Angelina Jolie’s First Film Set For DVD Release
Angelina’s Jolie’s first film is set to hit DVD shelves this summer. Angelina’s work in Hal Ashby’s comedy Lookin to Get Out was actually cut from the 1982 release. Four-year-old Angelina appeared in the film alongside her father, Jon Voight, Ann Margaret and Burt Young. The film, with Angie’s part intact will also screen at the Sarasota Film Festival next month.
The plot centers around “two gamblers (Voight and Young) who must flee New York City after one loses a lot of money. They head for the gambling capital of the world, Las Vegas, to try to turn their luck around.”
Lee Ashby McManus, the daughter that Hal Ashby never met, thinks she’s the inspiration for Angelina’s character.
Voight told NewsBlogRadio.com, “She said, ‘I think the little girl at the end, who was played by Angelina Jolie… was me.’ I thought about it and I said, ‘It is very possible it was you.’ I remember discussions we had and it was supposed to be a little boy, and Hal wanted a little girl.”
What irony that a character based on a girl who never met her father is played by a girl who’ll become estranged from her’s.
March 24th, 2009 at 9:30 am
Thanks for the info KD!!!
It would be nice to see Angie acting when she was 4!!!
March 24th, 2009 at 10:06 am
Thanks for the info, KD! The plot of the movie sounds interesting. I´ve seen clips of this movie in E! True Hollywood Story program which was showed here in Finland about two years ago. I really wish I can buy this movie on DVD here some day soon. I have some of Angie´s earlier movies like Gia and Life or Something Like It. They´re great movies but this sure is very special. After all it actually is her first movie. She was only 7 at the time this movie was shot back in 1982. What an cutie! Wonder if Shi will follow her mum and dad´s foot steps when she grows older? She already had a cameo in TCCOBB although she wasn´t even credited. What a shame! Also the twins could follow their parents´ footsteps but the time will tell.
June 29th, 2009 at 10:00 pm
[...] and I’ve never been one to post just for the sake of posting but we finally have some news. A few months back I reported that Angelina’s first film was being released on DVD this summer. Looks like Tuesday(the 30th) is the day. Lookin to Get Out, [...]
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