Gray Gardens Documentary

Thirty five years later using the documentary as a framework director writer michael sucsy s original story for grey gardens offers a wry behind the scenes look at the beales and their unique mother daughter bond.

Gray gardens documentary. David al lois brooks little edie and big edie were there. The film debuted on september 21 1975 in the upstairs hall of grey gardens. Directed by ellen hovde albert maysles david maysles.

Little edie apparently remarked that she would be moving to paris after the profits came rolling in. Directed by michael sucsy. Grey gardens is a 2009 american made for television biographical drama film about the lives of edith bouvier beale little edie played by drew barrymore and her mother edith ewing bouvier big edie played by jessica lange co stars include jeanne tripplehorn as jacqueline kennedy little edie s cousin and ken howard as phelan beale little edie s father.

Grey gardens is a 1975 american documentary film by albert and david maysles the film depicts the everyday lives of two reclusive upper class women a mother and daughter both named edith beale who lived in poverty at grey gardens a derelict mansion at 3 west end road in the wealthy georgica pond neighborhood of east hampton new york the film was screened at the 1976 cannes film festival. It was later showcased at the 1975 new york film festival. An intimate portrait and an eerie echo of the kennedy camelot albert and david maysles s 1976 grey gardens quickly became a cult classic and established little edie as a fashion icon and philosopher.

With edith bouvier beale edith little edie bouvier beale brooks hyers. Grey gardens 1975 is the maysles brothers bizarre documentary of jackie bouvier kennedy onassis eccentric aunt and first cousin who live like pigs in a r. With drew barrymore jessica lange jeanne tripplehorn ken howard.

Meet big and little edie beale high society dropouts mother and daughter reclusive cousins of jackie o thriving together amid the decay and disorder of their ramshackle east hampton mansion. They loved the film.