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Overview

User Rating:
7.8/10   994 votes
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Director:
Michael Sucsy
Writers (WGA):
Michael Sucsy (teleplay) and
Patricia Rozema (teleplay) ...
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Release Date:
18 April 2009 (USA) more
Genre:
Biography | Drama more
Tagline:
True glamour never fades
Plot:
Based on the life stories of the eccentric aunt and first cousin of Jackie Onassis (both named Edith... more | full synopsis
NewsDesk:
(81 articles)
Inspiration in Squalor: How I "Rebuilt" Grey Gardens
 (From Huffington Post. 18 June 2009, 1:58 PM, PDT)

Drew Barrymore Is Fit to Be Tied and Dyed
 (From Popsugar. 19 May 2009, 2:00 AM, PDT)

User Comments:
Drew Barrymore and Jessica Lange are so good it is SCARY! more

Cast

  (Credited cast)
Neil Babcock ... Young Phelan Jr. - Age 14

Daniel Baldwin ... Julius Krug

Drew Barrymore ... 'Little' Edith Bouvier Beale

Marcia Bennett ... Hostess
Ben Carlson ... Principal
Kevin Etherington ... Fashion Photographer
Malcolm Gets ... George 'Gould' Strong
Neil Girvan ... Concierge

Louis Grise ... Young Buddy - Age 12

Arye Gross ... Albert Maysles
Ken Howard ... Phelan Beale

Jessica Lange ... 'Big' Edith Bouvier Beale

Justin Louis ... David Maysles

Tamsen McDonough ... Model (as Tamsen Evans)

Perry Mucci ... Young Photographer

Duane Murray ... Doorman

Joshua Peace ... Buddy Bouvier
Catherine Marie Thomas ... Lee Radzwill

Jeanne Tripplehorn ... Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis

Olivia Waldriff ... Young Jacqueline Bouvier - Age 7

Kenneth Welsh ... Max Gordon

Evan Williams ... Young Banker
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Additional Details

Runtime:
USA:104 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
1.78 : 1 more

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Trivia:
Drew Barrymore has stated in many interviews that she stayed very close to Little Edie's character throughout filming, shutting herself off from the outside world and from friends. more
Quotes:
[last lines]
'Little' Edith Bouvier Beale: [voiceover] No animals were harmed in the making of this movie.
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Movie Connections:
Remake of Grey Gardens (1975) more
Soundtrack:
Tea For Two more

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33 out of 36 people found the following comment useful:-
Drew Barrymore and Jessica Lange are so good it is SCARY!, 19 April 2009
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Author: shoof from United States

I have NEVER publicly commented on a feature performance until now. Having seen the 1975 documentary about Edith and Edie Beale, I was absolutely blown away by the exacting performances--especially Drew Barrymore. I noticed a few comments dissing the film and it's rather obvious these people don't know the storyline. Jessica and Drew WERE their characters to perfection--a not-so-trivial accomplishment. I knew Lange could act but Drew perhaps has certainly lived up to her family lineage!!! ! Take it for what it's worth: this is a non-fiction account of a most dysfunctional family, parental control, character disorders, being a victim, and reluctant realization of unfulfilled dreams. Little Edie, with all her psychiatric shades, is accurately portrayed by Drew Barrymore. Jessica Lange as the spoiled, controlling mother, sort of sums it all up by telling her daughter that she's not easily likable or attractive with "...Edie ... you are more of an acquired taste". Yet, the bizarre paradox of their relationship is simple. Edie is filled with too much fear to go out into the world and the two really need each other. Call it pathological complementarity. This film works at every level!

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