisa Rowe

Appears In:
Girl Interrupted

Also Known As:
Inocencia Interrumpida
Durchgeknallt
Garota, Interrompida
Jeune Fille Interrompue
Ragazze Interrotte
Koritsi Pou Afisa Piso, To

Dates:
Premiere - Dec 8 1999 (USA)
Released - Dec 1999 (USA)
Released - March 2000 (UK)
Released - Jan 2000 (AU)
Released - March 2000 (ES)
Released - March 2000 (FR)
Released - Sep 2000 (JP)
Released - Jan 2000 (NZ)

Awards:

Academy Award
Best Supporting Actress

Golden Globe
Best Supporting Actress

Screen Actors Guild Award
Best Supporting Actress

Broadcast Film Critics Award
Best Supporting Actress

Blockbuster Entertainment Award
Favourite Supporting Actress

Character Back Story:

Inspiration for character:
The life of the real Lisa Rowe from Susanna Kaysen's memoir

Angelina's performance was slightly reminiscent (unintentionally) of Jack Nicholson's character in 'One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest'

Age/Occupation: Late teens/Early twenties
Patient at Claymoore

Personality type: Sociopath; rebellious, magnetic, wild and hardened.

Signature look: Untidy dirty-blond hair, extra short fringe

Resides: Claymoore Hospital

Character connections:
Susanna Kaysen (Winona Ryder)

Fun facts/trivia:

Angelina's brother James was the inspiration for her "Where's Jamie?!" scene.

Angelina avoided any communication with Winona Ryder when making the movie, she claimed that if she saw anything human about Winona she wouldn't be able to act out the sociopath character of Lisa Rowe so effectively.

At the end of the movie, Susanna states that by the 1970's, most of her friends were released. Although the film doesn't elaborate on this, the book reveals that Georgina and Lisa were later released.

The author, Susanna Kaysen, was among the detractors of the film, angered by the "melodramatic drivel" Mangold used with the script by conjuring up many stories that never happened in the book (such as Lisa and Susanna running away together).

Filmed along Main Street in Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania, as well as in Harrisburg State Hospital in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.

The hospital Claymoore was based on McLean Hospital, the actual institution in Susanna Kaysen's Memoir.

Taglines

Based on a true story

The crazy thing is, you're not crazy

Sometimes the only way to stay sane is to go a little crazy

Character Quotes & Catchphrases

"Some advice, okay? Just don't point your fuckin' finger at crazy people!"

"So what's your diag-nonsense?"

"If I could have any job in the world I'd be a professional Cinderella."

"Razors pain you, rivers are damp, acid stains you, drugs cause cramps, guns aren't lawful, nooses give, gas smells awful, you might as well live."

..........See More

Soundtrack

Wilco - 'How to Fight Loneliness'
Them ft. Van Morrison - 'It's All Over Now Baby Blue'
The Band - 'The Weight'
The Mamas & The Papas - 'Got a Feelin'
The Chambers Brothers - 'Time Has Come Today'
Jefferson Airplane - 'Comin' Back to Me'
Merrilee Rush & The Turnabouts - 'Angel of the Morning'
Aretha Franklin - The Right Time
Skeeter Davis - 'The End of the World'
Petula Clark - ' Downtown'

Score By Mychael Danna

*Also see Amazon.com Girl Interrupted Original Motion Picture Soundtrack

Character Name:
Gia Marie Carangi

Appears In:
Gia

Also Known As:
Anatomie d'un top model
Femme de rêve
Gia - Fama E Destruição
Gia - Preis der Schönheit

Dates:
Released - Jan 1998 (USA)
Released - Oct 1998 (UK)
Released - Feb 2001 (FR)
Released - July 2003 (FI)
DVD Premiere - Oct 2008 (IT)
DVD Premiere -Ap 2002 (DE)
Vid Premiere - Jan 1999 (PT)

Awards:

Grand Jury Award
Best Actress

Golden Globe
Best Actress

Golden Satellite
Best Actress

Screen Actors Guild
Best Actress

Character Back Story:

Inspiration for character:
The life of real model Gia Marie Carangi

Age/Occupation:17 when working at her father's diner at the start of the movie, until her death, age 26, at the end of the movie.
Young Gia age 11 played by Mila Kunis
Model

Personality type: Rebellious, wild, lonely

Signature look: Dark melancholic beauty, made Gia stand out in contrast to the typical blonde hair-blue eyed models that were, at that time, the normative.

Resides: A native to Philadelphia, USA but moved to New York, USA to become a fashion model

Character connections:
Mother - Kathleen Carangi
Father - Joe Carangi
Wilhelmina Cooper (agent)
Linda aka Sandy Linter (girlfriend)

Fun facts/trivia:
Angelina's brother James played a cameo in the film.

In the Family Guy Star Wars parody, Blue Harvest, Gia was mentioned in the opening crawl with a reference to Angelina Jolie getting naked in the movie and making out with a girl.

The real Gia was of Italian, Irish and Welsh descent.

Taglines

This is life...not heaven...you don't have to be perfect

Too Beautiful to Die. Too Wild to Live

Based on the tragic life and times of America's first supermodel

Everyone Saw the Beauty, No One Saw the Pain

Why Me?

Character Quotes & Catchphrases

"You scare the shit out of people so they can't see how scared you are."

"I think there's a reason for everything. And I think that there's a plan for everyone. And I think that God has a big plan for me. Just not in this life."

"I'd tell them that you don't have to be anybody. Because I'd know that being somebody doesn't make you be anybody anyway."

............See More

Soundtrack

Billy Idol - 'Dancing With Myself'
The Pretenders - 'Brass in Pocket'
Echo & The Bunnymen - 'The Killing Moon'
David Bowie - 'Let's Dance'
Jeanie Bryson - 'Young at Heart'
Jeanie Bryson - 'Will She Stay?'

Score by Terence Blanchard

Soundtrack Never Released

Character Name:
Lady Lara Croft

Appears In:
Lara Croft: Tomb Raider
Tomb Raider: Cradle of Life

Also Known As:
First movie -

Tomb Raider
The Adventures of Lara Croft
Tomb Raider: The Movie

Second movie -

Tomb Raider:...
La cuna de la vida
Die Wiege Des Lebens
Le berceau de la vie
La culla della vita
A Origem da Vida

Dates:
First movie -

Released:
June 2001 (USA)
July 2001 (UK)
June 2001 (AU)
June 2001 (ES)
June 2001 (FR)
October 2001 (JP)
December 2001 (IT)
June 2001 (DE)

Second Movie -

Released:
July 2003 (USA)
August 2003 (UK)
September 2003 (AU)
August 2003 (ES)
August 2003 (FR)
September 2003 (JP)
September 2003 (NZ)
August 2003 (DE)

Awards:

5 Nominations

Lara Croft: Tomb Raider

Character Back Story:

Inspiration for character:
Video game heroine Lara Croft, created by one-time Core designer Toby Gard

Age/Occupation:
Born on 14th February 1968 (not Angelina Jolie but the fictional character Lara Croft)
Introduced to us in 1996 when the game was first released
Archaeologist

Personality type:
Confident, independant, headstrong, intelligent, adventurous and slightly reckless.

Signature look: Long brown hair in a plait or ponytail. Tank top, shorts, calf high boots with white socks, fingerless gloves, small backback and a utility belt with two holsters.
Wet suit for watery environments.
Trousers and jacket for colder environments.

Resides: Croft Manor in Surrey, England, UK

Character connections:
Lord Richard Croft (Jon Voight)
Bryce
Hillary (butler)
Manfred Powell
Alex West (Daniel Craig)
Terry Sheridan (Gerard Butler)

Fun facts/trivia:
First Movie:

Highest grossing action film with a woman in lead role. Second is Aliens (1986)

The item up for auction while Lara is talking to Alex at the auction house is the Dagger of Xian, the artifact Lara was searching for in Tomb Raider II (1997) video game. You can just hear the auctioneer announce that at the beginning of the conversation.

The Prayer Wheels that Lara accuses Alex of stealing from her are from the Tomb Raider II (1997) video game.

The gun that Daniel Craig uses in the Tomb of the Dancing Light is a Walther P99 pistol, the signature weapon of James Bond. He later wielded this weapon again as 007 in Casino Royale (2006).

Filmed at Pinewood Studios in England where James Bond films are made.

Angelina received weapons training from an instructor of the SAS, Britain's elite special forces, to prepare herself for the role.

Second movie :

One of Angelina's stunt doubles was a man.

At one point in the movie, Lara Croft attacks a bad guy using very sophisticated movements with an antique rifle. Her movements are taken from Queen Anne Salute used by the U.S. Army Drill Team.

Taglines

Who is Lara Croft?

Born into Wealth. Groomed by the Elite. Trained for Combat.

Heiress to a fortune...

The Biggest Adventure Begins 2001
*only for the first movie as the second movie had none

Character Quotes & Catchphrases