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Grey Gardens

  • 19751975
  • PGPG
  • 1h 35m
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7.5/10
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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.
IMDb RATING
7.5/10
14K
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  • Directors
    • Ellen Hovde
    • Albert Maysles
    • David Maysles
  • Stars
    • Edith Bouvier Beale
    • Edith 'Little Edie' Bouvier Beale
    • Brooks Hyers
  • 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
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    Edith Bouvier Beale and Edith 'Little Edie' Bouvier Beale in Grey Gardens (1975)
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    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)
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    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)
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    • Self
    Edith 'Little Edie' Bouvier Beale
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    Brooks Hyers
    • Self - Gardener
    Norman Vincent Peale
    Norman Vincent Peale
    • Self
    • (voice)
    Jack Helmuth
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    • (uncredited)
    Albert Maysles
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    David Maysles
    • Self
    • (uncredited)
    Jerry Torre
    • Self - Handyman
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    Lois Wright
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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

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    8/10
    You can't have your cake and eat it, too in life.
    I really can't remember who recommended this, but they said it was one of their favorite films. It is certainly a strange one - like rubbernecking at a highway accident.

    Someone said that truth is stranger than fiction, and the truth here is something to see. I really can't understand how a fictionalized account of this documentary is to be released this year. How can you improve on this? The aunt and cousin of Jackie Kennedy remove themselves from New York Society and hide in the Hampton's. In the process they become recluses and what is best described as "crazy cat ladies." They would have stayed hidden had not the city move to condemn the property for the filth and the subsequent rescue by Jackie. This film was done after that rescue. All during, you couldn't help but think, "how bad was it before?" It's a look at high society from the darker side, and it is utterly fascinating.
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      • September 27, 1975 (United States)
      • United States
      • Criterion (United States)
      • English
    • Also known as
      • East Hampton, Long Island, New York, USA
    • Production companies
      • Portrait Films
      • Maysles Films
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    • 1 hour 35 minutes
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