Useless Movie Trivia For
Gia
Memorable Movie Quotes
Santiago Munez: The only one who can tell me I'm not good enough is you. And even then I may not agree with you.
Trivia
Michael Winterbottom was the original director of the film. Production had actually begun when he left the project because FIFA demanded script approval in exchange for the use of real team names, locations and players.
Brian Johnson of AC/DC has an appearance in this film as a Geordie fan, before AC/DC, he sang in the band ‘Geordie’.
Goofs
Gia and another model are seen riding a 1997 Harley-Davidson Heritage Springer in 1985.
As Gia begs Linda not to leave, the first shot from behind shows her fully nude but from the front she can clearly be seen to be wearing underwear.
When Gia is sitting outside of building before her first photo-shoot, a woman drops a few coins into her coffee cup. But as she rides up the elevator to the shoot, coffee can be seen moving in the cup. And when Philipe asks can he help her, she dumps coins back out onto the floor.
The shot has been flipped when Gavin Harris scores his first goal against Liverpool. The shirt numbers are reversed - the most obvious is Liverpool's number 21.
The story tells us Newcastle has to win their remaining three games. However, after match 1 Santiago plays several games with the reserves. This is impossible since there's only one reserve game a week and usually you play the same team as the A-team.
In the story Newcastle have 3 matches left and since they're trying to qualify for a place in a European competition, logically it is the end of the season. Yet, we see that Newcastle sign Gavin Harris around the same time (so that they could win the remaining matches) which is impossible because a club can only sign a player in the summer or winter break. They can sign a player during the season but he would not be eligible to play for the new club.
As Newcastle United have three matches left to qualify for a place in a European competition, this would set the time of the story towards the end of April (mid spring). However the climatic conditions depicted show what North East England is like in winter.
To play in the English Premiership, if you are from outside the EU, you have to have a work permit. You automatically qualify for one if you have played in 75% of your national teams matches in the past year. Otherwise, you have to go to a tribunal where it has to be shown that you are an outstanding talent that is worthy of a permit. Since he had to basically beg for a trial, it would be highly unlikely that he would win a decision in a tribunal.
Box Office Info USA
Budget: $10,000,000
Gross: $4,280,577
Released January 31, 1998
Filming Locations
Los Angeles, California, USA
Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Tyne & Wear, England, UK
Pinewood Studios, Iver Heath, Buckinghamshire, England, UK