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The Beales of Grey Gardens

Maysles, Albert, (filmmaker,, director of photography.). Maysles, David, (filmmaker,, sound designer.). Meding, Tanja, (film producer.). Beale, Edith Bouvier -- -1977 (interviewee.). Beale, Edie -- 1917-2002 (interviewee.). Torre, Gerard Joseph, (interviewee.). Wright, Lois, (interviewee.). Maysles Films, (production company.). Criterion Collection (Firm), (film distributor.).

East Hampton, the mid-1970's: documentary filmmakers Albert and David Maysles set up camp in a decrepit mansion known as Grey Gardens, where the eccentric Edith "Big Edie" Ewing Bouvier Beale and her daughter Edith "Little Edie" Bouvier Beale live amid piles of trash and mounds of cats. The film becomes an instant cult classic. Fast forward to the present day: "Grey Gardens" has inspired a successful Broadway musical, an HBO film, and Albert, the surviving Maysles brother, has assembled the outtakes from their archives into this supplement to the original film.

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Subject
Beale, Edith Bouvier, -1977.
Beale, Edie, 1917-2002.
Mothers and daughters > New York (State) > East Hampton > Biography.
Recluses > New York (State) > East Hampton > Biography.
Eccentrics and eccentricities > United States.
East Hampton (N.Y.)
Documentary films.
Genre
Documentary films.
Biographical films.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Interviews.
Biographies.
  • ISBN: 193412110X
  • Physical Description videodisc
    1 videodisc (91 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 insert (1 folded sheet (4 pages) : illustrations ; 19 cm).
  • Publisher [Irvington, N.Y.] : Criterion Collection, 2006.
  • Distributor [Irvington, N.Y.] : Criterion Collection, 2006.

Content descriptions

General Note:
GMD: videodisc.
Formatted Contents Note: "You Ought To Be In Pictures" -- No one can play Edith Beale -- Little Edie's past -- Big Edie takes a picture -- "Lorraine, Lorraine, Lorree" -- Horoscopes -- Jerry Torre -- "V.M.I. march" (The first listen) -- Cats -- Lois Wright -- Fire -- "Spring Will Be a Little Late" -- "Around the World in 80 Days" -- Big Edie's poetry recital -- Flirtation ("Hot or Sweet") -- Religion -- Politics and war -- Beach -- "If I Loved You" -- Fashion show -- Last reel -- Another winter -- Color bars.
Creation/Production Credits Note: Filming team, Albert Maysles, David Maysles ; editor, Ian Markiewicz.
Participant or Performer Note: Interviewees: Edith Beale, Little Edie Beale, Gerard Joseph Torre, Lois Wright.
System Details Note:
DVD; Region 1, NTSC; Dolby digital mono; fullscreen presentation, aspect ratio, 1.33:1.
Language Note:
Closed-captioned in English with optional subtitles in English for the deaf and hard of hearing.

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