Grey Gardens (1975)

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Cast: Edith Bouvier Beale, Edith B Beale Jr, Jerry Torre, Lois Wright, Jack Helmuth, Brooks Hires, Albert Maysles, David Maysles

Director: Ellen Hovde, Albert Maysles, David Maysles, Muffie Meyer

Running Time: 95 min.

Genre: Documentary

Rating: PG

Synopsis: The unbelievable but true story of Mrs. Edith Bouvier Beale and her daughter Edie, the aunt and first cousin of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis. Mother and daughter live in a world of their own behind the towering privets that surround their decaying 28-room East Hampton mansion known as "Grey Gardens," a place so far gone that the local authorities once threatened to evict them for violating building and sanitation codes. Mrs. Beale, a.k.a. "Big Edie," was born an aristocrat, sister of "Black Jack" Bouvier, Jackie O's father. "Little Edie" was an aspiring actress of striking beauty who put her New York life on hold to care for her mother--and never left her side again. Together they descended into a strange life of dependence and eccentricity that none had ever shared until the Maysles Brothers arrived with their camera and tape recorder in hand.

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Grey Gardens (1975)

DrMwba: @TheRutgersBoy thanks for following back. No, not a Grey Gardens fan. Some of my friends are. I just watched the HBO movie because of Drew.
amyespeseth: @fauxhemian I not only saw it, I loved it! Did some folks take issue with Grey Gardens? I'm so out of the loop!
willgrrr: I watched Poetry, Grey Gardens & Judex. Snow= gratuitous movie watching, right? @BFI
TriangleWalking: Watched grey gardens earlier and still can't get over how amazing it was. Really touching and lovely, with a hint of John Waters
dwmulvin: I just saw that movie THE GREY GARDENS. It's about Jackie Onassis's recluse relatives punching wolves.