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Grey Gardens (1976)

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Reviews Counted:14

Fresh:14

Rotten:0

Average Rating:8.2/10

Runtime: 3 hrs 5 mins

Genre: Education/General Interest

Synopsis: Out in East Hampton, behind a cloud of overgrown foliage and weeds, there is a large decaying mansion which is home to Edith Bouvier Beale and her grown-up daughter Little Edie. Big and Little Edie... Out in East Hampton, behind a cloud of overgrown foliage and weeds, there is a large decaying mansion which is home to Edith Bouvier Beale and her grown-up daughter Little Edie. Big and Little Edie are the aunt and first cousin of Jacquelyn Kennedy Onassis, and this documentary is a portrait of their unusual life together. When Little Edie left New York, she left behind her dreams of stardom to take care of her aging mother, and together they developed a unique relationship, cloistered away in their fading glory. A stirring portrait by the pioneers of documentary filmmaking, the Maysles Brothers. [More]

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Release:

Apr 25, 2006

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DVD Features:

  • 2-Disc Set
  • Box Set
  • Full Frame - 1.33

Audio:

  • Mono - English

Additional Release Material:

  • Trailers
  • Disc 1: Grey Gardens

Additional Release Material:

  • Audio Commentary: Albert Maysles, Director; Ellen Hovde, Filmmaker; Muffie Meyer, Filmmaker, Susan Froemke, Filmmaker

Interviews:

  • 1. Little Edie Beale by Kathryn G. Graham - Interview Magazine 1976
  • 2. Todd Oldham / John Bartlett - Fashion Designers

Text/Photo Galleries:

  • Filmographies
  • Stills/Photos: Behind The Scenes - Photographs
  • Additional Text: Essay - Hilton Als, Critic
  • Disc 2: The Beales of Grey Gardens

Additional Release Material:

  • Introduction: Maysles Introduction

Text/Photo Galleries:

  • Additional Text: Essay - Michael Musto, Critic
 
 
 
 

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A newly struck print of the [Maysles] brothers' 1976 classic Grey Gardens proves that their work is still plenty provocative--and especially so in this era of shallow celebrity docs.

Full Review Source: Nashville Scene | comment Comment
08/24/09
Rob Nelson
Rob Nelson
Nashville Scene

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Full Review Source: Rolling Stone | comment 1 Comment
04/17/09
Peter Travers
Peter Travers
Rolling Stone
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Borderline exploitative. But the stark power of the dual portrait can't be denied.

Full Review Source: eFilmCritic.com | comment Comment
02/10/07
Rob Gonsalves
Rob Gonsalves
eFilmCritic.com

An editor's exercise: take footage shot 30 years ago for another film, and edit it into a new movie

Full Review Source: Movie Habit | comment Comment
01/25/07
Marty Mapes
Marty Mapes
Movie Habit

Grey Gardens became a cult film in the '70s, when mavericks and outsiders were the heroes and heroines and the Beales were valued for their alternative world and their priceless eccentricity.

Full Review Source: Chicago Tribune | comment Comment
01/04/07
Chicago Tribune
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11/13/06
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Combustible Celluloid
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06/24/06
Derek Adams
Derek Adams
Time Out

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06/16/05
Emanuel Levy
Emanuel Levy
EmanuelLevy.Com
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Full Review Source: New York Times | comment Comment
01/15/05
Janet Maslin
Janet Maslin
New York Times
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Full Review Source: Chicago Sun-Times | comment Comment
10/23/04
Roger Ebert
Roger Ebert
Chicago Sun-Times
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No film – no Tennessee Williams adaptation, nothing by Guy Maddin or Lynch, no genre-exploding Japanese horror flick – has ever had a stranger pair of characters at its core.

Full Review Source: Filmcritic.com | comment Comment
07/28/04
Jake Euker
Jake Euker
Filmcritic.com

The film's real fascination, however, does not come through some morbid freak show angle but in its study of this strangely symbiotic relationship.

Full Review Source: TheMovieReport.com | comment Comment
01/02/04
Michael Dequina
Michael Dequina
TheMovieReport.com

At first blush, the film may seem like an invitation to mockery, but the more one uncovers of the vast history of the Beales at Grey Gardens, the more the film becomes a monument to the fiercely independent nature of these two staunch characters.

Full Review Source: Not Coming to a Theater Near You | comment Comment
07/18/03
Matt Bailey
Matt Bailey
Not Coming to a Theater Near You

An endearing and impromptu sociological study

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10/31/02
Rumsey Taylor
Rumsey Taylor
Not Coming to a Theater Near You

No review available.

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10/03/02
Philip Martin
Philip Martin
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

There's an undeniable skill on The film feels pretty exploitative, even as the Beales insist that it's not exploiting them at all.

Full Review Source: MovieMartyr.com | comment Comment
03/05/02
Jeremy Heilman
Jeremy Heilman
MovieMartyr.com

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08/14/01
James Kendrick
James Kendrick
Q Network Film Desk
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06/25/01
Edvins Beitiks
Edvins Beitiks
San Francisco Examiner
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06/25/01
Ruthe Stein
Ruthe Stein
San Francisco Chronicle
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Full Review Source: Los Angeles Times | comment Comment
06/25/01
Los Angeles Times
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November 07, 2007: Jeanne Tripplehorn Tending Grey Gardens
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