Giving It Up

Name: Giving It Up
Genre: Documentary
Duration: 1 h 14 min
Rating: 6.8

2008
1h 14m

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6.8/10

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Giving It Up imbeds us in Hollywoods paparazzi wars as it tells the story of two former LA gang members who co founded JFX Direct, an A list celebrity photo agency. Although these two best friends have traded their 9s and Uzis for cameras, they and their small team of photographers still fight a guerilla war on the streets of Los Angeles.

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"Giving It Up" embeds us in Hollywood's "paparazzi wars" as it tells the story of two former LA gang members who co-founded "JFX Direct", an "A" list celebrity photo agency. Although these t... Read all"Giving It Up" embeds us in Hollywood's "paparazzi wars" as it tells the story of two former LA gang members who co-founded "JFX Direct", an "A" list celebrity photo agency. Although these two best friends have traded their "9s" and "Uzis" for cameras, they and their small team o... Read all"Giving It Up" embeds us in Hollywood's "paparazzi wars" as it tells the story of two former LA gang members who co-founded "JFX Direct", an "A" list celebrity photo agency. Although these two best friends have traded their "9s" and "Uzis" for cameras, they and their small team of photographers still battle daily on the streets of Los Angeles to "capture" valuable pic... Read all

Director
- Frank Ruy

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6.8/10

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- Frank Ruy

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8/10

looking deeper in to the life of the paparazzi

Great film which shows the world behind one the down and dirty paparazzi companies which started as a LA street gang and then became photographers. Great story telling from a reality point of view. Film is a lot of fun and a wild ride! I loved watching the driving shots while the crazy paparazzi hunted down the celebrities. The film show the paparazzi in the wild time while Paris Hilton was going to jail and Britney Spears had her breakdown and cut off all her hair. It tells how this street gang went from drive bys with guns to drive bys with cameras. I would tell anyone who loves to read US Weekly, People, Star, Perez Hilton or any of the other star photography smut magazines to watch this movie so you can learn the crazy ways these paparazzi get their shots and the madness of what they do to get the shots to the magazines. A must see!