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Grey Gardens (1975)

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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 eerily ramshackle echo of the American Camelot.
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Cast

Credited cast:
Edith 'Little Edie' Bouvier Beale ... Self
Edith Bouvier Beale ... Self
Brooks Hyers Brooks Hyers ... Self - Gardener
Norman Vincent Peale ... Self (voice)
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Storyline

The Maysles brothers pay visits to Edith Bouvier Beale, nearing 80, and her daughter Edie. Reclusive, the pair live with cats and raccoons in Grey Gardens, a crumbling mansion in East Hampton. Edith is dry and quick-witted - a singer, married but later separated, a member of high society. Edie is voluble, dresses - as she puts it - for combat in tight ensembles that include scarves wrapped around her head. There are hints that Edie came home 24 years before to be cared for rather than to care for her mother. The women address the camera, talking over each other, moving from the present to events years before. They're odd, with flinty affection for each other. Written by <jhailey@hotmail.com>

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mansion | cat | garden | singer | raccoon | See All (132) »

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She was the girl who had everything - Money, good looks and social position. her mother - a classic Bouvier beauty. Now they are living amongst the souvenirs of their lives. In Grey Gardens. This is their story. A love story. Sort of. Hailed as one of the oddest, most beautiful films ever.


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The house, Grey Gardens, was sold by Edith 'Little Edie' Bouvier Beale in 1979 to Ben Bradlee, former editor of the "Washington Post", and Sally Quinn. The pair completely restored the house (the sale agreement forbids razing the house), but the Bradleys only stay there in the month of August. During the rest of the year, the home is occupied by Frances Hayward. See more »

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[first lines]
Edith 'Little Edie' Bouvier Beale: What're you doing down there? You staying there?
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Soundtracks

Tea for Two
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Music by Vincent Youmans
Lyrics by Irving Caesar
Sung by Edith 'Little Edie' Bouvier Beale
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Grey Gardens was riveting and almost unbelievable!
8 September 1999 | by sigisSee all my reviews

We stumbled upon the documentary, Grey Gardens, last Sunday and got "sucked in" without warning. Everyone who entered the room became transfixed on the television and the haunting images of Edith and Edie who seemed to be living out their lives in practically one room of a large filthy mansion on the beach, eating ice cream and corn on the cob (which was cooked on the bedside table)--and the cat urinating on edith's bed and her unbelievable words, "i thrive on it [the smell]." We had not seen the beginning and wondered what we were watching and how these aristocratic women managed to get in the position they were in. Spellbinding! a must see!!!!


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Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

27 September 1975 (USA) See more »

Also Known As:

Két nő - egy ház See more »

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Box Office

Opening Weekend USA:

$13,845, 8 March 2015

Gross USA:

$36,923

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$36,923
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Mono

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1
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