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Grey Gardens

  • 19751975
  • PGPG
  • 1h 35m
IMDb RATING
7.5/10
14K
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1,779
Edith 'Little Edie' Bouvier Beale in Grey Gardens (1975)
An old mother and her middle-aged daughter, the aunt and cousin of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, live their eccentric lives in a filthy, decaying mansion in East Hampton.
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Meet a mother and daughter, high-society dropouts, reclusive cousins of Jackie O., managing to thrive together amid the decay and disorder of their East Hampton, NY, mansion, making for an e... Read allMeet a mother and daughter, high-society dropouts, reclusive cousins of Jackie O., managing to thrive together amid the decay and disorder of their East Hampton, NY, mansion, making for an eerily ramshackle echo of the American Camelot.Meet a mother and daughter, high-society dropouts, reclusive cousins of Jackie O., managing to thrive together amid the decay and disorder of their East Hampton, NY, mansion, making for an eerily ramshackle echo of the American Camelot.
IMDb RATING
7.5/10
14K
YOUR RATING
POPULARITY
7,626
1,779
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    • Directors
      • Ellen Hovde
      • Albert Maysles
      • David Maysles
    • Stars
      • Edith Bouvier Beale
      • Edith 'Little Edie' Bouvier Beale
      • Brooks Hyers
    Top credits
    • Directors
      • Ellen Hovde
      • Albert Maysles
      • David Maysles
    • Stars
      • Edith Bouvier Beale
      • Edith 'Little Edie' Bouvier Beale
      • Brooks Hyers
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 76User reviews
    • 81Critic reviews
    • 82Metascore
    • Awards
      • 6 wins & 2 nominations

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    Edith Bouvier Beale and Edith 'Little Edie' Bouvier Beale in Grey Gardens (1975)
    Edith 'Little Edie' Bouvier Beale in Grey Gardens (1975)
    Edith Bouvier Beale and Edith 'Little Edie' Bouvier Beale in Grey Gardens (1975)
    Edith Bouvier Beale, Albert Maysles, David Maysles, and Edith 'Little Edie' Bouvier Beale in Grey Gardens (1975)
    Edith 'Little Edie' Bouvier Beale in Grey Gardens (1975)
    Edith Bouvier Beale and Edith 'Little Edie' Bouvier Beale in Grey Gardens (1975)
    Edith Bouvier Beale in Grey Gardens (1975)
    Edith Bouvier Beale, Albert Maysles, David Maysles, and Edith 'Little Edie' Bouvier Beale in Grey Gardens (1975)
    Edith Bouvier Beale in Grey Gardens (1975)
    Edith 'Little Edie' Bouvier Beale in Grey Gardens (1975)
    Edith 'Little Edie' Bouvier Beale in Grey Gardens (1975)
    Edith 'Little Edie' Bouvier Beale in Grey Gardens (1975)

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    Edith Bouvier Beale
    Edith Bouvier Beale
    • Self
    Edith 'Little Edie' Bouvier Beale
    Edith 'Little Edie' Bouvier Beale
    • Self
    Brooks Hyers
    • Self - Gardener
    Norman Vincent Peale
    Norman Vincent Peale
    • Self
    • (voice)
    Jack Helmuth
    • Self - Birthday Guest
    • (uncredited)
    Albert Maysles
    Albert Maysles
    • Self
    • (uncredited)
    David Maysles
    • Self
    • (uncredited)
    Jerry Torre
    • Self - Handyman
    • (uncredited)
    Lois Wright
    • Self - Birthday Guest
    • (uncredited)
    • Directors
      • Ellen Hovde
      • Albert Maysles
      • David Maysles
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    • Trivia
      According to a 2009 interview in the San Francisco Chronicle, Edith 'Little Edie' Bouvier Beale wore a beautiful red dress to the 1975 premiere of this film, only she wore it backwards, with the zipper in front.
    • Quotes

      Edith 'Little Edie' Bouvier Beale: But you see in dealing with me, the relatives didn't know that they were dealing with a staunch character and I tell you if there's anything worse than dealing with a staunch woman... S-T-A-U-N-C-H. There's nothing worse, I'm telling you. They don't weaken, no matter what.

    • Connections
      Featured in Gilmore Girls: A Deep Fried Korean Thanksgiving (2002)
    • Soundtracks
      Tea for Two
      (uncredited)

      Music by Vincent Youmans

      Lyrics by Irving Caesar

      Sung by Edith 'Little Edie' Bouvier Beale

    User reviews76

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    8/10
    Bizarre!
    An old mother and her middle-aged daughter, the aunt and cousin of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, live their eccentric lives in a filthy, decaying mansion in East Hampton.

    Plenty has been written and said about the Kennedy family, and Irish political dynasties, but far less is out there about the Bouvier (?) family... and these odd black sheep of the family make me want to know more. I had never heard of them. How is that possible? This documentary has been floating around for forty years, and is really mandatory viewing for anyone who is interested in either Kennedy, the Hamptons or mental illness.

    "Big Edie" died in 1977 and "Little Edie" sold the house in 1979 for $220,000 to Sally Quinn and her husband, former Washington Post editor Ben Bradlee,[7] who promised to restore the dilapidated structure (the sale agreement forbade razing the house). "Little Edie" died in Florida in 2002 at the age of 84. According to a 2003 article in Town & Country, after their purchase, Quinn and Bradlee completely restored the house and grounds.
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    Details

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    • Release date
      • September 27, 1975 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Official site
      • Criterion (United States)
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Boz Bahçeler
    • Filming locations
      • East Hampton, Long Island, New York, USA
    • Production companies
      • Portrait Films
      • Maysles Films
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    Box office

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    • Gross US & Canada
      • $36,923
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $13,845
      • Mar 8, 2015
    • Gross worldwide
      • $36,923
    See detailed box office info on IMDbPro

    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      1 hour 35 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Mono
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.37 : 1

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