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Grey Gardens

  • 1975
  • Tous publics
  • 1h 35m
IMDb RATING
7.5/10
15K
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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.

  • Directors
    • Ellen Hovde
    • Albert Maysles
    • David Maysles
  • Stars
    • Edith Bouvier Beale
    • Edith 'Little Edie' Bouvier Beale
    • Brooks Hyers
  • See production info at IMDbPro
    • IMDb RATING
    7.5/10
    15K
    YOUR RATING
    • Directors
      • Ellen Hovde
      • Albert Maysles
      • David Maysles
    • Stars
      • Edith Bouvier Beale
      • Edith 'Little Edie' Bouvier Beale
      • Brooks Hyers
    • 82User reviews
    • 84Critic reviews
    • 82Metascore
  • See production info at IMDbPro
    • Awards
      • 5 wins & 1 nomination

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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
    Jerry Torre
    • Self - Handyman
    • (uncredited)
    Lois Wright
    • Self - Birthday Guest
    • (uncredited)
    • Directors
      • Ellen Hovde
      • Albert Maysles
      • David Maysles
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    Storyline

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    • Trivia
      Drew Barrymore played Little Edie in the TV movie Grey Gardens (2009). In this film, David Maysles asked Little Edie who she would like to portray Big Edie if a movie based on Grey Gardens were made, suggesting Ethel Barrymore (Drew's great-aunt), despite the fact that Ethel Barrymore had been dead since 1959.
    • 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 reviews82

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    10/10
    Grey Gardens was riveting and almost unbelievable!
    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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    • sigis
    • Sep 8, 1999

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    Details

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    • Release date
      • May 1976 (France)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Official site
      • Criterion (United States)
    • Languages
      • French
      • 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
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    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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